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...fourth term, was Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, 67. Young won renomination to serve another four years against a dozen opponents who argued that he had stayed past his time. A skilled assembler of support among labor, civic and business leaders, Young sped away with 64% of the Motor City's vote...
...DIVAD cancellation will probably mean layoffs for many of the 1,900 workers at the Ford Aerospace plant in Newport Beach, Calif. Financial analysts expect the parent Ford Motor Co. to weather the loss of the contract. Meanwhile, the Army must search for a suitable replacement to take on the Sergeant York's intended air-defense duties. Said Weinberger: "A decision to cancel what is basically an ineffective system doesn't eliminate the need...
...engineer, met Entrepreneur Charles Rolls in 1904 at Manchester's Midland Hotel, and the first Silver Ghost was on the road three years later. Rolls died in an air crash in 1910, but Royce went on to launch the posh Phantom series in the 1920s and to acquire Bentley Motor Ltd. in 1931, two years before his death...
...most obvious is all the talk about grocery stores not being able to stock both versions of Coke. The fact is that most people--even Gay Mullins, the Seattle man who formed Old Cola Drinkers of America--can't tell the difference between old Coke, new Coke, Pepsi, and motor oil. But if Coke can get twice the exposure on grocery store shelves (Pepsi's stronghold is grocery stores; Coke does better in fountains), the Atlanta-based bottling company is likely to sell twice as much as any other soft drink...
...that typically total about $25,000 and can exceed $100,000. Norwest also offers lending programs for cars and boats that can cut monthly payments nearly in half. The loans run for several years and then come due in a lump sum. Automakers too are extending easier terms. Ford Motor Credit estimates that 45% of its 1985 lending has been for 60 months, rather than the 36-month period that was previously typical...