—The Dail• Collegian Frida I , ', December 20, 1974 Cuts, ,layoffs rise at Ford DETROIT (UPI) The Fbrd Motor Co. yesterday said deep prodlction cuts in the first three months o'l 1975 will result in one-to-seven-week layoffs of nearly 64,000 workers and will push the company's open-ended layofii to 27.000. The temporary layoffs anrbunced by the No. 2 automaker included 48,700 orkers affected during the first quarter at 17 assembly plants and 14;390 at eight manufacturing plants the wEli,tk of Jan. 6. A company spokesman said the number w ill climb as the full effects of the assembly line cutbacks falr down to parts plants. With already-announced !production cuts by General Motors, Chrysler Corp. and American Motors, long-term layoffs by the end of January will t0r,41 150,000 and temporary layoffs will Wad more than 105,000 workers. ' Chrysler was expected to detail even More layoffs today'. Ford said that because of the con tinuing lag in sales it Was cutting 170,000 cars from its original first quarter production schedUles, which called for 610,000. Entering December, Ford had a 91-day supply of unsold cars. jamming dealer• lots. Truck production t ill total about 178,000 units. The cutbacks will require ap- IMI INN INN MIIIEII-1 STUDENTS: YOU CAN EARN FROM Phor?e 237 5761 237-5762 If yOuiqualify as a plasma donor, you will be making a significant contribthion in fighting such dread problems at! child birth diseases, leukemia, hemOphilia, etc. • Latest scientific dtsvelopments permit donations every week without weakness or special diet or after effects. Li:;T'A SERA TEC BIOLOGICALS 120 SOUTH-ALLEN STIIEET (REAR) / STATE COLLEGE, PA 16801 GROUP A,, GROUP B, GROUP AB AND GROUP 0 ARE : NEEDED IN THIS CONTINUOUS PROGRAM, CONDUCTED WITH COMPLETE SAFETY. Col THE BEST IS la NOW ON SALE! E.F. Johnson offers the BEST in Citizen Band radios. 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AMC, the ,small-car specialist that bucked the • downward sales I trend for most of the year, only to bepit with a sharp slump in October and Illovember, will cease all car *rations for one week in January, idling 15,00 b workers. The trade publication Automotive News estimates December production at 355,541 cars, 31.4 per cent below last December's already depressed figures and the worst in 23 years. , : SS $ . 65 less Crystals NOW WAS $174.95 $199.95 SAVE $25.00 HEADQUARTERS FOR j.IIIHNS ON CITIZENS 2-WAY RADIOI $85.95 WA§ $239.95 NOW $199.05 SAVE $40.00 I TN YOU 51 , THE SPIRIT CHRISTi OONESBURY Vets' job program has problems A "Hire the Veteran", program has recently begun in the State College area, but organizers said the initial response to the program hasn't been very good. Letters have been sent to area businesses to encourage hiring of jobless veterans. The Veterans Affairs Office and the Vet's Club are sponsoring the program. "So far the response has been very slow," said Jack Swords; counselor at the Veterans Affairs Office. Sandy Stein, organizer for the Vet's Club, said letters have been seat to most area businesses, but so far only five or six have replied. Stein said - representatives from the Vet's Club will visit these businesses after Christmas break. "We want to start an awareness campaign to let them know veterans are capable," Stein said. "I'm! not saying others are less needy, but I feel vets can offer more maturity, some have had technical training, many have cars." THE FOXFIRE BOOKS hog dressing; log cabin - building; mountain crafts and foods; planting by the signs; snake lore hunting tales, faith healing, moonshin ing; and other affairs of plain living. Edited with an introduction by Eliot Wigginton This is the authentic book on living off the land, a collection of material from the widely acclaimed Foxfire magazine, which is published by students from a high school in central Georgia. The Students go into the Appalachians to interview the mountain people, recording their impressions with tape recorders and cameras, in an effort to preserve both the skills and folklore that are a rapidly dying part of our American What emerges from this material is not just a F lear idea about living off the land, but also a simple, ilosophy of what is basic to life. include: 'This is the way I was raised", Aunt Arie and Hillard Green: Wood; Tools and Skills; ir Own Log Cabin; Making a Basket out of White Oak Splits; Chair, Bed Quilt, and Soap Making; iecipei; Preserving Fruits and Vegetables; Churning Your Own - Butter; Slaughtering Hogs; igns; Planting by the Signs; ‘Home flemedies; Hunting; Snake Lbre; Moonshining as &Fine Art; leafing. Tinton teacher English at the Rubun Gap-Nocoochee School, where he originated and acted as rvisor of Foxfire magazine. 300 blapc-and-white photographs and line drawings The University Park Bookstore on campus t McAllister Building BUT NOW THINK '!JkiS:4OIJ.-0 TRil . IT AGA.N...I THINK YOU SHOULD OFFER THE CAT NEXT DOOR 'OUR RIEIHT RAND OF FELLOWSHIP, BUT WITHOUT THE HOCKEY GLOVE.. EMMA • Leo+ , : „,; , 1.764 AT ARE 4'oo COINS \ C ' 3 According to Swords, there are about 2,000 veterans on campus. "Over 50 per cent of this population needs part-time em ployment to meet educational expenses for a degree," he said. In addition to the "Hire the Veteran" program, Swords said there is a federally funded work-study program for veterans. He said 18 veterans are in the program. Collegian notes University offices will be closed Monday through Thurs day for holiday recess and again on Jan. 1 for New Year's Day. The PSU Figure Skating Club will meet 3:55 today at the Ice Pavilion. •° A ; holiday amateur radiogram can be sent free to anyone in the U.S.'or Canada, call or write KITE KITS P.O. Box 856 Valley Forge, Pa estion #27 I'M HAVING A FARE.42ELL. DINNER FOR ,W' HAND'. , 1 • ‘, I 41 and to servicemen overseas, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today. Call the Pent State Amateur Radio Club, 865-7231 Pattee Library will be open during the Christmas break from 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 21, 27, 28, 30, and 31, and Jan. 2,3, 4. It will be open from 1 to 10 p.m. Jan. 5. Regular hours will resume Jan. 6. EXHILERATION 215-279-3088 863-0205
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