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Lithia Motors began in 1946 when Walt DeBoer opened a single car dealership in Ashland, Oregon.In the first year, the five-person company sold 14 cars. [16] In 1968, Walt's son, Sidney DeBoer, took over the business and incorporated Lithia Motors Inc. Sidney reorganized the business and in 1970 purchased a Dodge dealership in Medford.
R. Wagner (Wag) Dodge, Missoula SJ foreman, age 33 at the time of the fire. Dodge died five years after the fire from Hodgkin lymphoma. Walter B. Rumsey, age 21 at time of the fire, from Larned, Kansas. Rumsey died in an airplane crash in 1980, age 52. Robert W. Sallee, youngest man on the crew, age 17 at time of the fire, from Willow Creek ...
The 600 was intended to be Dodge's answer to the European sedans of the day. Its numerical name and rear-end styling was designed to evoke thoughts of Mercedes-Benz models, however it fell more in line with North American contemporaries such as the Chevrolet Celebrity, Pontiac 6000 and the Ford Fairmont (the 600 actually resembled the Dodge Mirada more than any European car).
The Chrysler company was founded by Walter Chrysler on June 6, 1925, [12] [13] when the Maxwell Motor Company (est. 1904) was re-organized into the Chrysler Corporation. [14] [15] The company was headquartered in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park, [16] [17] [18] where it remained until completing the move to its present Auburn Hills location in 1996.
The passing of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 gave major funding to the department and required it to be greatly expanded. In 1957, the four districts were replaced with five districts. The department moved to a new Highway Complex in 1978. In 1991, the Highway Department was reorganized and became the Montana Department of Transportation.
Some residents of Missoula took issue with the title of the book, questioning whether or not it was right to highlight the name of the city, given the fact that rape is a nationwide issue. [10] Kirsten Pabst reportedly sent a letter to the book's publisher in an attempt to stall its release, claiming that the book was based on "half truths" and ...
Herbert R. Gibson and his wife, Belva, opened Gibson Products Co., a wholesale novelty company, in 1936 in Abilene, Texas. [1] By the late 1950s, Gibson had decided to refocus on discounting, and he opened the first Gibson's Discount Center in Abilene in 1960. [2]
Ashland police estimated 8,000 participants in the Ashland Women's March at Lithia Park. [585] [586] Astoria: 1,400–1,600 [587] Hundreds of people met at the public parking lot at 12th & Exchange Streets, then marched along the sidewalks of downtown Astoria (in the rain), with a number of drivers honking their support from the streets. [588 ...