VW to Build $200 Million U S Rabbit Plant
Volkswagen plans a U S assembly plant to produce the Rabbit, aiming for 200 000 cars yearly and 5500 workers with payroll of at least 60 million annually. UAW chief Leonard Woodcock calls the move farsighted and expects unionization. site choices include Columbus Ohio Brook Park Ohio or New Stanton Pennsylvania. Governor Rhodes touts Ohio prospects while automakers weigh comments and potential competitive impact.
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Detroit
Volkswagen
United States
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Aesman
American Motors Corp
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
Ohio
Lee A Lacocca
Automaker
Pittsburgh
Bumper grain crop expected could ease 1976 food prices
The Agriculture Department foresees a 1976 wheat crop near 2 billion bushels and a possible record corn harvest around 6.4 billion bushels. Strong crops may boost grain carryovers into 1977, while retail meat prices are expected to rise modestly despite lower costs to livestock producers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Uture
Armers
Department
U.S
School licenses skateboard use at Carson Elementary
Principal David Peitzel requires parental permission and a test to ride at the Carson Elementary School recreation area, the town's only smooth pavement. About a dozen students have earned licenses, laminated with term-end expiration, while unlicensed skaters are barred from the grounds.
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Carson, Wash
Carson
Vancouver
Wash
Columbia River Gorge
David Peitzel
Peitzel
Jody Grover
Lynne Roeder
Who will replace Barbara Walters on Today show
NBC News chief Richard C Wald will hire Walters successor as she leaves NBC for ABC. Five women are under consideration while Walters remains on Today temporarily. NBC has approached Betty Furness as a potential fill in or permanent replacement though no start date or job offer has been made.
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New York
Barbara Walters
NBC
NBC News
Richard C. Wald
Wald
Ward
Miss Walters
ABC
New York City
Consumer Affairs
Bess Myerson
Candice Bergen
Betty Furness
Eatinghouse Products
Miss Furness
Wnbc—Tv
Barbara
Westinghouse
White House
Johnson
New York State
Wnbc-Tv
Supreme Court withholds matching funds for candidates
The Supreme Court denied a motion to restore more than 1.4 million dollars in matching funds to seven presidential hopefuls and the Democratic Committee while Congress and President Ford debate reviving the Federal Election Commission. Ford’s 910 thousand dollar request faces possible veto as candidates cut budgets and plan new ads to sustain campaigns.
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Chris Connell
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Spigot
Federal Election Commission
Congress
Ford
FEC
Reublican
Ronald Eagan
High Court
Church
Democratic National Committee
Commission
House
Senate
Morris K. Udall
Reagan
Udall
Pennsylvania
Franjieh Resigns Under Pressure in Lebanon Crisis
Beir ut Lebanon Christian President Suleiman Franjieh resigns amid Moslem pressure and internal support. Parliament to be convened to choose a successor. A radio ally claimed he signed a constitutional amendment for immediate replacement. Civil war toll rises as fighting continues and the cease-fire collapses.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Suleiman Franjieh
Franjieh
Beirut Radio
Kamel Assaadi
Ranjieh
Syria
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
London
Truce Supervision Committee
Hafez Assad
Kissinger
Ford
L. Dean Brown
Brown
Issinger
France
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Mo Udall
Ae Television
CBS
Jimmy Carter
Sen
Henry Jackson
Carter
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Bangkok
Perations
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