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Ever since they won independence, Brazilians have dreamed of a cool, gleaming inland capital far from the humid, colonial seaport of Rio de Janeiro. Last week, on a 4,000-foot plateau 600 miles northwest of Rio, the first buildings of the new inland capital of Brasilia were inaugurated...
...Taxes. Inland Revenue.' ' 'You must have come to the wrong house.' Pop said...
Corporations continued to feel the bite of the recession in their first-quarter profits. U.S. Steel reported first-quarter earnings off 46% ($1.04 a share v. last year's $2.09), and Inland Steel was off 46% ($1.40 a share v. $2.59). Steel production was down to about 47% of capacity last week, only about half of last year's production for the same period. The fact that steel continued to show a worthwhile profit while operating so low was a strong tribute to the industry's efficiency...
Government troops at dawn scrambled from transports into lifeboats and landing craft, surged onto the beaches north of Padang, the rebel nerve center. A spearhead of Indonesian marines had already pushed inland against light resistance. At the Padang airfield, eight miles north of town, government planes strafed gun positions while 200 paratroopers drifted down at the field's edge. Within twelve hours, the rebel defenders were in flight along the road to Bukittinggi, 58 miles away, and Padang was firmly in the control of Djakarta's Colonel Achmad Jani, who had learned his lessons well...
...well aware of the need for finding new markets for its surplus capacity, which is partly due to a miscalculation; the new plants in many cases have proved capable of turning out more goods than expected. U.S. Steel is still budgeting $665 million this year for further expansion; Inland Steel is going right ahead with its $280 million program. Said Big Steel's Vice President and Comptroller W. A. Walker: "It is not prudent or intelligent of management to halt expansion when things are poor. It is easier to build now. You get more for your money, although prices...