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...stock, the Los Angeles oil company agreed to acquire Milwaukee's Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co., one of the nation's leading manufacturers of electrical, construction and farm machinery. Allis-Chalmers has been the subject of takeover rumors-and heavy trading of its stock-ever since James J. Ling, the acquisitive chairman of Dallas' Ling-TemcoVought, made a pair of tender offers that Allis-Chalmers' board turned down cold last summer...
First conceived by the Navy in 1962, the plane went into development in 1964 because of its unique serviceability in Viet Nam. Ling-Temco-Vought, maker of the gull-winged propeller-driven Corsair fighter of World War II, produced the first craft in 18 months, has since delivered more than 125 Corsair IIs to the Navy, which has ordered 1,500 (estimated cost per craft: $1.4 million, v. $9.75 million for the F-111B). The Air Force has ordered approximately 500. The Corsair II will replace the Navy's A-4E Skyhawk and the Air Force...
...branched into such nonfood items as chemicals and insurance, plans further diversification. Admittedly curious about rumors of Simon's interest in his company, Reneker claims that he does not plan to let Swift go the way of other meat packers such as Wilson & Co., which was acquired by Ling-Temco-Vought, and John Morrell, which is expected to become the property of AMK Corp. by year's end. Says Reneker: "If you think I'd like that idea for Swift, you are hearing me wrong...
Professor Arthur Ling conceived the layout for the new Runcorn as a figure eight with the town center at the intersection. The town is broken by parks into distinct neighborhoods which are connected by a rapid transit of minibuses...
While the ideas of Wilson and Ling may seem far-fetched, they are actually part of a coherent concept of what urban life should be. Both towns seek to keep down the number of autos--Runcorn through its minibuses; Skelmersdale by pedestrian ways through the compact city. Both towns separate industry from housing, but keep jobs within ten minutes of home...