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Car Dealers Meet New Challenges
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Article profiles several of Kansas City's Jewish car dealers including Bud Brown Automotive (formerly Bud Brown Chrysler/Plymouth), Bob Sight Ford (formerly Schlozman Ford), and Weinberg Motors (formerly Weinberg Dodge). The dealerships have operated in Kansas City since the 1970s but have struggled to survive the recent economic downturn and bankrupted automobile industry.
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2009-08-14
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Newspaper Article
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William Brace
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Biographical article and illustrations of William James Brace, or William Brace, president of the Hudson-Brace Motor Company and "president of the National Motor Car Dealers' Association," moving to Kansas City in the 1890s with John Deere Plow Company until 1902 as a traveling salesman, then in 1912 starting in the automobile business and in 1914 organizing the Hudson-Brace company, selling Hudson cars and adding Essex cars in 1919.
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1922-11-05
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Car Dealer Was Area Fixture
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Local car dealer R. Lloyd Ketcham died March 8, 2008, at the age of 97. He opened his own car dealership in Liberty, Missouri, in 1950. Ketcham Oldsmobile then moved to Independence in 1958. It still remains today as Broome Oldsmobile. The Ketchams were also philanthropists giving money to various educational institutions including the University of Missouri at Columbia. Includes his picture and that of his wife.
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2008-03-27
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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The Original Kansas City Hummer Vehicle
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Postcard image and short article about the Greenlease Motor Car Company--the "Oldest Motor Car Establishment in Kansas City"-- located from 29th St. to 30th St. between McGee Trafficway and Gillham Road. The company was founded by Robert Greenlease Sr. and Pearl Karshner in 1903 and eventually expanded to include dealerships throughout Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, and Texas.
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2008-04-02
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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A Colorful Career Comes To a Close
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Description
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Prominent Kansas City sports figure Jerry Green died August 15, 2007, at the age of 77. He was "a flamboyant Kansas City businessman who owned banks and radio stations and tried to buy the Kansas City Royals in 1997." His career started by running his father's car dealership, Union Chevrolet. "His mother, Selma Green, later Selma Green Feld, was a well-known philanthropist who endowed the Carolyn Benton Cockefair Chair for Continuing Education at the University of Missouri-Kansas City." Green owned sports talk radio station WHB, auto dealerships Jerry Green Union Chevrolet and Broadway Ford, Indian Springs State Bank, and other banks which eventually became Union Bank, as well as a collection of sports cars. "Green once told a reporter that he was of establishment background but not an establishment person." Includes his picture.
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2007-08-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Dealership Loss May Not Have Been Voluntary
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Description
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Major Cadilliac car dealership changed hands earlier this year. It had been in the Major family for 44 years, and the dealership has been a fixture in Kansas City since 1908. It was owned by three successive generations of the Major family and consistently ranked high among the area's top auto stores. F. Lee Major, III, and his son, John T. Major, have filed a lawsuit in Jackson County Circuit Court against General Motors Corp. and its financing arm, General Motors Acceptance Corp. Major Cadillac had taken over Charlie Fisher Buick Chevrolet just down the street from their dealership at 3200 Main and financial problems quickly ensued. Article explains the law suit. Conklin Cars bought the Cadillac dealership in June.
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Date
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2007-10-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
