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DaimlerChrysler Reports Plant Schedule for Week of April 5, 1999

2 April 1999

DaimlerChrysler Corporation Reports U.S. and Canadian Assembly Plant Schedule for Week of April 5, 1999

    AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 1 -- DaimlerChrysler Corporation
reports all nine U.S. assembly plants and all three Canadian
assembly plants will operate the week of April 5, 1999.  All plants will be
closed Monday, April 5, in observance of the Easter holiday.
    Jefferson-North (Detroit, Mich.) will operate three seven-and-a-half hour
shifts during the week.  Belvidere (Ill.), St. Louis-South (Fenton, Mo.),
Sterling Heights (Mich.), and Toledo (Ohio) will operate two eight-hour
shifts.  Dodge City Complex-Warren Truck (Mich.) and 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.
    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.