Detroit Auto Output Falls to Second Lowest in 14 Years
Domestic car production in 1975 totaled about 6.73 million, 8 percent below 1974 and 30 percent under the 1973 peak. The big four giants GM Chrysler Ford and AMC plan large year end layoffs and plant closings into 1976 while the industry ends 1975 on a stronger note than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Trade Journal
Automotive News
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
American Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Foreman Geneva Division formed from Motor Wheel and Geneva Metal Wheel
Motor Wheel Corp Foreman Manufacturing and Geneva Metal Wheel merge to create the Foreman Geneva Division of Motor Wheel, effective January 1. The six plants include Ashburn Georgia. Chicago Ridge Illinois. Newton Kansas. Pine Grove Pennsylvania. Rolling Prairie Indiana. and Cartersville Georgia. Thomas A. Martin to lead the new division. W Ford Hatfield to assist the president. Hesston Versatile merger talks suspended as market woes delay approval. Yost Pakosh and Robinson cite shifting finances but expect future resumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Motor Wheel Corp
Foreman Manufacturing Division
Geneva Metal Wheel
Foreman-Geneva
Motor Wheel
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Foreman Manufacturing
Ashburn
Chicago Ridge
Newton
Kan
Pine Grove
Rolling Prairie
Ind
Cartersville
Thomas A. Martin
Geneva
Martin
W. Ford Hatfield
Hesston Corp
Versatile Manufacturing Ltd
Winnipeg
Man
Hesston
Versatile
Lyle E. Yost
Peter Pakosh
Roy E. Robinson
Canada
United States
Pakosh and Robinson
Foreign Investment Review Agency of Canada
Yost
Hesston Corp appoints Dallas Simpson as manufacturing engineer
Hesco Division announces Dallas Simpson as manufacturing engineer. Les Yoder, division general manager, introduces the new appointee who previously supervised woodworking at D. H. Baldwin Co. in Greenwood Mississippi. Simpson is a 1962 Kansas State College Pittsburg graduate and Wyandotte High School alumnus, native to Miami Oklahoma, served four years in the U S Air Force, and resides in Hesston with wife Carolyn and their four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Simpson
Hesco Div
Hesston Corp
Les Yoder
Hesco
D. H. Baldwin Co
Greenwood
Miss
Simpson
Kansas State College
Pittsburg
Wyandotte
Okla
Miami
U. S. Air Force
Carolyn
Hesston
Northview Center Partners With Excel Industries For Training and Holiday Party
About forty attendees joined an informal Christmas event at Northview Opportunity Center with refreshments from Excel Industries Hesston and Santa Claus. The afternoon workshop covers self care and independent living skills taught individually, including hair washing, clothing care, community navigation, and resource use. It also offers work training in food service, custodial tasks, craft production, and sub contracting with local industries. Excel Industries has subcontracted with Northview this year, assisting with mailings and foam rubber production for tractor cab linings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northview Opportunity Center
Excel Industries
Hesston
Santa Claus
Northview Opportunity
Northview
Excel
WVU PRT system shows slow gains amid test delays
In Morgantown. West Virginia Universitys experimental Personal Rapid Transit system operates 13 hours daily with three stations and has carried about 200 000 passengers. After two months of testing the reliability stands at about 8 percent with 14 per cent downtime blips and frequent shutdowns.
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Morgantown
W.va
West Virginia University
PRT
Samy E. G. Elias
Federal Urban Mass Transit Administration
University
Elias
Walnut Street
Beechurst Avenue
Evandale
Towers
Medical Center
Department of Transportation
Beechurst
History Highlights for December 27 Including Indonesia Sovereignty Edict
Today marks December 27, 1975 with notable events such as Queen Juliana’s sign decree granting Indonesia sovereignty after Dutch rule, Kepler’s birth in 1571, Carrie Nation’s 1900 saloon raid, and the Philadelphia King’s post office closure two centuries ago. Excel Industries announces Communication Specialists, Inc. as its new ad agency with owners June Eshelman and Anita Hoffman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Juliana
Netherlands
Indonesia
Johannes Kepler
Wurttemberg
Carrie Nation
Wichita
Kan
King’s
Philadelphia
New York
Excel Industries, Inc
Hesston
Communication Specialists, Inc
E. 6Th
June Eshelman
Anita Hoffman
McKim's Radiator Shop Named Wonder Muffler Distributor
Carl McKim of Newton Newton's McKim Radiator Shop is announced as an authorized Wonder Muffler distributor by Frederick Entman of Wonder International. The family business has operated since 1938. McKim served in the U S Navy and Kansas National Guard and lives on Meridian Road with his wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl McKim
McKim
Meridian Road
Newton
Wonder
Frederick Entman
Wonder International, Ltd
Ted
Tammie
U. S. Navy
Kansas National Guard
Young Salina Native Named Fox Theater Manager
Lonnie McKinney a 23 year old native of Salina has been named manager of the Fox Theater in town succeeding Steve Hunter who moves to a similar post at the Fox Theater in Hutchinson. McKinney a Salina Central High graduate attended KU for two years worked 2% years for Fox in Salina and has spent the last nine months at the Uptown Theater in Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie McKinney
Salina
Fox Theater
Steve Hunter
Hutchinson
McKinney
Salina Central High
University of Kansas
Fox
Uptown
Wichita
Kansan
Andale Farmers Coop Expands Grain Storage Capacity
Expansion begins at SEDGWICK Andale Farmers Coop with a 330000 bushel concrete storage addition. Cost is estimated at 600000 dollars. The project raises capacity to one million bushels and receiving rate to 15000 bushels per hour. Construction by Borton Inc Hutchinson slated for completion by June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgwick
Andale Farmers Coop
Borton Inc
Hutchinson
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Newton Kansan
Sat
Is News
Eddie Wayne Blizzard
Hollywood
Ala
la Achilles Wall
Paul D. Hartmann
Omaha
Agricultural
Shell Chemical Co
Kansas City
Hesston and
Shell Chemical
National Ffa Foundation, Inc
Joe 4 Hudson
Rockville
Tom Martin
Beckley
W. Va
John Chan
Chan
David Boetsch
Parkersburg
Newton Publishing Company, Inc
Jack Lander
Harvey
Walton
Associated Press Inland Daily
North Newton
Goessel
Halstead
Moundridge
Newton & No. Newton P.O
Kansas
Alco
Anderson Axtell Christian Hospital
E. Edwy
Bethel Deaconess Hospital
Boese
South Kansas Carter Pharmacy
Cedar Village
Dillons No
North Main
Gibson’s
Meridian Grampy’s
East First & Spencer Road
Halstead Hospital
Halstead Hesston Record Nee
The
Midland National Bank
Midland
Keogh
6Th and Main
IRA
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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