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...rockets last fall. Trying to make the Soviet leader sweat, Castro is obviously attempting to boost his price for supporting Russia in its struggle with the Chinese. But there is little doubt that Cuba will ultimately sign the treaty, for Castro needs Russia to buy his 3,800,000-ton sugar crop and to continue steady transfusion of economic...
Begun in 1959, the museum is now filling up with a heady collection of modern masters: soon there will be a dozen Mirós, Giacomettis by the ton, Chagalls, Kandinskys and Braques - all from Maeght's famous collection. The museum will open next year...
...Congressional Joint Economic Committee got wind of the matter in May and tipped off Kennedy. The Congressmen -notably the committee's chairman, Illinois' Senator Paul Douglas-were shocked to learn that, for example, the freight for U.S. steel pipe and tubing outbound to Europe is $42.40 a ton, while the inbound rate is $22.62. Scotch whisky moves to New York at a shipping cost of 840 a case; U.S. bourbon heading in the opposite direction is nicked...
...reason why U.S. exporters are also being nudged out of "third markets" by Europeans and Japanese who benefit from lower rates. Though Veracruz is nearly three times as far from Germany as it is from New York, a German exporter can ship plasticizers to that port for $43 a ton, v. $53.61 for an exporter from New York. The difference in charges is particularly damaging to U.S. exports of cheap, bulky products for which freight makes up much of the final price...
...with 50,000 employees and 52 plants in 23 countries. Until two years ago, it concentrated chiefly on making big vehicles, including heavy trucks and London's double-deck buses. Then it bought troubled Standard-Triumph, giving itself a line that now runs from sports cars to 200-ton earthmovers. Standard-Triumph lost Leyland $3,000,000 last year, but Leyland has now turned the company into a moneymaker. Helping out is the success of Triumph's TR4 and Spitfire in the U.S., where Triumph has overtaken Renault as the second bestselling auto import, after Volkswagen. With Triumph...