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But his goal is still the same as it was 16 years ago: an empire. He tried once, with USEPCO, and failed. This time, with AVCO, he is sure he will win.
* Cord settled down in Los Angeles, piled up another fortune in real estate. Last week he boasted: "I've just turned down $12½ million for [my holdings]."
*AVCO now makes: radio equipment, FM & television sets, refrigerators, gas & electric stoves, frozen-food storage units, automatic garage-door openers, farm tools, military and commercial aircraft, buses, marine, industrial, bus, and aircraft engines, heating and boiler units, machine tools & dies, kitchen sinks and cabinets.