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By IAMES V. HIGGINS UPI Auto Writer

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

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billion, 7 per cent above last year. : ’ 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.

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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.

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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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