How Car Dealers Profit From Used Cars and Service
Confidential figures show Dodge dealers classified as Charger Club members earned an average 94 dollars net profit per new car and 139 dollars on used cars. Parts and service yielded about 25 percent net profit. The story explains profit factors, book time labor billing, and consumer perceptions versus reality in pricing.
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Washington
UPI
Dodge
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Charger Club
Gerald T. McDonough
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Pray
Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote Feature in Local Paper
The page presents a themed daily crossword with clues numbered 12 through 44 and a Cryptoquote puzzle. It includes a sample answer showing A replaced by L and X by O, and cites Longfellow as the quote source. Names of staff and subscription details follow amid garbled OCR segments.
Repair Charges Based on Book Prices
Labor charges for car repairs are based on time estimates from repair books. Mechanics and dealers favor Chilton Co. estimates for higher charges. Ford and Chilton differ on brake and piston ring jobs with Volvo-like figures showing larger hours in Chilton leading to higher labor costs.
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Washington
UPI
Chilton Co
Philadelphia
Chilton
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Dear Abby Q&A Digest on Entertaining Boss and Personal Troubles
A Dear Abby column covers whether inviting a boss advances careers and shares letters about marriage, financial disputes, unwed motherhood, and dating. Advice ranges from who should make the first invitation to legal steps for car ownership and coping with a spouse’s alcohol abuse.
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Abby
Wellington
Bond
Vietnam
Hauser's Memory and Classic TV Night Schedule
A listings page shows Hauser's Memory and Marilyn documentaries among prime time films. Evening slots include Password, Gomer Pyle, Gilligan's Island, Perry Mason, News, What's My Line, Gunsmoke, The Newlywed Game, Lucille Ball, Doris Day, Carol Burnett, Johnny Carson, Merv Griffin, and a late movie.
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David Frost
Phil Donahue
Dinah Shore
Joe Garagiola
Gomer Pyle
Merv Griffin
Virginia Graham
N.W.S
Mayberry R.F.D
Carol Burnett
Johnny Carson
Dick Cavett
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William Mead
Mr. Onassis
Daily Crossword
Longfellow
Ulr
Wendell Phillips
Norwalk
UPI News Service Member
Audit Bureau of Circulation and Ohio Newspaper Association
Herman Schaafsma
Jack E. Brown
Herbert M. Griffiths
Robert Witt
Noreat
Milan
Monroeville
Wakeman
North Fairfield
Greenwich
Ae Lanes
Willard
U.S
Notre Dame
Wickrup
Bounder
Vogue
Boss
Abigail van Buren
Truy
Gladiola
OPAL
Arizona
Kansas
Dean Fxbby
Miss Helen Sweetstory
Helen Sweetstory
Pierre
Desmond
Peerre
Hauser
Susan Strasberg
Helmut Kautner
Marilyn
Bill Travers
Spike Milligan
RED Garters
Rosemary Clooney
Jack Carson
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