Automakers See Spring Sales Spark Amid Prior Slump
AP reports a spring sales uptick after a brutal year for the auto industry. In early 1966 three months sold 21 percent below the prior year, with Chrysler down 71 percent Ford 43 and GM 34.5. April showed more cars sold than a year earlier, reviving production and boosting steel demand but analysts warn the rebound may be tentative.
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John Cunniff
Oe Ork
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
Auto industry faces mix of optimism and ongoing woes
Mixed signals from manufacturers project 1967 auto sales to exceed 1966 but remain below 1965, with forecasts of a third best year in history. They cite labor unrest, higher materials costs, air pollution, safety and traffic, rising imports, and dealer system issues as persistent challenges despite progress.
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American Motors
Justice Department
Presley Honeymoon Ends With Palm Springs Return
Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu wed in Las Vegas with Justice David Zenoff officiating. The couple then chartered a flight back to Palm Springs to settle into a $500,000 hillside home as they begin newlywed life after delaying marriage until age 32.
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Calif
Elvis Presley
Priscilla Beaulieu
Las Vegas
New
Presley
Miss Beaulieu
Germany
Joseph Beaulieu
Memphis, Tenn
Supreme Court
David Zenoff
Nevada
Land Boom Transforms Fredericksburg Area
Fredericksburg area farmland sells for up to 50000 per acre as Interstate 95 spurs growth. Local officials expect a surge in services and schools while the Salem Church Dam proposal could attract new industries.
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Fredericksburg
Fredericsburg
Washington
Richmond
Stafford
Spotsylvania
Hunter
Stafford County
Alvin Y. Bandy
Salem Church
Rappahannock River
Congress
Ppmc Avisco
Pris Saas
Spotsylvania County
Frank Kenny
Salem
Josiah By Roweit
Non-Communist Shipping To Cuba Declining
Miami based Revolutionary Unity reports in its annual tally that only nine non-Communist nations visited Cuban ports in 1966. Britain Greece Cyprus Lebanon and Italy accounted for 90.9 percent of visits while France Malta Monaco Netherlands Israel Kuwait Morocco and Haiti withdrew from the maritime fifth column.
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Kuwait
Morocco
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Africa
South Africa
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H.p. Goerst
Ee Mbatee Ite
N. Loudoun St
Virginia
Insurance Information Institute
William St
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