Domestic Auto Sales Jump 35 Percent From Year Ago
Domestic car sales last month rose 35 percent from November 1974, signaling a strong auto industry rebound from the two year slump. Major makers American Motors, General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler posted large gains, while foreign car sales fell 4 percent and their market share reached a four year low. AMC announced Pacer production will halt briefly to trim inventories, with about 3,860 of 11,000 Kenosha workers laid off for a week. Ward's reports U.S. car production for Q1 1976 at 2,143,000, up 65 percent from 1975 and the highest in nine quarters.
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Detroit
U.S
American Motors
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
AMC
Kenosha
Wis
Ward
Automotive Reports
Former Government Official Charges Milk Co-Ops Illegally Hiked Prices
A former government official, Peter Barton Hull, now in private practice, charged that giant milk cooperatives used monopoly power to raise consumer milk prices by at least 175 million dollars this year. He argued co-ops push premiums above federal minimums, violating the Capper Volstead act and marketing order intent. He faulted the Agriculture Department for not cracking down on undue price boosting and dismantling non-functional pricing.
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Washington
UPI
Peter Barton Hull
Food and Drug Administration
Impac
Hutt
Agriculture Department
Rock Island Line Posts $1 Million October Profit
Rock Island Lines shows a $1.1 million October profit marking the railroad's first gain in 34 months. Receiver William Gibbons cites workforce cut from 12,000 to 8,400 and elimination of unprofitable perishable traffic as key factors. He did not set a date for a bankruptcy plan. The line serves many points in Iowa.
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Chicago
Rock Island Lines Railroad
William Gibbons
Gibbons
U.S
Frank McGarr
Iowa
Community on the Move Outlined to Club
More than 400 Collins Management Club members heard Cedar Rapids officials outline a broad civic agenda. Panelists highlighted a $58 million wastewater plant, city bus system upgrades, and a new community center funded by federal and state money.
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Collins Management Club
Cedar Rapids
Oak Hill Manor
Harold Schaefer
Robert Faxon
Cedar Rapids — Marion Area
Collins
Schaeter
Gardner
DOT Commission
U S Fears Soviets Testing Laser Satellite Blinders
U S intelligence warning cites infrared illuminations of U S early warning satellites from Western Russia on five occasions since Oct 18. Additional infrared signals were detected on Nov 17 and 18 as analysts weigh the possibility of ground based lasers to blind satellites guarding against missile attack.
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Washington
U.S
Russia
Earth
United States
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Western Dubuque drivers vote on affiliation with local union
Farley Bus drivers for the Western Dubuque district failed to approve a union affiliation. With 37 votes for and 18 against, the measure did not reach the required 43 vote majority among eligible drivers.
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Farley
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Ongette
Dial
Faxon
Linn County
Callins Group
Commission
L.W. van Nostrand
Bezanson
Fletcher
Buiaigh
Ferret Ory
WNT
AGE Salle AD Pas
Gunderson Construction Company
Ozark Street
N.E
Times Gamera
Yashica TL Electro
Eduvasi
WEW
Bob Signor
John Noguchi
John
Yashikor
Yasica
Yashica “Electro
Yashica
Electro
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