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New Car Sales Running 16.6 Per Cent Behind '69 DETROIT (AP) The na tion's top three automakers re port their new car sales for this year are running 16.6 per cent behind i960. Ford Motor Co. also an nounced a drop in profits for 1969. Chrysler Corp., Ford and Gen eral Motors Corp. said their sales for the new year through Feb. 20 were 853,416 compared with 1,023,042 in the same period a year ago. The Big Three automakers said they sold 185,871 new cars in the Feb. 11-20 period, an 18.8 per cent decline from 229,029 a year ago. Nine selling days were in the period both years. American Motors Corp. did not release its new car sales Fig ures Monday for the mid-Febru ary period. Meanwhile, Ford reported net earnings fell 12.8 per cent dur ing 1969. Ford said its profits for the year totalled $547 million or $5.03 a share, compared with $627 million, or $5.73 a share in Rock house slowly yields clues to past LEVELLAND, Tex. (UPI>- An art instructor at South Plains College in Levelland and his wife are only amateur archaeologists, but already they have discovered that summer finds make excel lent winter pastimes. Burl Cole and his wife Laura spend time each summer excava ting a Pueblo ruin in western New Mexico. The ruin once was inhabited by a people who lived around 1200 A.D., given the archaeological name of Mogollon. The location of the ruin is near Apache Creek in New Mex ico. The site looks like a rock house with rooms. The Coles have recovered several pieces of pottery, stone and flint estimated to be about 900 years old. During the long winter evenings they glue these pieces together into their original shape. 'Most of the collection is made up of various style pots in which the people cooked, stored water and used for other purposes," Cole said. "It's just like working a jigsaw puzzle to get these pieces back into their original place." Cole said by their diggings he and his wife hope to Ascover why the people left the area. "Only one skeleton has been found so far," Cole said. 'This indicates there was no battle. Theory is that they left because of a severe drougth." Cole has been digging in the same place for eight years. Each year he comes up with a new piece to his puzzle. Someday, he says, he hopes to complete the picture and have the real answer—not a theory. • • • Monsodium glutamate is a natural flavor intensifier used in meat, soups and fish products. It comes from the Orient where it was produced from seaweed and is an integral part of Chinese and Japanese cooking. • • • Ribless corduroy is being used in winter date dresses ana theater coats, as well as in sports wear and outerwear of all descriptions. • • • Teach children the value of seat belts and how to use them properly. * • • Parents should follow good safety habits and instill these habits in the minds of their - children. 1968. Sales in 1969 reached a record $14.8 billion, however, a spokes man said Monday. Fourth quar ter sales also hit a record. $4.1 billion, but earnings were down Duke Wooten At f Mocksville Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. Says . . . doesn't look or act like a mini car. Rut we sure price it that way." — AUTHORIZED DEALERS A CHRYSLER CORPORATION I|w our Economy System is ba^' Ve U for° re U J Like Duster. New whirlwind boss engine, roominess and performance than j/ If you're looking for the best economy buy, see us now. The Motion Makers. Fury Gron Coupe Get it dow while the getting good! Mocksville Chrysler- Plymouth, |nt. WILKESBORO STREET MOCKSVILLE. N. C. .1 I I by 12.2 per cent for the final three months. "The decline in earnings on a higher sales base resulted pri marily from higher labor and Cooleemee Journal, Wednesday, Febniary 25, 1970- material costs.'' Ford said. GM earlier reported its profits fell 1.2 per cent last year. Chrysler said its net earnings fell by 69.41 per cent. TRASHY PROBLEMS? Call BECK 284-3981 15
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