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Show I Beetle Born Baby Birthrate Down, Dealer Says Despite increasing sales ! they're up by better than 1S', ; for the first 10 months of the year compared with the same period of time in 1903 Volkswagen Volks-wagen reported a decline today in what could be considered the most vital statistic it keeps. i According to Willard C. Jones, I manager of Jones Motor Com-j Com-j pany, authorized Volkswagen I dealership at 380 South Main, Cedar City, the number of babies born In beetles has declined from 18 in 19fi5 to 14 so far this year. He attributed the drop in the "beetle - born baby birthrate" to the added power of tne newer model VW cars, which, he said, gives parents "a better opportunity oppor-tunity to beat the stork to the hospital." Mr. Jones explained that VW maintains records of babies born in its products because it provides pro-vides their parents with U. S. Savings Bonds In recognition of their "outstanding achievement". Since the inception of the program pro-gram three years ago, he said VW has presented over $6,000 in Savings Bonds to parents. During Dur-ing this time, he reported, a total to-tal of 63 babies have been born in "beetles." |