iCar Makers Plan To Cut More Jobs
DETROIT AP The auto industry closed its tumultuous year with new production cutbacks and hints of more. Chrysler shut three plants for at least a week and cut shifts, laying off about 10 800 hourly workers. Ford announced further cuts and open ended furloughs totaling around 29 000. Industry wide January layoffs reached about 280 000, with UAW calling them the worst since the 1930s. Chrysler also planned white collar layoffs around 20 000, as plant reopenings and shutdowns continued to realign output with weak demand. December output fell 31 percent from 1973, with 1974 down sharply from record levels.
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Panel Urges Social Security Tax Increase
Washington AP reports a subcommittee to the Advisory Council on Social Security proposes raising the Social Security contribution base from 14100 to 24000 and the tax from 5.85 to 5.95 percent for both employees and employers. The full council has yet to finalize recommendations. The panel also weighs raising the mandatory retirement age from 65 to 68 by 2005 due to a declining birth rate and shrinking workforce. The council meets January 18 and 19 to draft proposals for HEW and Congress.
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Pet Lion Permit Plea Faces Portland Officials
Claudia Carver seeks a temporary permit to keep a three month old African lion in her Portland home while plans to move to Clackamas County proceed. Mayor Neil Goldschmidt warns the animal must be caged if kept in the city and a basement room may meet safety standards. a one week deadline is set to measure the space and issue conditions.
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Brennan May Become Irish Envoy
President Ford offered Labor Secretary Peter J. Brennan the ambassadorship to Ireland to work with unions on the economy. Brennan has not decided. potential successors include W. J. Usery Jr. and John J. Dunlop. announcement may come during Irish Foreign Minister Fitzgerald’s visit.
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New York
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Henry A. Kissinger
FBI Warns of Nuclear Danger and Rising White Collar Crimes
FBI annual report warns terrorists could obtain nuclear weapons and notes increased investigations of atomic energy violations. It cites Soviet bloc presence in the US, Communist Party USA activity in unions, and a record 3,485 bank robberies burglaries and larcenies in fiscal 1974. White collar crime convictions rose sharply from prior year.
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30 Classes Will Enroll At Tech School
Enrollment at 7 00 Monday night January 20 for 24 skilled and technical classes plus four from Northeast Missouri State University and two from the University of Missouri at the Mexico Area Vocational Technical School. Adults 16 or older may enroll to enter or upgrade occupations. reservations via director or 581 5684.
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W. J. Gardner Retires and Locke Stove Dies
William J. Gardner a 28 year veteran machinist at A. P. Green Refractories Co. retires after 45 years plus 45 days in the trade. He joined Green in 1947 and helped produce dies for a special tile used in the Locke stove. Gardner belongs to Littleby Methodist Church and lives on Route 1 with three children Roger John and Mary Beth. In Martinsburg, Raymond J. Pursifull and wife welcomed an eight pound 15 ounce daughter at Audrain Medical Center.
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Clarksville
Tenn
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Santa Monica
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University of Missouri- Columbia
Raymond J. Pursifull
Martinsburg
Audrain Medical Center
Pursifall
Farmer Elevator
London Gold Market Drops Price To 171
London market gold fell to 171 an ounce after rising to 178 in early trading. Dealers offered no clear reason, noting erratic market behavior amid sluggish U S sales since bullion was made legal for U S citizens on Dec 31.
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Indians Hold Mansion Reject Hospital Offer
Menominee Indians guarding a 175 acre estate near Gresham Wisconsin rejected a proposal to turn the 64 room mansion and land into a hospital under Catholic order control. They said the land must be owned by Indians and cited treaties from the 1800s. Police tightened a security ring as 56 to 200 people remained inside the estate.
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Chicago
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Wisconsin
Mike Sturtevant
Gordon Muse
Cross Border Firing Kills Israeli Soldier
Israeli staff sergeant was killed by bazooka shells and small arms fire from inside Lebanon, wounding four other soldiers on the third straight border day. An Israeli armored car mine blast wounded three more. Lebanese army said Israeli positions shelled villages. Israel denied both reports. Palestinian spokesmen in Beirut claimed firing on Israelis. No Lebanese or Palestinian casualties reported.
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