Word: auto
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Carbondale the reaction to Arlie's return was mixed. Some were prepared to forgive and forget. His ex-boss at an East St. Louis auto-parts company said he could have his old delivery boy's job back if he wanted it. But others were angered by Arlie's basking in the spotlight. "If he comes in here," said a Carbondale bartender, "he might just get it. This is still rough country...
...still to come. Even with U.S. help. Britain will have to learn to live with no more than three-quarters of her normal oil supply. Ordinary motorists will get only enough gas to carry them 200 miles a month. Gasoline rationing is already hurting new-car sales. One thousand auto workers have been laid off, and another 56,000 have had their working hours cut. Macmillan also raised the tax on oil and gasoline to an alltime high of 49? a gallon. This increase, together with a simultaneous price hike by the oil companies, drove the retail price of gasoline...
...also was troubled by the tax system : "We must make a complete change in our whole theory of taxation. The tax system should be designed for raising revenue and not for reforming society." Swigert warned against adding to inflation by overstimulating production, cited "the ridiculous 1955 production race" of auto manufacturers...
Clang, Clang, Clang. In San Francisco, after he crashed into the rear of an auto, backed up, clobbered the car twice more, police arrested George Latta, charged him with operating his streetcar while intoxicated...
...LUXURY AUTOS are being unveiled at Manhattan's National Auto Show this week. Among them: Cadillac's Eldorado Brougham (price: about $12,000, with production held to 1,000 a year); Pontiac's Bonneville sports convertible with fuel injection (production limited to 2,000 in first year); Nash's Rambler Rebel, due this spring, has 255 h.p., optional fuel injection; Mercury's $3,500 Turnpike Cruiser...