Early April auto sales drop 18.2 percent across U.S. firms
Knight Ridder notes U.S built car sales fell 18.2 percent in early April from a year earlier. For April 1-10 five firms sold 133,502 cars the smallest 10 day total in three months and the weakest early April since 1958. GM down 19.1 percent Ford 20.7 percent Chrysler up 2 percent AMC down 52.8 percent VW down 40.1 percent. Truck sales rose though Ford U.S built trucks up 49.2 percent.
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Ford Biggest Money-Loser In Fortune 500 List
Fortune 500 rankings show Ford Motor Co as the biggest money-loser in 1981 amid a broader downturn. Exxon led with 108 billion in sales, while General Electric fell out of the top 10 for the first time in 28 years.
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Firms honored for saving energy with computers
Thirteen Cleveland area organizations including two in Lorain County were honored for using computer driven energy management systems to cut utility costs in 1981. The group saved over 1 million dollars and could power about 2,500 Ohio homes for a year.
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Elyria area workers move into new roles and honors
TOM MILLER completes training at Massey Ferguson School in Shelbyville Indiana. BOB DOBRINSKI JR joins Bob Dobrinski Insurance in Sheffield as a sales rep. GUSTAVE KRAUSE AGAPITO PLAZA and TOMAS JOHN SON inducted into Elyria Foundry Quarter Century Club. PATRICIA A LYNCH joins PET Travel in Cleveland after Midview High and Wilma Boyd studies. RON MILLER joins Chevrolet Dealer Council in Cleveland zone. PHILLIP DUNFEE wins an attache case from Knights Inn Elyria. GREG RYAN becomes assistant manager at Sherwin Williams Elyria. PAULINE J KETTENRING named Mary Kay sales director. PAUL E GREENHAW becomes Kirby factory distributor. TOM VANKEURAN named manager of 84 Lumber store in Valley Station Kentucky. 360 stores nationwide.
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Patricia A. Lynch
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PET Travel
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Wilma Boyd Career Schools
Tom Vankeuran
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Elyria
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Elyria High School
Opening stocks slide as politics cloud markets
New York stocks opened lower as political unrest abroad and economic weakness at home unsettled investors. The Dow dipped 1.52 to 836.57 while IBM held at 635 1/2 amid mixed early trading and a 133000 share block. Production fell 0.8 percent in March signaling lingering recession with car sales down 18.2 percent year over year for early April.
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New York Nonferrous Metal Prices Delivered Quotes
New York metal prices show zinc at 25 to 32 cents a pound, zinc 35 to 39 cents, tin around 65 to 77 cents, gold about 36.75 per ounce, mercury and platinum listed at 395 and 345 respectively, with daily quotes from Hand and Farman and others.
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