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...proven plans, but some advanced experimenters lay out their own templates on the garage floor, which they change as they go along. The average plane costs between $1,800 and $2,000 in materials, including a second hand airplane engine or one adapted from a Corvair or Volkswagen. They also cost about 3,000 man-hours, or two or three years of spare time...
...this month it will introduce a bus with "all the comforts of first-class air travel." The company is rushing work on a $75 million plant that will double Daimler's truck capacity. And Daimler-Benz General Director Walter Hitzinger, 56, met recently in Frankfurt with Volkswagen's Heinz Nordhoff to discuss an increase in the "cooperation" that began in October when VW paid $20 million to become the major partner in Daimler's Auto-Union subsidiary...
...sign of receding, European businessmen are increasingly worried about being squeezed out by U.S. corporate giants, which have such a high scale of financing, research and marketing. In West Germany, where U.S. business has a $2 billion stake and General Motors' Opel has become a formidable competitor of Volkswagen German industrialists are beginning to pressure the government to do something. While Italy still courts investments for its underdeveloped south, a former Cabinet minister has expressed "reservations" about the extent of U S capital in Italy. Even in countries that encourage U.S. investment, there ias been increasing criticism that American...
Well Packed. The trunk was addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo, and had passed safely through customs because it was tagged "Diplomatic Mail." When it began shouting for help, two Egyptian diplomats grabbed it and pushed it into the Volkswagen truck that had brought it to the field. As police and customs officers tried to stop them, another Egyptian kept babbling that the trunk contained musical instruments and that the sounds probably were caused by accordions still filled with air. The truck raced away from the loading area, but it was soon caught by pursuing motorcycle police...
...with alcohol. Last week Alpert was arrested for the possession of narcotics. When Norwalk police stopped his blue 1958 Volkswagen, they found 1½ oz. of marijuana hidden where the batteries should be in a 3-in. flashlight in the glove compartment. And in his pocket was a tin tobacco box containing several marijuana cigarettes...