Word: collaring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...than five weeks, from the day before Thanksgiving until Jan. 6. Only its plant in St. Louis will produce cars. The move, which came as no surprise in view of Chrysler's 120-day inventory of unsold cars, means layoffs and bleak Christmases for 64,200 workers. White-collar workers also face the ax; fully 20,000 will be temporarily dropped at Chrysler. All company officers, from the vice-presidential level up to and including Chairman Townsend, will take December pay cuts. An angry Douglas Fraser, chief of the U.A.W.'s Chrysler Department, blamed the company for "irresponsible...
...based on current small daily volume and could shrink rapidly if the pace picks up. Ford, with a 50% third-quarter profit decline and an early November sales dropoff of 36%, is also reducing its work force; layoffs could reach 54,000, including at least 3,000 white-collar staffers in Dearborn. GM's layoffs now total 53,000, and last week the company said that it would close nine plants for part of December, idling 30,000. Reason: GM's earnings have dropped 76.5% so far this year, and early November sales fell...
...bishops' own committee on moral values painted an even more dis mal picture of an America gone morally mad with thievery, white-collar crime, "perjury and other violations of honesty at even the highest level of public life." The committee's report also scored economic exploitation of the poor, widespread pornography, violent entertainment and violent crime, more frequent divorce and not only wide acceptance of abortion but the beginning of acceptance of mercy killing. "In significant ways, contemporary Western culture is nonChristian; some would say it is anti-Christian," the report concluded. "Christian beliefs and values are actively...
Chemical-impregnated collars are supposed to keep dogs and cats free of fleas for up to three months. Flea-plagued people apparently believe the collars will do the same for them. In both California and New York, pet store owners report a booming business in the collars and suspect that some are ending up on the necks, ankles or wrists of pet owners rather than on their pets. Says James Umberfield, manager of San Francisco's House of Pets: "One woman came in here with big red spots all over her legs and said she was buying a collar...
Fleas may soon be the least of her problems. Recent studies suggest that the pesticides in the collars may be hazardous to both animals and people. In fact, the packages carry warnings that children should not be closely exposed to pets wearing the collars. Veterinarians who put flea collars on 50 cats at Washington State University reported that 21 of the animals developed ataxia-depression-a nervous disorder characterized by listlessness, loss of appetite and lack of coordination; four of the animals died. The Environmental Protection Agency warns that flea-collar poisoning may produce dizziness, nausea and skin rashes...