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...company. Says Walt Humphrey, a transmission worker at Ford's Louisville assembly plant: "I'm willing to show the American people that we are ready to sacrifice. It might swing them back to American products." GM workers, however, appear to be taking a harder line. Says Pete Kelly, a wood-model maker at the GM tech center in Warren, Mich., and a leader of dissident U.A.W. members: "If we give concessions now, they will automate that much faster and there will be more workers out of jobs. It started at Chrysler. We want to stop...
...unquotable, eager to point out that he is merely one cog in the great Bengal machine. That machine indeed has some brilliant parts, finely tuned by its no-nonsense coach, Forrest Gregg. One All-Pro wide receiver, Veteran Isaac Curtis, has been joined by another, exuberant Rookie Cris Collinsworth. Pete Johnson, a.k.a. the human bowling ball, is a hard-hitting, if not overwhelming runner. Pat McInally, from Harvard, of all places, is the league's best punter. And the offensive line is bolstered by two of the most awesome monsters currently stuffed into padding: Anthony Munoz...
...N.F.L.'s decision to bring their ball to Pontiac's playground was not entirely magnanimous. Ernest Jones, 66, chairman of the Michigan Super Bowl Committee, is also chairman of D'Arcy-MacManus & Masius, a Detroit-based advertising agency, and he tackled Pete Rozelle with the aid of an awesome lineup. Jones got a full roster of ad-firm chieftains to "remind" Rozelle of their dedication. That dedication is measured in automotive industry advertisers-from cars to spark plugs to tires-who have supported the N.F.L. on television with an estimated $1 billion in commercials over the decades...
Bengal fullback Pete Johnson, who had terrorized defenses all year, couldn't bulldoze his way through San Francisco's line. A dramatic goal-line stand late in the third quarter silenced a Bengal rally and symbolized the 49ers' domination of the trenches...
...Bengals got the ball back moments later as the 49er offense began to stall, and a 41-yard bomb from Anderson to Collinsworth put Cincinnati in business on the 14. But Pete Johnson, after picking up a first down at the three, failed to get the ball into the end zone on first and second downs...