AMC expands small car output adding 1500 workers
American Motors Corp increases daily production at Kenosha Wisconsin from 850 to 1100 cars and adds 1500 workers for a second shift as GM and Ford halt work across 53 000 jobs. February sales expected down 35 percent from last year with 1735000 cars in unsold inventories equal to about 76 days of supply.
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UPI
American Motors Corp
General Motors
Ford
U.S
AMC
Kenosha, Wis
Chrysler
Oil Supplies Topic Sparks Washington Debate
In Washington, UPI reports a debate over U.S. oil reserves and big oil companies amid gasoline shortages. Standard Oil of Indiana Amoco chairman John Swearingen predicted the shortage would ease in six months to a year amid a heated discussion.
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Washington
UPI
United States
John Swearingen
Standard Oil of Indiana
Amoco
Hearst kidnapping plea draws renewed family appeal
Patricia Hearst’s parents spoke from their Hillsborough home nine days after a public plea, asking her captors to allow a message or note. They invoked the Geneva Convention and urged Patricia to prove she is safe as the SLA remains silent.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
Randolph A
Catherine Hearst
Hillsborough
Patricia
Symbionese Liberation Army
Hearst
Physicians suffer high alcoholism in America
Dr. Charles E. Becker told the California Medical Association that physicians face the highest alcoholism rate among professions and warned the military incidence may reach 50 percent. He urged medical schools to teach diagnosis and treatment of alcoholism more clearly.
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San Francisco
UPI
America
California Medical Association
Charles E. Becker
San Francisco General Hospital
Becker
University of California Medical Center
CMA
Army
Navy
PG&E moves to halt film on nuclear plant dangers
Pacific Gas and Electric Company seeks injunctions in Los Angeles and San Francisco to stop portions of the Emmy winning film Powers That Be produced by Don Widener. PG&E filed a $1 million libel suit alleging the film and tape recordings misrepresented PG&E officials as unconcerned with plant safety and damaged the industry.
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API
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Beirut
London
Schiphol
Abu Said
Abu Ali
San Francisco
UPI
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
San Francisco Examiner
Examiner
U.S
Federal Communications Commission
Knbc Television
Los Angeles
Pg&e
Don Widener
Ralph B. Dewey
Warren G. Magnuson
Widener
Carroll and
California to raise sales tax by a penny in April
California lawmakers confirm a penny hike in the state sales tax from five to six cents per dollar on April 1, with Bay Area Rapid Transit counties exempt from a different rate. The increase aims to raise about 650 million annually, despite efforts by Sen. Ralph Dills to delay.
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UPI
Ralph C. Dills
Dgardena
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Ronald Reagan
Assembly
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