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DaimlerChrysler Reports Assembly Plant Schedule for Week of Jan 4, 1998

23 December 1998

DaimlerChrysler Corporation Reports U.S. and Canadian Assembly Plant Schedule for Week of January 4, 1998

    AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 22 -- DaimlerChrysler Corporation
reports eight of its nine U.S. assembly plants and all three
Canadian assembly plants will operate the week of January 4, 1999.
    Jefferson-North (Detroit, Mich.) will operate three seven-and-a-half hour
shifts during the week.  Belvidere (IL.), St. Louis-South (Fenton, Mo.),
Sterling Heights (Mich.), and Toledo (Ohio) will operate two eight-hour
shifts.  St. Louis-North (Fenton, Mo.) will operate two nine-hour shifts.
Newark (Del.) will operate two nine-and-a-half hour shifts.  Conner Ave.
(Mich.) will operate one-eight-hour shift.  Dodge City Complex-Warren Truck
(Mich.) will not operate due to facility changes.
    In Ontario, Canada, Bramalea and the Windsor Assembly Plant will operate
three seven-and-a-half hour shifts during the week.  Pillette will operate two
eight-hour shifts.