GM and Ford Boost Car Sales With Rebates
Detroit AP reports GM joins Ford with $100 to $500 rebates on compact and subcompact models to revive demand after 13 months of rising prices and sagging sales. Dealers cite increased showroom traffic and weekend deals. Chrysler plans shorter rebate window. End dates: GM and Ford Feb 28, Chrysler Feb 16. About 228000 autoworkers off due to slow sales.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Chrysler
Tucson
Barrington Ford
Columbus
Pierce Motors
Tewksbury
Mass
Chevrolet
Buick
Pontiac
Karate Show Delights Management Club Guests and Members
Dennis Rand a Sedalia black belt instructor demonstrated self defense throws and breaking concrete blocks at the A. P. Green Refractories Co. Management Club meeting in Sedalia. Mexico Karate Club members Sam Ferguson Dana Smiley Judy Webb Charles Fontain Kenny Fairchild Joe Heffner Tom Cope joined as participants, with many new members and guests from Armco Steel and various cities in attendance.
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Dennis Rand
Sedalia
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Rand
Mexico
Jefferson City
Sam Ferguson
Dana Smiley
Judy Webb
Charles Fontain
Kenny Fairchild
Joe Heffner
Tom Cope
Management Club
Ruth Bouldware
Jim Current
Howard Dry
T. K
Harry
Mike) Morris
Fritz Nowlin
Gary Pillischaf‘ske
David Schatz
James Smith
John Wampler
Mildred Wolfe
Bruce Baker
Peter Schroth
Ron Brenneman
Mike Mitzoff
Armco Steel
Middletown
Ohio
Green Company
Ray Frazier
Cincinnati
Bob Highley
Chicago
Jim Minter
Woodbridge
Bill Gritton
Freeport
Max Aiken
R. F. Anderson
Salt Lake ‘City
Larry Graves
Birmingham
Jay Gray
Cleveland
Bruce Huffman
Los Angeles
Cliff Isaacs
Owensboro
Chris Kolassa
Buffalo
N.Y
Joe Lumsden
East Moline
Donald Loher
Ontario
Canada
Roger Smith
Portland
AMC Rebate Plan Matches Big Three With Cash Optionen
Detroit AP AMC follows the Big Three by offering cash rebates up to 600 dollars on select 1975 models including Gremlin Hornet and Matador. Rebates range from 200 to 600 with options to take part cash and part as an extension of the buyer protection auto guarantee. Starts today and runs through February 28.
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Detroit
American Motors Corp
American Motors
AMC
Truck Driver Found Dead On Route 15
Raymond C. Fischer a 62 year old truck driver from Jefferson City was found dead beside his vehicle on Highway 15 about 12 miles south of Paris at 4 am Monday. Sheriff Dean Mason acting deputy coroner ruled death from natural causes noting Fischer apparently left his truck and fell to the ground. He was found by another truck driver. Funeral services are pending at Buescher Funeral Home in Jefferson City.
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Paris
Jefferson City
Highway 15
Monroe County
Dean Mason
Raymond C. Fischer
Fischer
Mason
Buescher
Jefferson County Man Found Shot To Death
A Jefferson County man, 35 year old Jack Donald Warden, was found shot to death in his rural Hillsboro apartment Monday night. He was discovered by a friend around 9 30 p m in the bedroom, with a single shot wound to the back of the head. Investigators say robbery does not appear to be the motive, as a large sum of money was found on the body. No suspects are named.
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Hillsboro, Mo
Jefferson County
St. Louis
Jack Donald Warden
Joseph Spiess
Warden
Spiess
Fighting Again South Of Da Nang Sees Heavy Clashes
Reports from Saigon say heavy fighting south of Da Nang broke out around Que Son for the first time in six months. Vietnamese government claims 141 enemy fatalities and reports two soldiers killed with 16 wounded. Small clashes near Saigon leave four Viet Cong and one government soldier dead. Khmer Rouge shell Phnom Penh as Mekong supply runs face disruption.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
da Nang
Que Son
Thuong Duc
Jaycees To Make Awards Tomorrow
The Mexico Jaycees will present their three highest awards at the Empire Club during the DSA Bosses Night Banquet. The Outstanding Citizen Award honors a man over 35 for lasting community service in Mexico and Audrain County dating to 1964.
