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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1975
Page
4
Americ an car buyers bought 23 per cent fewer cars in 1974 than 1973 and December sales dropped 25 per cent, marking the auto industry’s second worst year in 11 years. Production cuts affect about 280,000 workers as inventories rise and layoffs loom. Domestic 1974 US sales total 7,448,921, the industry’s lowest since 1970 except for 1983.
Ronald Reagan headed to his Santa Barbara ranch as Edmund G. Brown Jr. becomes governor. Brown, 36, inherits a tight budget outlook with inflation and recession pinching California. He orders belt tightening including a 7 percent across the board cut for his staff and flags cuts across state programs as a fiscal 1976 budget nears. Reagan returns to private life and plots media work, taping Viewpoint and launching a weekly column and extended speaking tour.
The Daniel Boone Regional Library bookmobile will be in Auxvasse Thursday January 9 from 1 to 8 p.m. People can browse and borrow books during the visit at the designated location in town.
In Lebanon Missouri a car carrying four women and a husband was stopped on Interstate 44. They were charged with petit larceny and jailed. Police say the group had stolen from seven stores eight tape players and other items. Bond set at 2500 dollars each for Shirley Wilson Jacqueline Watkins Susan Mauzey Linda Evans and Charles Evans.
In Denver AP report oil industry workers trimmed wage demands by 30 cents an hour per year for a three year contract. Union president Grospiron warned a strike could be industrywide or targeted, though reserves would cushion consumer impact for about 30 days. The union seeks 50 cents an hour immediate catch up and a cost of living escalator, while companies offer 60 cents first year and 50 cents second year.
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