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4000 BMC men idle
1 November 1961
MODELS SWITCH MAKES 4,000 B.M.C. MEN IDLE
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT
OXFORD. Oct. 31
More than 4,000 Morris Motors workers at Cowley were without work today because of a shortage of supplies of finished materials. The British Motor Corporation attributed this to the switch to new models announced before the Motor Show. The delay was only temporary.
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