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The return of the
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return to the luxury car financial fortunes around. first customers” as be begins
market and the beginning of

a $1 billion plan to improve
company facilities in
Canada.

The 1981 computer-age
car rolled off the assembly
line recently marking the
return of the flagship of the
Chrysler fleet for the first
time since 1975.

In a brief ceremony,
Chrysler Chairman Lee A.
lacocca handed the car keys
to singer Frank Sinatra.

Iacocca termed the return
of the No. 3 automaker to
the luxury car market “the
icing on the cake”.

He said over the next five
years, Chrysler plans to
invest more than $1 billion in

“We're now at a one-time-
only starting over point in
the history of Chrysler
Corp.,” Iacocca said. “Our
new life begins with the 1981
model year.”

Chrysler plans to produce
only 25,000 of the plush
Imperials at its Windsor
assembly plant, each of
which will be inspected at
the Imperial Quality
Assurance Center in
Windsor before delivery to
customers.

Officials said the price of
the car would be determined
shortly before its  in-
troduction on the market in
early fall. ,

Sinatra was accompanied
by his wife, Barbara. Also on

Hang glider tries again

BAIR COMEAU, Que.
(UPC) - Never-say-die Eagle
Sarmont has folded his
fragile hang glider for an
overland return to the
United States but 1s pon-
dering his next flight attempt

the Pyramids, tbe
Himalayas or the South
Pole.

“It all depends on who
gives us permission to fly,”
the 28-year-old Californian
pilot said.

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