Volkswagen Seeks to Build Cars in United States
The American plant near New Stanton, Pennsylvania, will employ about 5000 workers and produce 200000 cars a year. Volkswagen brings German engineering to the United States with American management led by James W. McLernon, while balancing German oversight and plans to raise U S parts content to seventy percent.
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Phoenix man sets world cork pop record at London Bridge Days
Austin Schillinger of Phoenix Arizona toppled the Guinness mark with a 94 ft 6 in champagne cork pop during London Bridge Days 1977 in Lake Havasu City Arizona. The feat crowned the festival’s closing moment marking six years since the bridge’s desert opening on the Colorado River.
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