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...Harry Bulova Henshel, president, Bulova Watch...
...only on Israeli goods but on all those who deal with or help Israel economically. Through a central boycott office in Damascus and 18 regional offices throughout the Arab world, the Arabs have blacklisted more than 600 firms, including 167 U.S. companies (among them Revlon, General Tire and Bulova Watch). Last week the Arabs added to their blacklist a new and prestigious member: the Chase Manhattan Bank, the world's second largest bank, whose 102 offices overseas make it an important presence in many countries. Reason for cutting off Chase from Arab business: its dealings in Israeli bonds, which...
...might be in for a change of character. Biggest member of the share-buying syndicate apparently was Ramco Enterprises, Inc. Ramco, which also owns a shopping center and a textile mill, is headed by Ira Guilden, 66, a smooth-running Wall Street operator who was once vice president of Bulova Watch. Another member of the syndicate-along with two unnamed charity trusts-was Edward G. Goldstein, a well-heeled Bostonian. Goldstein is the financial power behind Marcus & Co., which operates the jewelry departments in 20 Gimbel Bros, department stores, and also owns major interests in two other Fifth Avenue jewelers...
...keep the radio spectrum clear of outmoded but garrulous space vehicles, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is turning to the small electronic timekeepers that Bulova Watch Co. developed for its Accutron wrist watches. To measure time, these timers use a transistor-controlled tuning fork that runs indefinitely on a tiny trickle ( eight-millionths of a watt) of electric power; a battery the size of a dime will keep one of them humming for a year. The whole apparatus weighs less than three ounces, and it can easily be set to turn off a satellite's transmitter after...
Bell Telephone Laboratories' famous Telstar carries a timer that will silence its beacon transmitter after 17,700 hours-about two years. Bulova engineers are now working on timers that will turn instruments off and on again automatically. This will permit a satellite to take periodic readings of space conditions over long periods of time without demanding exclusive use of a radio channel...