GM Lays Off Plant Workers Amid Slump in Sales
General Motors announced plans to lay off 86 000 workers across 10 plants due to weak demand for standard size cars. About 48 000 will be on temporary furlough up to 10 days, 38 000 on indefinite layoff starting January and February. Major plants affected include Buick Flint and Pontiac Michigan, with shifts cut at Linden New Jersey and St. Louis Missouri among others. The move follows a 126 000-worker layoff the prior December and aims to align production with a 1974 sales forecast of 13 to 13.5 million units amid oil shortages and energy fears.
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Agis Salpakas
NYT
General Motors Corporation
Richard C. Gerstemnberg
General Motors
William E. Simon
Federal Energy Administration
Buick
Flint
Mich
Pontiac
General Motors Assembly
Tarrytown
N. Y
Linden
N. J. Farmingham
Mass
Janesville
Wis
Wilmington
Wilmington, del., St. Louis, Mo
Fairfax
Kan
South Gate
Calif
General Motors Assembly Division
St. Louis
Framingham
Oldsmobile
Cadillac
Teens Charged After Marijuana Found In Car
Huntsville teens were charged with illegal possession of marijuana and paraphernalia after authorities found three quarters of a pound of marijuana in a car on U S 72 east of Athens. Sheriff Evans said scales and other paraphernalia were recovered. Each suspect remained jailed Friday night on $1000 bond.
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Athens
Limestone County
Huntsville
M. W
Buddy) Evans
U. S. 72
Huntsville Man Found Dead After Hunts Squirrel Trip
Coroner Ralph Padgett reports 61 year old Carl Ollie Wallace of Huntsville died of an apparent heart attack Friday in the Poplar Point Area Limestone County. Wallace had been squirrel hunting and left the woods before dying. Body found at 9 30 a.m.
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Athens
Limestone County
Ralph Padgett
Huntsville
Poplar Point
Padgett
Carl Ollie Wallace
Gas Stations Open Varyingly Over New Year Weekend
Southeast drivers may find scattered gas stations open during the New Year holiday but shortages loom in Louisiana and parts of the Carolinas. Georgia and Tennessee show mixed openness with most stations closing or partial hours.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
South Carolina
Georgia
Georgia Independent Oilmen’s Association
Roy Cross
Cross
Clint Pray
Airlines Slash Jobs Amid Fuel Crisis Despite Gov Boost
Major carriers announce ongoing layoffs and furloughs as fuel shortages bite. TWA cuts 2,900 jobs by Jan 1 with total furloughs near 3,750. American plans 2,300 more layoffs bringing total to 3,100 since Nov. 1. Pan American keeps plans steady after 10 percent December cut. Continental trims seven percent in Jan and adds 11 pilots plus 175 hostesses and 46 mechanics. United reexamines 1974 plan. Braniff waits. Ozark eases a planned 14 percent cutback.
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Associated Press
Governent
Trans World Airlines
American Airlines
American
United Air Lines
United
TWA
F.C. Wiser
Kansas City
Braniff International
Braniff
St. Louis
Ozark Airlines
Ozark
Edward J. Crane
Crane
Continental Airlines
Robert F. Six
Continental
Ray Objecting To Prison Transfer
James Earl Ray opposes a transfer to a federal prison as Tennessee moves to surrender him to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. A court ruling may determine if the move proceeds. Ray has faced security concerns and prior escape attempts, remaining in administrative segregation in Nashville since 1972.
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Nashville, Tenn
Federal Bureau of Prisons
James Earl Ray
Ray
Ee Brushy
Mountain State
Nashville
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Jane McAbee
Hartselle 2
Moulton St
6Th Ave
Georgia Motor Club
Tennessee
Aubrey Lannom
Mid-South Auto Club
Lannom
Carolinas
Pan American World Airways
Letson
Paul & Ida
McGregor Furniture Co
Austin’s Jewelry
Bank St
R. L. Watkins
Electric Department
City OF
Decatur
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Authority
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