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...signs that the long-discussed Wankel has finally shifted up from being Detroit's vague "engine of the future" to a much more imminent status. The auto industry's growing number of Wankel watchers, including the authoritative trade magazine Ward's Auto World, an early booster, predict that Detroit will be mass-producing rotary engines in three years or so, and that by the end of the decade, more than half of all new domestic cars will be powered by them...
...choice between Nixon and McGovern becomes clearer, the McGovern strategists predict, their man will pick up the support of the Old Guard Democrats whose egos are now bruised, as well as many of the Independents, whose votes can be decisive. It is when general themes are translated into proposals for action that a campaign risks alienating many voters, and McGovern has been unusually bold-if sometimes confusing-in detailing his programs. The McGovern advisers contend that they have studies showing that his call for a $32 billion cut in the defense budget and his plans for redistributing wealth by shifting...
Which is just what Wallace is counting on. No one can predict what the rambunctious Governor, even confined to a wheelchair, will do. His campaign manager, Charles Snider, says that Wallace may lead a third party in 1972, and Wallace has been invited to give the keynote address at the American Party Convention next month. But this is probably no more than a threat to keep his leverage within the Democratic Party...
...receive 30% of the sale of film and TV rights. He later relented on that score, but continued to insist on another chance to play the second game, a demand chess officials refused to grant. Given Bobby's stubbornness and short-fused temper, not even the experts could predict the next move...
European bankers predict that the pound will float down to somewhere between $2.40 and $2.50, after which the British government will make official that de facto devaluation. Whether that will stabilize the world financial system a while longer remains to be seen. The most discouraging thing about the panic last week was that safety devices built up in the past six months collapsed promptly when put to the test...