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...view, Hanoi's negotiators at the Paris parley are conducting a double strategy, seeking to sow dissension between the U.S. and its nervous Saigon ally and simultaneously to gain a respite from U.S. bombing. During the first week of talks, the North Vietnamese seemed to make some headway with that strategy...
Both sides are certain to come under increasing pressure from their allies if the sessions seem to be making any headway. Moscow has remained silent through the pre-talk phase, but many Washington officials are convinced that the Russians would be delighted to see the war end?and with it, the heavy burden of aid to Hanoi. Peking is another story; it can be counted on to urge Hanoi not to come to terms...
...Washington headquarters was in a state of chaos-campaign buttons were in short supply, the phones and elevators unreliable-but the Vice President himself was making harmonious headway toward the Democratic nomination. Maryland's 49-vote delegation adopted a unit rule over the protests of Kennedy and McCarthy supporters, virtually assuring Humphrey of all 49 votes. In a brief visit to New York City, Humphrey sat down to luncheon with a group of Wall Streeters, walked off with pledges of some $750,000 in campaign contributions. With backing from such moneymen as Sidney J. Weinberg of Goldman, Sachs...
...such key aluminum users as the automobile and home-building industries. Part of the explanation is customer stockpiling as a precaution ary hedge against a possible aluminum strike this summer. The company has also benefited from the copper indus try's marathon strike, during which it has made headway in its efforts to substitute aluminum for copper in telephone cables. Although technological problems still have to be overcome before aluminum can compete with all other metal industries in a big way, Alcoa President John D. Harper, 58, maintains that his company's product has a "big economic advantage...
American Motors Corp. has encountered many obstacles on the road back to financial health but none any more perilous than its eight-month-long labor negotiations with the United Automobile Workers. Away from the bargaining table, the company has made headway against major roadblocks. Last month it announced earnings for the three months ending Dec. 31 of $4,500,000 (plus a special tax recovery of $19,200,000), its first quarterly profit in 18 months. Its auto sales for the current model-year have been running about 10% ahead of last year's levels. Encouraging as those signs...