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...ones. The President firmly ruled out restrictions on Japanese imports, saying that controls would force consumers to buy the inefficient gas guzzlers they do not want. Both Carter and industry officials would like the Japanese to construct assembly plants here, and last week Nissan Motor, which makes the Datsun, announced plans for a new $300 million truck plant to be built in either the Great Lakes region or the Southeastern U.S. Honda will begin construction of an auto plant by the end of 1980 next door to its Marysville, Ohio, motorcycle facility...
...automakers and auto workers also noted that Honda's decision is only a small, first step by the auto division of Japan, Inc. For now, two bigger producers, Toyota and Nissan (which makes the Datsun), report that they are studying the possibility of opening U.S. plants. They have said that often before. Complained Douglas Fraser, president of the United Auto Workers: "Promises, promises, promises, but no action. Our efforts at diplomacy are over. Now is the time to take off our gloves. They must limit exports or build over here." Echoed Henry Ford II, chairman of Ford Motor...
Many camps reported predictable problems of adjustment to the ceasefire: guerrillas grumbling about insufficient rations or insisting on rambunctious "victory marches." One ZIPRA officer at the "Papa" assembly point briefly commandeered a local farmer's beat-up Datsun pickup as his "staff car." But most of the returning rebels showed a firm commitment to the orderly peace process endorsed by their leaders. Said John Muchapesa, a senior ZANLA liaison officer at Alpha Camp: "We are guerrilla orphans. Ending a war is very hard, but the British are now our commanders...
...fast. The top-selling small models are still U.S. products: the Ford Fairmont and the Chevrolet Citation among the compacts, and the Chevette and Chrysler's Omnis and Horizons among the subcompacts. But the third and fourth bestsellers in the subcompact category are the Toyota Corolla and the Datsun...
...winners have been the Japanese. While U.S. sales fell by about 11% for the domestic automakers last year, they rose by an estimated 10% for Toyota, 28% for Honda and 36% for Datsun. Japanese models now account for nearly 70% of all imports sold...