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Frost, David Richmond of 1599-11th Street, Douglas, Ariz.; Douglis High. Griggs, Dudley Robley of 1961 Kearney Street, Denver; East Denver High Morgan, Bruce Harry of 983 South Gilpin Street, Denver; South High, Denver. Morsch, William Chris of RFD No. 4, Boise; Boise Senior High...
...frequently burst like bombs when they hit the ground, scattering loose alfalfa in sprays. In its first seven days, Operation Haylift had flown 126 "sorties," had dropped 525 tons of alfalfa, seemed on the way to saving thousands of starving animals. Other missions were flown from Denver, Ogden, Utah; Kearney, Neb.; and Rapid City...
...fever, buyers sheepishly told of 1) giving fat bonuses to dealers, 2) trading in old cars for much less than their value, and 3) paying out hundreds of dollars a car for unwanted accessories. To get new cars, four of them passed out "tips" of $500 to Robert Kearney and others in Washington's Kearney Oldsmobile Co.; four more shelled out from $300 to $480 above list price for Hudsons at Washington's New York Avenue Motor Co. Others testified that they had traded in cars to dealers who promptly resold them for $300 to $700 profit...
...this surprised automobile buyers very much. What was surprising was the way salesmen and dealers brazenly owned up to their grey marketeering. George E. Adlung, salesman for New York Avenue Motor Co., admitted receiving more than $1,200 in tips on only four sales. William Manuel, a salesman for Kearney, received at least $1,520 in tips this year. "Whenever I sold a car," he testified, "I expected something as a tip . . . They do it all over the country." Raymond J. Kearney, co-owner of the agency with brother Robert, admitted that his allowances on trade-ins were far less...
...auto industry "must police its own backyard" or face mandatory price controls. To police the backyard, Ford had already fired 23 dealers for grey marketeering. Most carmakers, while holding their own prices far under true market values, had actively campaigned against it. This week General Motors notified the Kearney agency that its franchise was canceled "effective immediately." But automen knew that, controls or not, there was just no way of checking deals in which buyers cooperated so eagerly...