University Daily Kansan
Monday, February 11, 1974
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Food Supply Okay Despite Strike
The independent truckers' strike has had little effect on local food shipments, Lawrence grocery and restaurant employees said yesterday.
They said that they doubled if their operations would be affected, even if the
Curtis Watson, manager of the Howard Johnson's turnip restaurant said be didn't
think the strike would have much success in Kansas.
He estimated that 90 per cent of the normal number of trucks are on the road.
Watson said most of the freight in Kansas was handled by small independent operators that were well positioned to deliver it.
Bob Olberling, manager of the Kentucky
Fried Chicken restaurant at 658 W. 23rd St.
WAVNE, Mich. (AP) -- Big Lincolnns, Mercuries, and Art Forses have been rolling off the track for years.
Today, however, the Wayne plant will start turning out just one model—the Ford Econoline. It's now the first of its kind.
Ford's Wayne Plant Turns From Guzzlers to Compact
When production reaches its full pace in a few months, the Wayne plant will turn out 60 Mavricks an hour, compared to production of big Fords an hour earlier this model year.
Ford made the switch from drawing board to production restart in only six months. Normally, such a change would have been a two-year project.
Many of the plant's 3,500 workers returned to the job last week, but found little that was familiar. The plant underwent a $75 million conversion, and Ford said it stripped virtually every piece of equipment from its factory, switching the line to small-car production.
Amid widespread consumer concern over gasoline prices and availability, Ford has been selling Mavickers as fast as they can now. It is not as easy to find Fords still on hand at are record levels.
Ford's Chicago assembly plant has been shifted from the full-size car to an inline producing the new little Mustang II has been added to the San Jose, Calif. plant.
There are too many small independent truckers in Kansas who aren't participating
Oberbaying said it was the independent truck lines, with 30 to 35 rigs, which were used for the highway.
said he also doubted that the strike would affect Kansas shipping.
Ford also plans to introduce two new compacts in the coming model year. The firm said it then will be able to produce two 2009 Ford Taurus models at 30 per cent of its domestic auto output.
General Motors and Chrysler have converted another four plants to small cars, as the energy crisis forced the industry to move quickly. Sales were down 25 per cent in January compared with a year ago, but the company says cars were available to meet the demand.
In Kansas, most of the independent lines have 8 to 12 rams and they simply aren't affected as much by the fuel shortage, he said.
Warren Eisenstein, a cook at Treoled's Restaurant and Delicatessen at 944 Massachusetts St., said he had experienced shortage of ussheries on his staff, which was well stocked on food.
John D. Butler, owner of the Chuck Wagon restaurant at 2408 Iowa St., predicted a beef shortage may develop within the next week or two.
Buller said market conditions in the beef industry made him aware that strike could cause that potential shortage.
Richard Avery, an employee at the Dillon store at 1740 Massachusetts St., summed up most of the grocers' comments: "There's always a shortage of something in a grocery store," he said, but Dillon's" isn't having any unusual shortages."
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Election Rigged, Means Charges
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP)—Russell Means, an American Indian Movement leader on trial in connection with the occupation of Wounded Knee, S.D., has asked for an investigation of the recent tribal election on the Oglala Soux reservation. Means was narrowly defeated in his bid for president of the tribe.
Mark Banks, the brother of Means'
cofidentain, Dennis Banks, also said
Means was beaten by incumbent President Richard Wilson, who pledged during the campaign to throw AIM leaders off the Pine Ridge Reservation. Unofficial vote totals showed Wilson taking a 179-vote edge.
Means had spoken with attorneys about contesting the legality of the election last week.
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