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...Union spokesmen also claimed this week that about 60 per cent of the delivery trucks coming to Harvard are now honoring the printers' picket lines...
...fashion as other East German spies. Guillaume emigrated to the West as a refugee from Communism in 1956, and joined the Social Democratic Party. He worked his way up to a job with the party apparatus in Bonn and in 1970 was appointed to Brandt's staff. Government spokesmen emphasize that his job was political and did not include secret matters. But the fact is that he was constantly at the Chancellor's elbow and attended many important meetings...
...industry spokesmen contend that they need high profits to finance expansion of exploration and production, and Sawhill agrees-but others emphatically do not. Pickets appeared last week at Gulfs annual stockholders' meeting with signs denouncing the profit rise, as well as Gulf involvement in Portugal's African territories (see THE WORLD). The House Commerce Committee last week voted to roll back domestic crude prices, and the Ways and Means Committee is working on a bill that would tax away "excess" profits that are not quickly spent to increase supply. The tax bill also would raise oil company taxes...
...Company spokesmen cite rising costs as the principal cause of Volkswagen's financial troubles. During 1974, they say, the company faces wage increases of $221 million and a jump of more than $301 million in material and shipping costs. Moreover, the oil crisis has left a lingering reluctance on the part of many consumers to buy new cars, even the gas-efficient, economy Beetle...
Will the Beetle disappear? Company spokesmen have repeatedly denied any intention of ceasing production altogether. But they are gearing up for production of a front-engine, water-cooled car called the Golf. Featuring lower horsepower than the current lowest-powered Beetle and a lower price, the Golf seems aimed at the very economy-car market created by the Beetle two decades...