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To illustrate General Motors' plight, the three newscasts came up with a quartet of vignettes. NBC's Kevin Tibbles traveled to the layoff-ridden city of Pontiac where The Heartbeat of America seems like "a slogan from a different era." ABC's Chris Bury introduced us to the Green family of Lansing: the late grandfather Kenneth built Oldsmobiles; father Richard retired after 40 years on the line: Mike is the current president of UAW Local 652; and son Rollin was hired to build Cadillacs just six months ago. ABC anchor Charles Gibson walked the showroom of the Maguire Automotive Group, a New Jersey dealership, founded in 1976, whose sales are 50% lower than last years and whose workforce has been cut by 30 since December. And NBC's Roger O'Neil played the jingle We Love Baseball, Hotdogs, Apple Pie & Chevrolet as he introduced us to Wendell Snowden, classic car collector of Melbourne Fla, and his shiny green-and-white '55: "I am disappointed in General Motors."
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