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Show Sunday, February 14, 1971 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah—Page 31 Have Dinner With Us!!! yHOT Docs \roSHG ©COLD POP BIRTHOAY Served FREE Monday jo 12 NOONto 8:00 P.. SPECIAL BUY eZ Frans Damaged << SPRING LOOK for men will be bare knees if these fashions shown in Romeareanyindication, Shorts,left, and bloomers are the latest from Italian designers. AutoSales on the Rise profit of $821 millionthe first six months of 1970, but the strike starting Sept. 15, late in the third quarter, resulted in a 77 million loss for that period Californian Is = Sentenced in = Shooting Case SALMON, Idaho (UPI)—Roy C. Wells, 52, Torrance, Caiif., has begun serving a 90-day jail sentence imposed for the gun- shot wounding of a 6-year-old girl last Nov, 6. Wells was sentenced to jail and fined $300 after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanorcharge of negligent injury of another by use of a firearnt. He began serving his jail term at 2 p.m. Thursday. He was accused of shooting Karyn Prestwich, 6, North Fork, while she was waiting for a school bus on Highway 93 north of Salmon. Later, Wells said he mistook the child for a deer. Karyn currently is undergoing treatment and therapy at the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in Salt Lake City. followed by a $135 million loss in the fourth quarter. Thestrike settlement on Dec. 7 adds $2.4 billion to GM’s cost of production in wages alone during the next three years. The company boosted prices an average of $233 per 1971 car, but GM Board Chairman James M. Roche said this increase covered only a part of the increases in wages and fringe benefits to workers, plus the anticipated increase in cost of materials. Industry-wide, the cost of the wage UAW settlement was placed at around $5 billion. § Increased fringe benefits added many more millions. Financial analysts estimate that the cost of an hour’s work in the auto 3/4” ® WALNUT SHEETS 4 We I p> Ne Ml cy in wages andfringe benefits. Other U.S. auto companies show the same general trend of lower profits on higher dollar sales even though none was struck during 1970, The future of the American auto industry depends on a number of things. Wage costs will be predictable for the next three years but cost-of-living PANELING 8’ $ MONDAY Z4\8ZZ8 NLPANELING WOOD ony PER eat Compare This Special Jpens WAREHOUSE SUPPLY 99 ONCE AGAIN PRESENTS..... =< Now - 1,000 PANELS ONLY - MON., FEB. 15th Ty | ONLY SHEET ROCK 36” 23.99 42” 28.49 Save! TR Ree 33.99 80 LB. BAG 1/2x4x7 51". $125 SALE PRICE ... 1/2''x4x1 2 $ i 99 Farmers Welcome... Quantity Price Available! ETOts WAREHOUSE mUia90 LUMBER nS 24" 17.49 30” 20.99 FERTILIZER $ ] 39 ea. Ye "x4x8 MOUNTING CABINETS AMMONIUM SULFATE SPECIAL MON. ONLY 2/8''x4x8 3/8"xAx7 ea. oe 87 PACK $ al ALL FIRSTS - NO SECONDS $ ] 35), | 2x4x8 STUDS Reg. 5.95 increases, part of the contract, are not, Neither are fringe intangibles such as health and medical insurance paid for by jj the company. Since the auto companies signed with the UAW and announced new prices, the steel companies have boosted prices by $9 per ton. Steel faces contract bargaining with the United Steel Workers next July. Wage increases there could trigger another boost in steel prices, the basic material item in autos. A third imponderable is the impactof the minicar battle in the United States. To counter lost sales to imports, American companies have brought out sub-compacts. They are less costly than the full-sized models so the profit margin is lower. If predictions that up to 10 million new cars will be sold in the United States this year come true, the profit margins of the automakers could be cut even more sharply CABINETS a ONLY! \ industry is now $7 per worker CEILING TILE TWO ACOUSTICAL PATTERNS ae ] 6: -ROIDERSWAREHOUSE} CLOSE-OUT ITEMS FIREPLACE LOGS bd: 8 Logs Per Box - Reg. 1.29 .. . Now All Te TREN LR Te Tuat te] near On th Kiln Dried - Difect To You From The Mills! 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WILLEY USED ext To MEDICINE i, For Washginton'sBrthda zii - But There’s Less Profit . “DETROIT (UPI) —Financial reports from the four major U.S. auto manufacturers show they’re selling more but profiting less, ‘The latest figures from the companies illustrate the profit squeeze. During 1969, for example, General Motors had record Worldwide dollar sales of $23.4 billion, and its profits totaled $1.7 billion. Yet in 1965, the company had dollar sales totaling only $20.7 billion but reported an all-time record Profit of $2.1 billion. GM is the only big four company to report full-year =financial results for 1970 when “profits shrank to $609 million on ~ sales of $18.8 billion. The lower ~ dollar sales reflected repercus“sions of the 67-day strike by the United Auto Workers. Profits and Losses Actually, GM had made a SPECIAL ON n s o p ee oe 7 Pc. Set $ ] 97 $ tnorencasteteg. 600... new 3 99 LASS HAND PRICE _____BURDERS—_._- LY PP SU E US HO RE WA 225-6272 1666 S. 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