Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DeLorean had been in that job only since last October. The son of a Detroit welder, he came to G.M. in 1956 from Packard, after that company folded, and quickly made a name as a crack engineer. He is credited by G.M. with such innovations as the overhead camshaft engine and the concealed windshield wiper. As head of Chevrolet, he set industry sales records in 1971 and 1972. But after ascending last fall to the group vice presidency in charge of all car and truck production, DeLorean became visibly unhappy. As had been his wont, he showed up late...
...become a Cadillac dealer in Florida. That will enable him to collect accrued bonus payments, but also may bar him from working for a competing automaker-to the industry's loss. DeLorean has been heard to mutter that the auto business is something less than all important, and Detroit can use men with that heretical perspective...
Kansas City's Steve Busby, a rookie right-hander, pitched the first American League no-hitter since 1970 last night, blanking the Detroit Tigers 3-0 with the help of home runs by Ed Kirkpatrick and Amos Otis...
Busby's win evened his record at 2-2 for the season. Jim Perry suffered the loss for Detroit, dropping his pitching record...
When the three-member court sits down in late May to thrash out the legal and medical complexities of psychosurgery, it will convene without Mr. L. But the medical profession itself will remain on trial in the somewhat eerie backdrop of a Detroit courtroom