GM Sets Stage Brace Yourself for Higher Auto Costs
General Motors says its cost per car rose 375 this past fall and will raise average 1976 model prices by about 4.7 percent with options, to 4970, while base models climb about 4.4 percent. Other automakers including American Motors Ford and Chrysler project similar increases. Steel and plastic price hikes ripple through to appliances and packaging, with Pillsbury noting wholesale flour up 1.40 per cwt to 17.82, and DuPont Union Carbide announcing 2 cent per pound rises in polyethylene plastics effective Sept. 1.
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Associated Press
General Motors Corp
U.S
American Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Dustry
Bethlehem Steel Corp
U.S. Steel Corp
National Steel Corp
Pillsbury Co
General Mills
International Multifoods
Pillsbury
DuPont Co
Union Carbide Corp
U.S. Industrial Chemicals Co
National Distillers and Chemical Corp
Impasse Fears Rise Over Corry School District Talks
Negotiators from Corry Area School District and CAEA prepare for a pivotal meeting next week to clarify the district's final offer while union leaders push for negotiation. Officials say the session may also include proposals, with school opening in under three weeks fueling local concern.
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Corry Area
Corry Area Education Association
CAEA
Charles W. Krepps
CABA
Krepps
LeRoy Rieck
Daniel Scannell
CAA
Scannell
CAE
Ford Aide Map Plans Energy Moves in Vail
At Vail Colorado the president meets Energy Administrator Frank G Zarb to decide on an energy approach. They plan to appeal a lower court ruling on the sea barrel oil import tariff and discuss easing inflation from a veto of the six month extension of domestic oil price controls. Ford will deliver an energy speech at Eagle's Nest before shifting focus to the Middle East with Kissinger visiting jail to discuss a possible interim Israel Egypt peace plan.
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Colo
Ford
Einergy
Frank G. Zarb
Supreme Court
Hon Nessen
Zarb
Eagle's Nest
Middle East
Henry A. Kissinger
Israel
Egypt
Two Steel Firms Also Hike Prices
Bethlehem and National steel corporations join U S Steel in lifting prices by about four percent on products for cars. USS rose 3.8 percent on average, with Bethlehem and National timing hikes for September and October. Lukens Steel Co. also announced increases on specialty products as energy and material costs push prices higher.
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Associated Press
Bethlehem
National Steel
U.S. Steel
National
USS. Steel
Lukens Steel Co
Coatesville
Tape Indicates Kidnap Victim Alive
A tape indicating that kidnapped whisky heir Samuel Bronfman may still be alive is in his father Edgar Bronfman’s possession after signals of a record 4.5 million dollar ransom. The 21 year old Seagram heir’s voice tape arrived late Wednesday. he had last phoned Saturday claiming three men abducted him. A prior warning claimed Samuel would be buried in Westchester County with minimal water and air. The family accepted the ransom demands and the elder Bronfman traveled to New York to collect the tape from an undisclosed location. Reports note similar personal ads in New York papers referencing a Jack Mullaney and a missing relative, with details linking to a Florida abduction seven years earlier.
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Yorktown Heights
N.Y
Samuel Bronfman
Seagram
Edgar Bronfman
Bronfman
Samuel
Westchester County
New York City
Florida
Jack
Fred Dollard
New York Daily News
Jack Mullaney
FBL
Lbl
Friend
William McCrystal
Mullaney
New York Post
Princeton
Cornwall Associates
Fifth Ave
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Theft of Radio Reported at Corry Foam Terminal
Police probe a theft at Corry Foam Products truck terminal off Shady Avenue. Richard Huntley, a driver for the company, said his $460 citizen band radio was taken from a vehicle. Officers noted a car and several youths observed in the area on the two nights before the incident.
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Corry Foam Products
Shady Avenue
Richard Huntley
South Center Street
Foam Company
Boston and Elyria rocked by racial clashes injuring dozens
A fourth straight day of racial violence left 29 injured in Boston and 16 in Elyria Ohio as mobs smashed windows and hurled missiles. About 27 arrests were made in Elyria with most charged with inciting riot while Boston police reported eight officers injured and 20 arrests. Governor Rhodes sent 90 patrolmen to Blytheville to assist Elyria authorities as desegregation tensions flare amid ongoing census and school busing changes.
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Associated Press
Boston
Ohio
Elyria
Cleveland
Lorain County
Hoxbury
Roxbury
Brother Scott claims he twice saw Patty Hearst
Philadelphia AP story reports Walter Scott brother of Jack Scott says he has twice seen Patty Hearst and that Jack offered to deliver her to authorities for immunity and money. He describes sightings in Las Vegas and New York City with Hearst disguised as a pregnant woman and hints at possible U S location and a fist fight with Randolph Hearst. FBI declined comment.
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Walter Scott
Jack Scott
Patty Hearst
Scott
Miss Hearst
Las Vegas
New York City
Arpa Deccan
United States
Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Jack
FBI
Wall
Canaan, Pa
Harrisburg
Swanencennae
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Thiel
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Tim
Rv- Bar
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