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Show 20 A KSERET NEWS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1976 0 Cl i fM? UP If 13 I 3 t? d $ "III i&sl 1 1 1 i1 1 ci 1 IQP 'te - J iltfi I .starts - -- kt w M tO COOK Christian Scicnc Mws Srvlc Monitor The "duel of the small is starting tn heat cars" up. In a pocketbook drive to cut bulging inventories cars jof the low-n- d American Motors Gremlins aaid facers, plus the Chevrolet Vega and Xhevette and the Pontiac Astrc U.S. carmakers are slashing prices, reviving rebates, and sweetening the pot for dealers, hoping to get the attention of buyers who Tiave been bypassing the small cars in volume for the last year or more. The falloff in small-ea- r 'sales is far more severe than automakers anticipated at the start of the year in September. Carmakers also are cutting back on production as inventories climb. Ford Motor Co., beset by a four-wee-k strike at the start of the k year, is planning a shutdown of a asCanadian small-ca- r if' & V,; a ' 3 ! : t nt cost-of-livi- ia electrical manufacturing, rubber, and other industries earlier this year added to the expense of producing automobiles and trucks. GM and the auto unions reached a tentative settlement last Friday, 12 hours after the start of a relatively small selective strike involving about 80,000 unionists (of 350,000) in 16 y a ' 'X - V- $ 'X , v - a r v 1 jT-- 1 3 e ? .v i' l f ' The Taking a shower means more than just getting clean.masCon air from shower spray Watertingers pulsation taut sages your entire body. Its therapeutic spray relaxes from tension. Waterfingers and washes muscles away Conair, its good clean fun. Hand-hel- 19. 11. shower head. Reg. 27.95 shower head. Reg. 21.95 d Wall-mou- nt Housewares, Ogden, Salt Lake, and Fashion Place Mall (N26) Off 25 vV ' f i , How To Mnke Your Body Smile From Head To Toe . 1 V Continental Hair Products, Inc. Socleiv ' f t If -- V i V ' PiRSlthln Vri - S' si V i V k . l , -- X,.J i. 1 ; s Just in time for the Christmas holidays. Save a bundle on mens and womens quality leather wallets. Great as stock- s v ,7 A, J 3V " ss WXA Gourmet Omelet Set ing stuffers, you can choose from a wide variety of styles and 24.88 colors. Add Buy as a gift or brighten up your own kitchen with this beautiful omelet set. Gleaming copper cookware adds a touch of spice to any kitchen. Imported from Portugal, this set contains three different sizes of omelet pans and hanger: Also available. copper cookware set. Sorry, no mail and phone orders. Luggage, Salt Lake City, Fashion Place Mall and Ogden (N26) kettles are beautifully designed in three patterns, rose, ' ascot, and flora. They're specially imported from Austria. 14.20 Enamel whistling tea kettles also available in solid colors of red. blue, brown, orange, and yellow. . Reg. 17.95 Housewares, Salt Lake City, Fashion Place Mall, and Ogden (N26) 13.45 69.83 Reg. 74.95 Housewares. Salt Lake City, Fashion Place and Ogden (N26) launched the duel in late Tea Kettles e the accent of color this Christmas, with cheerful enamel whistling tea kettles. A fun new gift idea, these tea Gift-Tim- Reg. 29.95 . Chrysler October when it trimmed , - base price of its g Gremlin by 4253 to $2,905. GM followed with $200 rebates the Chevette, Vega, jn land Astre, all reminiscent of the rebate war f early 1975, - Now AMC has followed GM with a $253 rebate on the Pacer, both 1976 and 1977 models, a particularly slow seller after the initial burst of activity ;fthen the car was introduced in the fall of 1875. There is no question that the car companies have to give the customers more than the product at its old price, 'asserts Arvld Jouppi, an independent auto analyst . A Reg. 5.00 to 20.00 fast-sellin- "rice-cuttin- g 1 - '( Wallets Gift-rig- ht worked its big Jefferson Avenue plant in Detroit on overtime last Saturday because of a shorg big tage of its ars. - AMC (c) 1974 Chrlttlan Selene - . F ""I one-wee- Ironically, g i ' sembly plant which i well-bein- 1977-mod- el mainly supplies the U.S. jfsiarket with Pintos and . Mavericks. Chrysler says it will 'curb file production of its Volare and Aspen by brief shutdowns at two of its six assembly plants, idling thousands. two-thir- GM ducers always brings relief and, for a time, a sense of It means three years of normality after months of strained relations. However, the idgher wage and benefit costs in Ford, Chrysler, and now General Motors contracts are only a part of the problem. Settlements wages and benefits, about of this in wages including periodic adjustments. There was an added stipula tion in the GM settlement: The company pledged that it would "neither discourage nor encourage union organizing efforts in new GM plants in the south. George Morris Jr., chief negotiator for GM, described the settlement as the most expensive wage and benefits package in General Motors history. He estimated that it will cost at least $5.8 billion over the next three years, based on expected GM production figures. This could mean an additional cost of up to $500 for every car or truck that comes off assembly lines. plants in seven states. The GM settlement followed the terms of pattern agreements between UAW and first Ford and later Chry.'ler. Wges wiU go up 3 percent a year for three years, with additional money to be front loaded into paychecks in the first year, and with automatic adjustments that will keep wages rising as prices go up. Worktime will be shortened. In effect, workers will have 23 four-daweeks with five days pay by the end of the new contract period. And retired GM workers, as well as those at . Ford and Chrysler, will receive a lump sum bonus of up to $600 as an offset to eroded pensions. The package will mean an estimated increase of up to 31 percent over three years in tween the United Auto Workers and the Big Three pro- (UAW) , el new-mod- " Christian Science Monitor News Service NEW YORK, N.Y. Major auto bargaining is almost over, but car buyers, who almost certainly wail have to pay more for cars manufactured in 1977 and 1978. have not yet felt the financial burden of these negotiations. So far, most ayto buyers have been grumbling, but paying the steadily rising prices of new cars. Now in Detroit. Washington, and New York there is growing concern about the possibility of resistance beginning to build up in the auto market. If it does, the national economy could quickly be in trouble along with the auto industry- While there is concern, there is no real pessimism yet. The end of major negotiations be Mall,' .Oie Slow-sellin- bld-fashion- ed Flavor with Gift Values f for the Home 'M V- PROCTOR fjfci ip JU Detroit show the massive buildup of small cars at 3VMC on Oct. 1 the comsuppany had a ply of cars compared y With a supply a month earlier. Gremlin ; was up from 64 days on Sept. 1 to 105 days a I month later. Total induinventories in the stry I same y period rose ; from 42 days to 55 days. 6 Qt. Electric Ice Cream Maker Reg. 30.95 Gift Shop. Salt Lake City, Fashion and Ogden. (N26) 22.95 Place Mall, with home-mad- e ice cream. Extra-dut- y polypropylene liner for double durability. Brilliant chrome-finis-h motor cover and ebony black y handle. bridge. Convenient Free ice cream recipe book. Holiday fun easy-carr- Hand Decorated Rocker said in an interview earlier this year that the company would take whatever action it felt ,wes necessary at any time in order to avoid the big buildup of cars which stifled the industry in the sales collapse which followed in the tracks of the Arab oil embargo of What a beautiful and thoughtful gift for a very special person. This elegant pecan or pine rocker, antique decorated by hand, has a seat width of 21., depth 1734, height 424 Breakfast In Bed For Christmas Give her or him a break. Breakfast bed can be a fun in 1973-7- WeU always do what we have to do in the marketplace. he declared. 4 Qt. Electric Ice Cream Maker C) 176Chritin Scienc Publish tn Society Reg. 27.95 Gift t SINKS , V Smaller Proctor-Sile-x ice cream maker makes 4 full quarts. It has all the same features of the larger model. Housewares, Salt Lake City, Fashion Place Mall, and Ogden (N26) 99.95 Corner Curio Cabinet gift Adorn your home with this lovely comer curio cabinet. Round glass front, 4 shelves, mirrored hack, and light at the top to assure you of grace and elegance for any room 72 high with pecan finish. 230.00 12.00 Shop, Salt Lake City, Fashion Place and Ogden (N26) , Reg. 150.00 idea especially with this beautiful breakfast tray. Imported sophistication with our very own tortoise finished rattan design. Make this a unique and memorable Christmas, ideal tor the sick or elderly. 19.95 STAINLESS STEEL ' Greet the holiday season with the warm glow of this elegant shining clear Italian crystal hurricane lamp. Bring the enchantment of the ancient mariner into your home. Add candles of any color, to change the decor of your room, (candles not included). John J. Riccardo, Chryslers chairman, i 5 .! V 16.88 119-da- y Carmakers usually is. Hurricane Lamp Reg. 19.95 f To aim for a y supply of cars in dealers hands. When the car count noses toward 100, carmakers begin to squirm. Ford and Chrysler have not yet swung aboard the rebate express, although both companies say they are monitoring the moves by GM and AMC. ii;f f z Reg. 300.00 Collector's Shop, Sait Lake City, Fashion Place Mall, and Ogden (N26) Matl, LUSTROUS, mr $2S75 Shop Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sait Lake & Ogden 10 a. m. to 9 p.m. Fashion Place & Cottonwood Mall A Ml m "403 S3. g$3 TOST Mail jpid phone orders filled. Indicate 2nd color choice where possible. Beyond our delivery areas, add 3 sales tax 1 .50 for hurricane lamp. 1 .85 for omelet set. 1 .35 for breakfast tray, 55c for tea kettles, 1 .65 for t. ice cream maker, orders. 328-118- 3 Sait Lake, 825-160- 7 Ogden, 374-278- 0 Provo, Zenith 737 in outlying delivery areas. plus 1 Cue .85 for k postage 6-- for hand-hel- d ice cream Waterfinnpr makerTock 85c for WatPrtinnar. cabinet sent tre.ght collect. 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