Record car sales in 1968 show record total despite domestic dip
DETROIT AP Final domestic figures and rising import sales indicate Americans bought a record number of autos in 1968. Domestic sales fell from 1965’s peak, but stronger foreign car sales helped push total toward 9.6 million. Ford rose 26 percent to 2.3 million. GM up 8.3 percent to 4.5 million. Chrysler 15.3 percent to 1.6 million. American Motors up 12 percent to 269,000.
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Detroit
United States
U.S
Ford Motor Co
Ford
General Motors
American Motors
Chrysler Corp
Whales Have The Flu At SeaWorld San Diego
Shamu the SeaWorld star and two other park whales N. roy and Ramu are reported ill with flu like symptoms. Park veterinarian Dr. David Kenney has placed the three on medication and a reduced schedule to prevent pneumonia. Ramu receives 375 pills in mackerel every six hours.
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San Diego
Calif
AP Shamu
Sea Worldpark
N.roy
Ramu
Aquatic Park
Mission Bay
David Kenney
Needlecraft Catalog Offers 1969 Designs and Gifts
Advertising copy promotes a 1969 Needlecraft Catalog with over 200 designs and free patterns. Features patterns for towels and decor, new books, and quick gift ideas. Prices listed as 50 cents per pattern plus 15 cents mailing. orders to Alice Brooks, New York.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester
Needlecraft Dept
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Prin
Giant
New
Needlecraft
New Year Economic Forecasts Split Over 1969 Course
The New Year brings a range of forecasts for 1969 from slow growth to a possible recession. Commerce predicts substantial progress with stable policies and cooperation, while other analysts warn of inventory overhang and a potential downturn.
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New. York
Commerce Department
Trend of smoking decrease starts a snowball effect
Washington AP reports Dr. Daniel Horn of the National Clearinghouse for Smoking and Health sees a sustained decline in cigarette use, marking the first drop since the 1964 Surgeon General report. 1968 consumption fell to 526.5 billion from 527.8 billion in 1967.
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Washington
Daniel Horn
Horn
National Clearinghouse For Smoking and Health
Department of Agriculture
Surgeon General
Communion Service at Sunnyside Church Opens Open Communion
Sunnyside Presbyterian Church will hold a morning Communion service tomorrow at 11 am during worship. Pastor Thomas J. Nash urged all members to attend and participate in the open Communion in Sunnyside on Rt. 522, three quarters of a mile north of the city.
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Rt. 522
Sunnyside
Brown Pays Fine For Interference
Hollywood actor Jim Brown paid 300 dollars plus 75 dollars in costs after pleading no contest to interfering with a law officer. The 32 year old former Cleveland Browns fullback faced 60 days in jail or a fine from Superior Court Judge Mario Clinco after neighbors complained of a disturbance at his West Hollywood apartment on June 9.
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Santa Monica
Califore
Jim Brown
Cleveland Browns
Superior Court
Mario Clinco
Brown
West Hollywood
Dear Abby Advice Panel Mixed on Alimony and Teens
Absent a single thread, the column offers letters about alimony burdens and teen restrictions. Readers share hardships, including three former spouses funding, running away thoughts, and advice urging patience and maturity.
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Rico Brookes
Nixon
National Industrial Conference Board Economic Forum
Tilford G. Gaines
Hanover Trust Co
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Harold S. Geneen
International Telephone
Bache & Co
Henry W. Meers
Cairman
Board of Governors
Association of Stock Exchange Firms
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Defense Department
John F. Griner
Américan “Federation” of
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Griner
Lewis Chatham
Phil G. Goulding
Defense
Goulding
Pentagon
Associated Press
Denmark
State Department
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Wyman
N,h
House
Senate
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Dear Abbey
Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune-N
News Synd., Inc
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Hollywood
Santa Anita
Kiddo
Masons
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Oklahoma City
Los Angeles
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Federal Funds
Harold G, Brown
George A
FROOM
Jay H. Lowden, Jr
William W, Fuller
Thomas M. Harrison
Comptroller
Roy Harper
John L. Kater
Frank Armstrong
National Fruit Product Company, Inc
Harold V. Gaskill
Financial General Corporation
J. Sloan Kuykendall Attorney At Law
John C. Blackburn
Robert B, Fuller
Ralph E. Coates
Kathleen B. Hash
William M. Battaile
B&m
Chevrolet-Cadillac Corporation
Harry F. Byrd, III
H.F. Byrd, Inc
Robert D. Glaize
P.A. Macsween
American Installment Credit Corporation
Claude B. Smalts, JR
William H. Lawrence, II
Clearbrook Woolen Shop
Joseph A. Massie, JR
C. Robert Solenberger
Fruit Hill Orchards, Inc
Lewis M. Ewing
Annie Jane B
Hicks
James L. Hockman
Jeanne A. Spaid
Donald R. Grubbs
Joseph P. Dorsey
C. William Huntsberry
Schenck Foods Company, Inc
Albert W. Loring
Shenandoah Gas Company
Stephen M. Rosenberger
John W. Rosenberger & Company, Inc
Virgil R. Strader, JR
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Allen T
Hawthorne
Nelson Page Lam D
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Schence
Shenandoah National
Bank Virginia
F.D.N.C
Federal Reserve System and
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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