Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 37, Number 2. 13th March 1974
That's the Way Pat wants it
That's the Way Pat wants it
Washington (SWS)—President Nixon's personal jetliner, originally furnished and decorated at a cost of $1.5 million, is undergoing a $285,000 redecoration at the request of Nixon's wife, [unclear: hat].
The alteration, at government expense, was begun after Pat expressed a wish that the guest quarters be closer to the presidential lounge.
Washington (APS)—A recently released survey by a Washington consumer group shows that the men who control the 18 largest oil corporations in America are also the directors of the largest banks and major companies.
The Centre for Science in the Public Interest claims that "about 25 oilmen in the banks of New York and other cities make national policies". For example, the Centre found that directors of the Chemical Bank of New York are also directors of such oil corporations as Exxon, Texaco, Mobil and Shell, and that certain directors of both Amoco and Mobil also sit on the board of the Chase Manhattan Bank.
The study concludes that the 18 largest oil companies have interlocking directorships with 132 US banks and financial corporations, 31 insurance companies, and 224 large manufacturing and distribution corporations.