Auto Makers Plan Big Cuts Amid Lagging Auto Sales
Nearly 17,000 auto workers will be laid off as General Motors Chrysler trim February production. Chrysler will produce 94,800 cars vs 111,000 last February, closing three plants for a week and one for two weeks affecting 14,900 workers. GM trims three plants and 1,900 layoffs. Ford reports February schedules down about 18 percent. American Motors cut 4,100 workers earlier. Industry cites weak economy and safety standards, with 62 day supply at Chrysler.
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Willard Day Center Moves to New Quarters
The Willard Day Center will meet for the last time at Trinity Lutheran on Jan 31 and then convene at the Recreation Center on Myrtle Avenue. Weekly meetings are Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The new board takes over Feb 1 with Gwendolyn McNeal devotions and Gene Henry emergency, John Jones telephone, John Wilson music, coordinators James W Ayres and Lena Long, and other directors Della Predriere, Mary McKnight, Vera Shaarda, Lester Fast, Virgil Miller, and Arlene Eckstein. Rev. Stanley Green of First Presbyterian is the new day center adviser.
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Wallace Pleads For U S Welfare Funds
Former Alabama Governor George C. Wallace asked Congress to postpone cutting $95 million in federal welfare funds to Alabama. He said the state was complying with civil rights laws and objected to what he called invalid technical regulations. He urged continuation of the funds if courts uphold the guidelines.
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Berlin Grange Backs Standard Time Vote
Berlin Grange last week endorsed standard time in summer sending the resolution to Rep Ethel Swan Beck and Senator Harry Jump. Mrs Floyd Smith thanked bakers for Wright Home Christmas goods as the lecture program covered Reminiscing with memories. Wallace sought a delay in the cutoff until Alabama can have its day in court denying civil rights act violations. Alabama’s welfare agency said it will comply with court decisions. Governor Lurleen Wallace led a delegation including Senators and House members.
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Zip system cuts loan friction with quick multiple choice form
New York bankers adopt the Zip credit application that uses category numbers to capture age marital status salary and other details. Morris Goldwasser and Herbert Moss founded Field Promotions to market the system which speeds loan approvals and by year one covers about 65 percent of the population in 30 states with a single Arizona bank reporting six million dollars in new installment loans in that first week.
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Clashes Between Chinese Students and Russian Police in Red Square
In Red Square near Lenin's tomb Chinese students clashed with Russian police. A Chinese Embassy doctor treated about 30 Chinese students believed hurt to allow their return to Beijing later today.
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