Word: chrysler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sales than its competitors. The corporation's share of the U.S. auto market in each of the past three years has been 52% or more; so far this year it has been barely 50%. G.M.'s car sales in 1970 have fallen 17.4%, Ford's 5.7%, Chrysler's 7%. Meanwhile, American Motors' sales have climbed 5.7%. Last month Chrysler and American Motors showed gains in sales compared with March of 1969; but G.M. dropped 16.6%. Last week the corporation announced a halt in production of full-size Oldsmobiles at two of the five plants making...
...three facts are to wi?: in 1967 when air pollution controls first went into effect, there was a dramatic decrease of pollution of General Motors cars, significantly more than either Ford or Chrysler. In each successive year, 1968 and 1969, pollution went back up again, until now it is about equal to Ford and Chrysler...
...Seven, only seven, are black. It was not until 1967 that the first black graduated from the 3,000-man class of the General Motors Institute, which trains many of the future executives of the company. And even in blue-collar employment. GM has consistently lagged behind Ford and Chrysler...
...issue, Ramparts details the growth of the "Pollution-Industrial Complex." Just as Chrysler profits from all of its parts that quickly break, both in replacement items and new purchases, many industries are seeking to profit from the spiraling growth of pollution-instead of paying the social costs of a ravaged environment...
...months, the Chrysler Corp. has been peddling its Dodges with a series of television ads in which a paunchy, cigar-chomping sheriff tells a Dodge dealer: "You in a heap o' trouble, boy!" Ohio State Highway Patrol Superintendent Robert Chiaramonte was not amused. He wrote to Chrysler complaining that the ads "portray the police officer in a most objectionable manner and tend to weaken the court process of America." Getting no immediate answer, Chiaramonte began exploring ways to halt the state's purchase of Plymouth patrol cars, also manufactured by Chrysler. Suddenly the company became very sympathetic...