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DIEHARD 500 Talladega, Ala...
...talks began last year, Mercedes car chief Jurgen Hubbert spotted a golden opportunity to expand production of the new M-class suv without paying the exorbitant costs of a new factory. In an odd twist, Mercedes saves more than $70 million by shipping components from its plant in Tuscaloosa, Ala., back to Europe for assembly alongside the Jeep. "There was the distinct opinion on the Mercedes side that we would never build a Mercedes under a Chrysler roof," says Schrempp, with a smug grin. "We're doing it already...
...latest obsession." Americans have always had a strong interest in genealogy. Perhaps it is because we still regard ourselves as such a new people, and we are seeking to prove our deep roots elsewhere. ROBERT S. DAVIS JR., DIRECTOR Family and Regional History Program Wallace State College Hanceville, Ala...
...Davis Library, Birmingham, Ala. Samford University's collection has extensive church records, newspapers and manuscripts on Alabamans and other Southeasterners, with a focus on Irish history...
DIED. HENRY GRAHAM, 82, even-keeled former National Guard general who helped control some of the country's most explosive civil rights battles; of Parkinson's disease; in Birmingham, Ala. On June 11, 1963, Graham told George Wallace to step aside when the Alabama Governor stood in the entrance to a University of Alabama building, trying to prevent the school's desegregation (see Eulogy...