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Part I of a two-part series about the impact of "The Computer Revolution" on today's society. This segment looks at an air-traffic-control center, computerized steel mill and typesetting machines...
It isn't every day that a father can shed a political liability and gain a son-in-law. If he had been programmed on a Pentagon computer, Marine Captain Charles S. Robb, the 28-year-old White House social aide who sought and won Lynda Bird Johnson'...
The bargain rentals have attracted scores of prominent customers, among them, General Motors, General Foods, A.T. & T., Boeing, Monsanto, Aerojet-General, Mobil and Sinclair Oil. The scheme involves merely a financial juggle, and the equipment is often picked by the user to fit his own needs. Strange as it seems...
Beyond Control? With the 7% investment tax credit plus fast tax writeoff on their equipment, most leasing companies show quick profits in their early years. GC Computer, a Greyhound Corp. subsidiary and largest of the five leasing concerns listed on the American Stock Exchange, reported a 47% gain in earnings...
Despite such signs of investor confidence, many critics consider the leasing companies highly vulnerable to risks beyond their control. Admits President W. Carroll Bumpers of GC Computer: "The independents have to fathom when to slow down leasing of third-generation equipment because of obsolescence." There is little agreement among experts...