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...attitude that forces us to think of this railroad as an extension of the shipper's total distribution system ... It compels us to use the very latest tools at our command . . . Gone are the days of Casey Jones. This rail road is changing...
Davies' new line at the least should equal the $150 million in revenue that the three separate lines brought home last year. Though that would put it ahead of the longtime No. 1 U.S. shipper, United States Lines (1965 revenues: $114 million), the new setup is aimed less at U.S. competitors than at foreign opposition-particularly Japanese. In the last year and a half, no fewer than 24 Japanese carriers have merged into half a dozen major lines, become the West Coast shippers' chief rivals along the lucrative transpacific and Far East trade routes...
...relieve her fatigue. Four first-class seats were arranged to provide a berth so that the First Lady could rest. In Greece Jackie took it easy, her privacy assured by 80 Greek policemen and coast guardsmen who patrolled the land and water approaches to the villa of wealthy Greek Shipper Markos No-mikos overlooking the Saronic Gulf near Athens. During her 1961 visit, Jackie had used the same villa...
Despite the turbulence of Argentine politics and the world grain market, Bunge & Born has prospered because it has shrewdly spread its bets into so many countries and industries. By building a reputation for strict honesty and rigid adherence to delivery dates, it has become the biggest shipper of jute in India. Biggest of all the overseas subsidiaries is New York's Bunge Corp., which last year rang up sales of more than $500 million, including more than $125 million from storing and shipping U.S. surplus grain...
...other farming fields were far less productive. Around Aroostook, Me., because of oversupply, growers are getting $1.15 per barrel for potatoes that cost $2 to produce. "It's the worst I've ever seen," said one shipper. In Vermont, Dairy Farmer Harry R. Varney Jr. logged the worst year in seven for his 50-cow herd. Said Varney: "My investment is about $75,000, and it seems to me a man should be able to make about t $300 a month to live on and about 5% return on his investment. But I won't make that...