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...trials. On race day, a threatening sky did not reduce the throng that turned out to see wonders like Linda Vaughn, a busty blonde in gold lame, parade on behalf of a transmission manufacturer. The racing cars were billboards on wheels, plastered with ads for everything from beer to motor homes...
While Detroit's automakers search for ways to reduce the polluting gases produced by the internal-combustion engine, a company best known for its motorcycles may well have found the answer. Japan's Honda Motor Co. plans to begin exporting to the U.S. a 1,600-lb., four-seat car that will easily meet the 1975 emission standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency...
...with Stanford Business School Dean Arjay Miller, a seminar in Phoenix on the problems of pollution, and a tour in Houston of NASA space facilities. In Detroit the visitors listened to a critique of U.S. foreign policy by former Under Secretary of State George Ball, then talked with Ford Motor Co. Chairman Henry Ford II and President Lee Iacocca. Moving on to Washington, D.C., they discussed trade and politics with Senator Hubert Humphrey (see cut), Congressman Wilbur Mills, representatives from the Administration and union officials. Eight days after its start, the official visit ended in Manhattan where, after meeting with...
CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS: Yuzuru Abe, Nippon Steel Corp.; Tadashi Arita, The Fuji Bank, Ltd.; Tatsuro Goto, Mitsui & Co., Ltd.; Nobuya Hagura, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank; Akira Harada, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.; Shoji Kambara, Ricoh Co., Ltd.; Kiyoshi Kawashima, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.; Kaoru Kobayashi, Institute of Business Administration and Management; Kazutoyo Komatsu, Trio Electronics, Inc.; Tatsuya Komatsu, Simul International, Inc.; Masao Kunihiro, Kokusai Shoka College; Teiji Makikawa, Fujitsu Ltd.; Isao Makino, Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd.; Jiro Mayekawa, Teijin Ltd.; Yohei Mimura, Mitsubishi Corp.; Masafumi Misu, Hitachi, Ltd.; Rihei Nagano, Kubota, Ltd.; Yoshio Narita, Yamaichi Securities Co., Ltd.; Yoshiro...
...Austrian combine that is expected to turn out $1.1 million worth of steel annually on Taiwan, and a slew of electronics firms: Sony, Hitachi, RCA, Motorola, Zenith, Admiral. Taiwan is now the chief supplier of black-and-white TV sets to the U.S. Ford Motor Co. has embarked on a $36.3 million venture with Lio Ho, a Taiwanese firm, to produce several small economy cars, selling at around $1,600, for the Asian market. The island also produces Sanyang motorcycles. Taiwan lately has switched to seeking capital-intensive heavy industry in order to stay a jump ahead of Malaysia...