Volkswagen profits and sales plunge in 1974 first quarter
West German giant Volkswagen faces 472000 unsold vehicles and 35 million dollar first quarter loss as demand falls in the United States and Europe. Prices rise may be rolled back by antitrust hearing. Leiding says new Golf model and possible U.S. plant could restore position.
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Bonn
Germany
Volkswagen
Rudolf Leiding
Volkswagenwerk AG
United States
West Germany
European
U.S
Federal Antitrust Office
Leiding
State Board Schedules Hearing to Oust Hot Springs Board
ABC Board will hold a public hearing in Asheville in mid June to consider removal of the Hot Springs ABC Board. Chairman Holshouser cited numerous discrepancies in operation. Hot Springs chair R. W. Ponder and fellow members T. A. Russell and Clyde Huntsinger deny resigning. Hearing officer William T. Biggers will preside.
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Raleigh
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Asheville
Hot Springs Abc Board
Robert S. Swain
Hot Springs Board
Swain
State Abc
L. C. Holshouser
R. W. Ponder
Hot Springs
Holshouser
Ponder
T. A. Russell
Clyde Huntsinger
William T. Biggers
State Board
Indians Try To Fire Lawyers In Wounded Knee Trial
Five of six defense attorneys are expected in court as Means and Banks push to dismiss counsel. Means arrested on new charges in Sioux Falls, trial in St Paul ongoing since Jan 8 with potential penalties up to 80 years and 80,000 dollars each. Judge Nichol denies full dismissal but allows some substitution while noting court appointed lawyers cannot be discharged without judge approval after trial starts.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Wounded Knee
Russell Means
S.D
U.S. District Court
Fred Nichol
Means
Dennis Banks
Mark Lane
Los Angeles
New York
Nichol
American Indian Movement
AIM
Sioux Falls
U.S
St. Paul
Woman Officer Sees Women Battling Capably in War
Brig. Gen. Mildred C. Bailey, head of the Women’s Army Corps, told an Armed Forces Day lunch in Atlanta that women could perform well in combat. She said the 1970s mark a new era for women in the armed forces and that if national security required it, women would go to the battlefield to do their jobs.
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Atlanta
Army
Mildred C. Bailey
Women’s Army Corps
Armed Forces Day
One Woman For Each Man Equal Hiring For Police Force Ordered
Detroit is ordered by Judge Ralph M Freeman to hire one woman for every man hired while a sex discrimination suit proceeds The city police force has 5524 members with only 123 women A barmaid Constance Klein 26 supports the claim that women can handle police work with proper training and the suit argues against stricter education requirements for women than men
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Detroit (Ap
Constance Klein
Detroit
Miss Klein
Detroit Police Department
Ralph M. Freeman
U.S. District Court
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Rise Baby Face
N. Main High Point
Salem ST. Thomasville
Patricia O'Neill
Department
Odess Sanitary Napkins
Borden’s
Sherbet
Spalding
Colton
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Ice
Greensboro Rd
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Gillette
Jergens Jtotion
Playtex Living Gloves
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Liat Tao Alee Alou
Rica
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