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Big three slipping

By IAMES V. HIGGINS
UPI Auto Writer

DETROIT (UPI) - General
Motors Corp., showing sales
power in the midst of an
industry-wide slump, has

rolled. nag. a. record--second...

“quarter profit of iearly ‘$12

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billion, 7 per cent above last
year.
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The performance con-
trasts with a year-to-year

earnings decline reported by
Ford Motor Co. for the

GM only domestic to
show increased sales

For the first six months of
this year, GM profits were
$2.455 billion, 24 per cent
above last year. First-half
sales stood at $36.9 billion,
16 per cent above 1978.

period: ggwyster” Corp Hera Olisatemeént- nM

expect

ekA0-post-a

‘second —querter~toss some

could

analysts say reach

$200 million.

Irving Bluestone; head of
the GM department of the
United Auto Workers union,
said the profits “are a most
essential factor” in current
auto contract talks.

GM listed profits for the
second quarter of $1.188
billion or $4.13 a share on
sales of $19 billion, more
than the $1.106_ billion
reported last year but 5.5 per
cent below first quarter
carnings of $1.257 billion.

Unlike Ford, the No. 1

automaker managed lo kgfep

despite the chill on the big
car market caused by fears
of gasoline shortages.

Chairman
Murphy « and President’E-M; -
“Pete” Estes said the current
economic slowdown “does
not dampen our confidence
in the prospects for the
automobile industry — and
in the opportunities for
General Motors, at home
and worldwide.”

They said car and truck
sales were running necar
record levels carly this year
before the gasoline crunch.

“With favorable prospects
for increased gasoline
supplies, we expect new
vehicles sales to return to

more normal patterns,” they
said.

Auto industry contracts
now under way will have a
major impact on the
company's near-term
prospects, they said.

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