Imports Claim Larger Share Of Auto Market
DETROIT AP The nations auto makers face an unsettled battle as imports claim a larger share of the U S market for March. Domestic sales fell 10 percent from February and 20 percent from a year ago, while import sales rose 16 percent. Imports earned a 21.7 percent market share, with foreign makers benefiting from lower prices and fuel economy. Analysts expect a rebound in April and May as 1974 model stock declines and rebates shift buyer behavior.
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Detroit
U.S
Nissan Motor Corp
USA
Pan
State Officials To Meet Public In Biddeford Forum
Top Maine officials will speak at Biddeford High School gym Monday at 7 p.m. in a public forum titled Meet and Know Your State Officials Night. Attendees will hear from Attorney General Joseph Brennan, Secretary of State Mark Gartley, State Treasurer Rodney Scribner, Speaker John Martin, House Majority Leader Neil Rolde, Senate Minority Leader Gerald Conley, and Governor’s Council member David Redmond, with local reps also present. The event, hosted by Biddeford Adult Education and York County Community College Services, aims to bring government to the people and is described as an educational experience rather than political.
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Biddeford
Atty
Joseph Brennan
Mark Gartley
Rodney Scribner
House of Representatives
John Martin
House
Neil Rolde
Senate
Gerald Conley
David Redmond
Births In Wells Kennebunk Biddeford and Saco Areas
To Mr. and Mrs. Victor Neuwirth a daughter April Cynthia born March 24 at Ocean Avenue Wells. To Mr. and Mrs. Marc Leclerc a daughter Bethany Marie born in March at 15 Hovey Street Kennebunk. To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dube a son Chet Anthony born March 24 at 15 Simard Avenue Biddeford. To Mr. and Mrs. Jean Claude Pelletier a son Serge Daniel born March 25 at 187 Pleasant Street Saco. To Mr. and Mrs. William Young Ogunquit a son Richard Carl born in March.
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Victor Neuwirth
Ocean Avenue
Wells
April Cynthia
Marc Leclerc
Hovey St
Kennebunk
Bethany Marie
Donald Dube
Simard Ave
Biddeford
Chet Anthony
Jean Claude Pelletier
Pleasant St
Saco
Serge Daniel
William Young
Ogunquit
Richard Carl
Tsongas seeks airlift of Vietnamese-American children
Lowell AP reports Rep. Paul Tsongas asks 35 House sponsors to urge the State Department to start an airlift of 100000 Vietnamese-American children from Vietnam. He backs a bill to grant immediate US citizenship to children fathered by Americans.
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Lowell
Mass
Paul Tsongas
D-Mass
House of Representatives
Washington
State Department
Vietnam
Oil Reserve Antitrust Probe Ties to Elk Hills Privatization
The Justice Department revives a five year old antitrust inquiry into California oil markets as the Ford plan to open Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve to private production faces scrutiny. SOCAL operates Elk Hills and owns a major pipeline, raising concerns of insider advantage. officials promise safeguards but critics call for stronger action including potential government takeover of Elk Hills assets. The piece also notes that a large portion of Americans under 65 have insurance for catastrophic illness.
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Washington
Justice Department
Naval Petroleum Reserve
California
Ford Administration
Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve
Antitrust Division
John E. Moss
Dcalif
House Armed Services Subcommittee
Elk Hills
Standard Oil of California
SOCAL
Keith I. Clearwaters
Antitrust
Moss
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Boston
Michael S. Dukakis
Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
William Sanborn
R-Deerfield
Holt Children’s Services
P.O
Eugene
Ore
International Social Services
E. 46Th St
Catholic Relief Services
First Ave
N.Y
World Vision
W. Huntington Drive
Monrovia
Calif
Ipl of the Children of
Gilpin
Denver
Aovo
Friends For All Children
S. 68Th St
Boulder
Colo
Emergency Committee
Vienna
Council On
Palisades Station
Washington, D.C
Food For Children of
Linda Conrad
Ceder St
Lexington
Salisbury
Kenneth Delano
Bath
Maine
Amesbury
Delano
Augusta
Donald Nichols
Nichols
Fairfield
Ohio
Leonard Ruppert
Ruppert
Charity Ruppert
Hamilton
James Ruppert
Charity
UPI
Chicago
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Good Shepherd
South Street
Nora Hebert
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