Great Western Financial increased its quarterly cash...

Great Western Financial increased its quarterly cash dividend to 25 cents per common share, payable Aug. 30 to shareholders of record Aug. 5 . . . KLM, the Dutch national airline, said it has ordered 10 Boeing 737 passenger planes to replace part of its vintage medium-range fleet. The order is valued at about $344 million . . . The British government cleared the way for the $486-million takeover bid for whisky distiller Arthur Bell by the brewery firm Guinness . . . Coca-Cola reported that bottling plants in several parts of the country resumed production of Coca-Cola’s 99-year-old formula, which will be sold under the name Coca-Cola Classic . . . Newhall Land & Farming said it completed the sale of three properties for about $10.8 million . . . Com Systems of Van Nuys said it will be deleted from the NASDAQ system by Aug. 6 because it is not currently in compliance with the capital and surplus requirement of the National Assn. of Securities Dealers . . . Arvida Corp. said it will develop a 205-acre showcase business park a mile west of Miami International Airport in a joint venture with Raha Associates of New York . . . Holiday Inns has agreed in principle to accept Sears’ Discover Card, pending completion of negotiations . . . Five states--Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin--declared their opposition to the proposed sale of the government’s interest in Conrail.