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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1975
Page
23
Chrysler Corp seeks to revive rebates with cash-back offers up to 200 dollars on selected models. The plan follows a deep sales slide and a large inventory cut, with dealer meetings starting in Southfield and regional talks to follow.
Detroit based report notes fewer layoffs this week with 179,390 workers idle nationwide. General Motors recalls 20,000, boosting production. GM cuts to 110,000. Ford, Chrysler, and American Motors show varied gains and plant reopenings amid stiff sales drops.
McCulloch Properties plans to sell 81 percent of its McCulloch International Airlines unit to a Southern California group led by John E. Gallagher. The buyers, including Francis Fox John Holleran and Richard Goates, will pay 1.5 million total and seek Civil Aeronautics Board approval.
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi ordered that 99 percent of state owned industry shares and 49 percent of privately owned industry shares be offered to the public as stock. Workers get first priority to buy shares, with remaining shares open to the public. Excludes oil and related sectors. Sales oversight will be by Hushang Ansari.
A government study by the University of Washington for NIOSH reports one in four workers in a sample of small businesses has an occupational disease. About 89 percent of cases were not reported to the Labor Department, with diseases including asbestos related respiratory illness, noise induced hearing loss, infrared cataracts, and elevated lead absorption.
Cal Poly professors Michael Emmons and Obert Alberti wrote Your Perfect Right to help people assert themselves. Their 118 page book, used as a text on several campuses and praised as a guide to balance, has sold over 65 000 copies with 150 000 more in paperback forthcoming.
A $500000 class action suit filed in U S District Court seeks to stop the use of locked seclusion rooms and forced medication at Boston State Hospital. Seven patients join against the hospital and several doctors, alleging civil rights violations.
A piece on replacing mailed checks with direct deposits notes widespread theft of beneficiary checks and slow replacement processes. Georgia piloted direct-to-bank delivery with most opting in while Florida California and other regions roll out notices. The plan could ease nonreceipt cases, reduce crowding, and move toward full electronic transfers, potentially ending paper checks in years ahead.
Rep. Les Aspin cites a Public Interest Research Group study claiming high defense outlays destroy about 844000 jobs annually, with 10600 private sector jobs created per 1 billion cut. The report lists major losers and a few gainers, noting 60 percent of Americans live in states losing jobs.
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