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

2 July 1999

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

    AUBURN HILLS, Mich., July 1 -- DaimlerChrysler Corporation
reports seven of its nine U.S. assembly plants and one of its
three Canadian assembly plants will operate the week of July 5, 1999.  All
U.S. plants will not operate Monday, July 5, in observance of the July 4
holiday.
    Jefferson-North (Detroit, Mich.) will operate three seven-and-a-half hour
shifts during the week.  Belvidere (Ill.), Dodge City Complex-Warren Truck
(Mich.), Newark (Del.), St. Louis-North (Fenton, Mo.) and St. Louis-South
(Fenton, Mo.) will operate two eight-hour shifts.  Conner Ave. (Mich.) will
operate one-eight-hour shift.  Sterling Heights (Mich.) and Toledo (Ohio) will
not operate due to model changeover.
    In Ontario, Canada, Pillette will operate two eight-hour shifts during the
week.  Bramalea and the Windsor Assembly Plant will not operate due to model
changeover.