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ROBERT H. GERDES Chairman, Executive Committee Pacific Gas and Electric Co. San Francisco...
Like most other FCC chairmen, Burch, 41, is a lawyer. He is also one of the Republican Party's most loyal workers. A wryly humorous member of the "Arizona Mafia," he served as Barry Goldwater's administrative assistant and political aide until the Senator named him party chairman during the 1964 presidential campaign. Ousted from his post by the GOP's liberal elements in 1965. Burch endeared himself to Nixon by declaring that Nixon was "one of the few contenders who emerged with honor" from the 1964 Republican debacle...
Generally Pleased. Burch will replace Chairman Rosel H. Hyde, whose seven-year term expired June 30 but who agreed to remain on the job pending the appointment of his successor. The President is also expected to name Robert Wells, president and general manager of radio station KIUL in Garden City, Kans., to fill the FCC seat being vacated by Commissioner James J. Wadsworth. Because both new appointees will replace Republicans, Nixon presumably will have to wait until next summer, when Democrat Kenneth Cox's term expires, before he gains control of the seven-member commission...
...recently upset some TV-station owners by withholding automatic renewal of broadcast licenses. On the other hand, some liberal lawmakers, who recall Burch's heavy-handed management of Goldwater's campaign, expressed shock at his nomination. Their dismay raises a possibility that the FCC's new chairman may run into trouble before winning Senate confirmation...
...CHRYSLER staged a double surprise last week. The company unveiled its new Duster (price: under $2,100), a compact sedan on a Valiant chassis, powered by a 130-h.p. engine. At week's end, Chairman Lynn Townsend disclosed that Chrysler will bring out the smallest of the new U.S. compacts in mid-1971. Called "the 25 Car," it will have a wheelbase of only 91 in., about 3 in. less than that of a Volkswagen. > GENERAL MOTORS has spent more than $100 million building a plant to assemble its entry in the small-car market. Code-named the XP877...