Guide outlook excellent at General Motors division says Lanning
NAN reports Guide’s 5,800 employees heard that the division expects an excellent fifth straight model year. The 1979 model year begins Sept. 1, 197% with a 6.8 percent sales rise over 1978. Recalled 87 workers this week, 35 more to return, leaving 125 hires since Aug. 15 still to be called back. Inventory depletion and energy curtailment influence production plans and staffing.
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Guide
General Motors Division
Indiana Public Service Commission
Lanning
Canada
Syracuse
N.Y
City eyes Swinford farm as landfill talks resume
Anderson city officials renew interest in the 240 acre Swinford farm near Adams Township, hiring two appraisers to evaluate a potential option to buy. The move follows earlier attempts and interest from local contractor Ralph Reed, with neighbors also pursuing offers. Officials stress the process is preliminary and confidential pending possible negotiations.
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Rmuuamas Herald
Ridge Road
Anderson
Adams Township
Anderson Board of Public Works
Marvin Clanin
Lester &Swinford
the Herald
Ralph Reed
Works Board
Chester
Doc’ Lawrence
Clanin
Swin
Reed
Swinford
Lawrence
Swinford Farm
Noblesville
Gary Beerbower
South Madison
Bill Surbaugh
John Bibler
Surbaugh
Bibler
Beverly Hills convict linked to hillside strangler killings
Los Angeles police booked Peter Mark Jones after fellow inmate George Shamshak claimed Jones killed two women in the back of his van. Shamshak, 27, said he drove the van and confessed details of the September and February slayings that dumped 13 nude bodies on roads and hillsides.
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Los Angeles
Hillside
Peter Mark Jones
Beverly Hills
George Francis Shamshak
Massachusetts
Jones
Shamshak
Jill Barcomb
Kathleen Robinson
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
Boston
Gates
California
Cambridge
Mass
State Correction Department
Shirley
Walpole State Prison
Massachusetts State Police
William Bergin
Bergin
Mshak
Weather Outlook With Weekend Winds Switches from Sunny to Cloudy
Rainty sunny and windy today with partly cloudy tonight. Highs range 65 to 70, tonight lows 35 to 40. Sunday highs 55 to 60. Anderson records a Friday high of 77 (25C) and low of 48 (9C).
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Anderson
Guide optimistic on filling furloughs and expanding output
General manager Lanning says Guide will need most of the remaining 125 furloughed workers before spring, aiming to develop new products and improve current lines while controlling costs. He notes potential space for basic processing and expects growth from General Motors and new markets. He cites US retail car sales up 36 percent in early March versus last year while earlier months lagged 1977.
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General Motors
Anderson
Guide
United States
Lanning
Meaning of sloof lirpa Probed by Wiggery bystanders
A reporter photographer team visits the Wiggery to ask bystanders the meaning of the phrase sloof lirpa. Residents offer a mix of interpretations and light commentary on current events in a regularly scheduled man on the street feature.
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