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The
Mexico Jaycees
Empire Club
DSA
City of
Mexico
Audrain County
Missouri Jaycees
John Shireman
Lee Gibson
Troubles Greet Whitlam At Home
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam returned from a 14 week world tour to face grave political and economic troubles. He departed amid protests by newspapers and politicians who urged him to stay home to tackle domestic issues. Unemployment and prices rose as a cyclone struck Darwin and a ship collapse damaged a Tasmanian bridge.
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Sydney
Australia
Gough Whitlam
Whitlam
Darwin
Tasmania
Natural Gas Homes Safe Despite Higher Heating Bills
An Associated Press survey finds adequate natural gas supply for residential use this winter, though bills may rise due to prices. Interruptible users face potential shortages. average 1973 heating bill was 155 dollars. Forecasts note higher prices and possible policy shifts, with weather chiefly deciding individual bills.
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Associated Press
American Gas Associaon
Federal Power Commission
Ford
State of the Union
Best Investment In '74 Was Antique Furniture
New York AP reports monetary expert Franz Pick says 1974 saw currencies hammered by devaluations and supply. He notes art and antiques, including antique furniture, yielded better returns. five American Chippendale chairs dated to 1770 sold for 207,500 dollars, and vintage photography and art nouveau also rose in value. Martha Alice Self was born Friday in Columbia weighing seven pounds nine ounces to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Self of Mexico.
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New York
Franz Pick
Pick
Manhattan
London
Geneva
Zurich
Paris
Chippendale
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Martha Alice Self
Larry Self
Mexico
Columbia
Lester
Jeffrey
Leland Self
Marshall
Orville Swartz
Unionville
Open Heart Surgery Saves Stab Victim
In Santa Monica California surgeon Dr William G Plested performed immediate open heart surgery in the emergency room to save stabbing victim Herman Paulk 44 of San Bernardino The patient was in stable condition and expected to live Police said Paulk was attacked by three youths in Palisades Park after dark His wife witnessed the scene and the operation was done without anesthesia due to risk concerns
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Santa Monica
Calif
William G. Plested
Jim Simpson
Herman Paulk
San Bernardino
Palisades Park
Mothers Will March For Foundation Against Birth Defects
Audrain County drives raise funds for the National Foundation with door to door campaigns led by Jaycee Wives and Preschool Mothers Club. Co chairs in Mexico Vandalia and Audrain target donations to support prenatal classes and a portable incubator donated to Audrain Medical Center last year.
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Tim Baker
Audrain County
National Foundation
Baker
Mexico
Judy Hull
Jayce Holt
Don Fuller
First National Bank
Audrain Medical Center
Too Nice For A Cop Fired In Capitola California
CAPITOLA California AP Henry Murren 36 was fired from the 12 member Capitola police force after being deemed too friendly for a cop He earned 900 a month and could have been a strong public relations asset city manager Max Kludt said Murren who joined last March greeted residents helped fix tires and avoided arrests despite hundreds of letters praising him Officials argued his lack of arrests made him unsafe and he was dismissed amid protest from citizens He remains seeking work London AP The head of the British Channel Tunnel Co predicted five to ten years before revival of the rail link project to Britain and France Environment Secretary Anthony Crosland said the government would abandon the project due to cost The Commons approved cancellation by 294 to 218.
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Calif
Henry Murren
Max Kludt
Murren
Monterey Beach
Kludt
Yesteryear
London
Channel Tunnel Co
Britain
France
English Channel
Environment
Anthony Crosland
House of Commons
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Walt Disney
Robin Crusoe
Eee
Central
Honda
Channel Tunnel
Ledger
IGA
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