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...officialdom. Since last January at least 15 specialized magazines and reviews devoted to the Common Market have sprung up; so has UNICE, a Common Marketwide counterpart of the U.S.'s National Association of Manufacturers. And throughout the Six, industrial amalgamations and alliances are being negotiated at a dizzying rate. Italy's Alfa Romeo has signed car-marketing agreements with France's Renault and Germany's N.S.U. Daimler-Benz (Mercedes) is negotiating with Peugeot, and France's Conord (household appliances) has already established a subsidiary in Cologne. Even commercial banks are getting into the act: France...
Consumer buying was up to an annual rate of $300.5 billion, some $500 million better than had been predicted a few weeks ago. Consumer inventories were also building up faster than expected. The figure: an accumulation rate of $5.7 billion, or $1.7 billion more than the early estimates. Much of the buildup was undoubtedly due to fears of a steel strike. Ward's Automotive Reports cautioned that auto dealer inventories may soon hit an alltime high of 1,000,000 unless production is cut back in late June and July...
...unprecedented acceptance rate set by members of the incoming Class of 1963 has put unexpected pressure on the College Admissions Office, according to Dean Bender...
...Admissions Committee, extrapolating from acceptance rates over the past few years, was anticipating a rate of about 75 per cent, but as of Friday the rate was running over 82 per cent. Bender pointed out, however, that there would probably be a slight drop on the last day of acceptance (today), when most of those who have not been accepted will move into the reject category...
Nevertheless, the rate will almost certainly be well above the expected one, and this will probably mean that the College will not be able to take any men from the waiting list, for the first time in the Admissions Office history...