Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 21, 1982
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TOYS FOR TOTS -- Workers at the General Motors Assembly Plant at Willow Run have given time and money to gather 1,500 Christmas toys worth $10,000 for underprivileged children in Washtenaw and Wayne counties. The toys were turned over to the U.S. Marine Corps' "Toys for Tots" program in a ceremony at the plant Monday. Among those taking part were (clockwise from left): Bill Moon, shop chairman for UAW Local 1776; Barbara Burton, co-leader of the project in the plant; George Francis, personnel director; Sue Jackson, the other project co-leader; Santa Claus; Marine 1st Sgt. Eugene Owens; plant manager Frank Faga; and Marine Staff Sgt. Booker Young. Toys for Tots was founded in Los Angeles in 1947 by Marine Maj. Bill Hendricks and it has spread around the nation since. It goes through social welfare agencies to distribute the toys.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 19, 1958
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CONTEST WINNER NAMED: Kenneth Murry (left) of Taylor Center, an inspector at the Detroit Transmission Division of General Motors Corp was announced yesterday as a winner in a $500,000 company contest covering 285,000 employees. Final prizes will be announced later this month, but GM officials told Murry he will receive "at least" a Chevrolet car. Murry submitted one of the top 45 entries in the "golden milestone" contest in connection with GM's 50th anniversary. He is receiving a "Harlow H. Curtice Award" here from O. W. Habel, general manager of the Willow Run GM plant.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 27, 1947
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TRAIN OF TOMORROW: Ann Arbor residents and persons attending the Michigan-Minnesota football game had a chance to view the General Motors Train of Tomorrow which transported some 200 members of the Associated Press managing editors conference here Saturday. The train, which is now making a national tour, was parked on the Ann Arbor Railroad siding east of the stadium during the game. Shown above is the rear car which, like each of the other three cars, is designed with an Astro Dome to give a better view of the landscape, and a depressed car floor which results in four floor-levels. The train incorporates the newest interior decoration and post-war features for the comfort and safety of train passengers.