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...winter cold. It clearly needs a new charge from the incoming Carter Administration-but how much amperage should be poured in? Last week some dollar numbers emerged from separate meetings between Carter and his transition staff, and the incoming President and chief executives of 15 giant companies, including Ford Motor Chairman Henry Ford II and DuPont Chairman Irving Shapiro. The President-elect's advisers were somewhat more modest than the businessmen. In effect, they called for $20 billion in tax cuts and spending increases, while the corporate chiefs-or at least their spokesman, General Electric Chairman Reginald Jones-opted...
...what he describes as "30 strong inquiries." His first car will be delivered in time for Christmas to Mrs. Marjorie Gay, a Tampa real estate broker who once taught Laumer high school physics. She explains her purchase as "a sentimental journey." That is pretty much how the Ford Motor Co. sees the whole project too. But if Laumer completes his replicas down to use of the old Ford logo, company executives warn, they might sue to stop production...
...wonder about Hite's methodology, an issue she has minimized in innumerable interviews. Most of the questionnaires were distributed through NOW, Oui, Mademoiselle, Ms. and The Village Voice--which obviously slants the sampling toward certain income levels, races and frames of mind. (I would bet no female Ford Motor Co. factory worker ever saw the questionnaires.) This is undeniably a flaw, but not of the magnitude that some reviews have made...
...Harvard Motor House has reserved all of its 72 rooms for the nights of June 15 and 16 (Commencement next year is June 16) and was filled up over six months ago. They are also booked for the night before and the night of graduation...
Government statisticians were quick to note that despite the lull, the economy is still expanding, if slowly. They note that the index was undoubtedly distorted by the four-week strike against Ford Motor Co., and also that its record as a measure of future business trends is uneven. Three times since 1948 the index fell for two months in a row but no economic downturn followed. On six other occasions, however, two or more consecutive months of decline in the index did signal an overall drop in economic activity...