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DaimlerChrysler Reports Assembly Plant Schedule for Week of May 17, 1999

14 May 1999

DaimlerChrysler Corporation Reports U.S. and Canadian Assembly Plant Schedule for Week of May 17, 1999

    AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 13 -- DaimlerChrysler Corporation
reports all nine U.S. assembly plants and all three Canadian
assembly plants will operate the week of May 17, 1999.
    Jefferson-North (Detroit, Mich.) will operate three seven-and-a-half hour
shifts during the week and three seven-and-a-half hour shifts on Saturday, May
15.  Belvidere (Ill.), 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.  Conner Ave. (Mich.)
will operate one-eight-hour shift.  St. Louis-South (Fenton, Mo.) will operate
two eight-hour shifts during the week and two eight-hour shifts on Saturday,
May 15.  Newark (Del.) will operate two nine-and-a-half hour shifts during the
week and two eight-hour shifts on Saturday, May 15.
    In Ontario, Canada, Bramalea and the Windsor Assembly Plant will operate
three seven-and-a-half hour shifts during the week and three seven-and-a-half
hour shifts on Saturday, May 15.  Pillette will operate two eight-hour shifts.