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...Barker, 64, retired last January from $18,512 job as building inspector in Miami after city investigators accused him of working fewer hours than he claimed. Virgilio R. Gonzalez, 56, master locksmith, runs general discount store in Miami with his wife. Eugenic Martinez, 60, heads leasing department of Miami Chevrolet dealer. James McCord, 63, electronics expert whose letter to Judge John Sirica began to unravel coverup, runs small solar-energy firm in Fort Collins, Colo. Frank Sturgis, 57, self-styled "Communist fighter," sells videotapes in Miami. Claims "Watergate financially destroyed me." Plotted bizarre attempt by Cuban exiles to invade...
...largely because of tough Government fuel-economy and pollution regulations. Now some automakers have produced models that get respectable gas mileage but can still accelerate from 0 to 60 m.p.h. in 7 sec. Some of the hottest sellers: the Ford Mustang GT (up to $1 1,500) and the Chevrolet Camaro...
...same time, some basic expectations are declining from one generation to the next. Children expect to have less than their parents, but they have different priorities: a foreign car rather than a Chevrolet. People spend more on trendy items but delay in buying a home...
...dreams come true. Lewellyn, who ran a brokerage company in Des Moines, wore custom-made suits that he bought in batches. He lived with his wife and two children in a $200,000 home in a suburb of Des Moines. The family owned a Mercedes-Benz, a BMW, a Chevrolet and a Jeep Wagoneer...
...sales breakdown by name plates showed an even grimmer picture. The Chevrolet division of General Motors, for example, sold a mere 38,104 vehicles. The March figure was 61.1% below the same period a year earlier and could be a harbinger of Chevy's worst year since 1958. The division is now selling about 1.3 milion cars annually; its best year ever was in 1965, when it sold 2.4 million...