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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...lined their beaches with "groins" (short jetties) in hopes of trapping the sand before it can be carried away. But the groins are only partly effective, and, like the navigational jetties, they also keep sand away from the beaches. Florida, despite prevalent use of groins, is still losing 20 million cu. yds. of sand each year...
...Chrysler, the only automaker to report, had record sales of $1.7 billion (up 33% over last year's first quarter) and record earnings of $69.3 million (up a whopping 280%). A few auto suppliers also had good quarterly earnings, including B. F. Goodrich with a record 16.7% climb, Uniroyal up 26.3% and glassmaker Libbey-Owens-Ford, which had a hefty 48% increase...
...Republic Steel Corp. reported a 38.6% rise over the first quarter of 1967, while Wheeling Steel, which has suffered more than two years of losses, reported earnings of $5.3 million...
...Xerox Corp. rang up a record first three months, with revenues increasing 24% to $202 million, while earnings were up 13% to $28.8 million...
...Reynolds Metals reported a 12% earnings rise to $13.5 million, and Alcoa profits were up $3.5 million, to $30.7 million...