Word: auto
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...third event reported yesterday morning was the theft of a set of Slazeager, Bobby Locke golf clubs in a canvas bag, stolen from an auto parked near Lowell House. The owner of the car was graduate student Alexander Hood. He valued...
Desa and his two co-owners have set a price of $100 on their auto, and will reduce the price four dollars every day until it is sold. Desa says he "expects to learn a great deal" from the marketing experiment. Just how much he will make on the car, however, is uncertain. He added on a pessimistic note, "If we get no offers, we will give her away on the fourth of June...
...season rates for term bills end at 5 p.m. tomorrow, when the auto rises ten dollars a head. The scramble to pay in time will direct itself toward Lehman Hall, and the Harvard Trust will accept payment until its 2 p.m. closing hour. Checks mailed to Lehman Hall and postmarked by 12 midnight will also be accepted...
...Orion "one of the most significant textile developments in the past ten years," thinks that manufacturers may soon be turning out men's all-year suits which can be washed along with the family laundry (Orion's resistance to sunlight and mildew also makes it suitable for auto tops, awnings and shower curtains). But most U.S. consumers will have to wait for Orion until Du Pont gets into volume production later this year...
...peak production at General Motors Corp.* and other auto plants was reflected in the steel and tire industries. Both Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. and Pittsburgh Steel Co. racked up bigger profits in the first quarter than they had in all of 1949, and Armco Steel Corp.'s quarterly net of $11.8 million was about 42% above last year's period. B. F. Goodrich Co.'s sales were up 12% over 1949's first quarter; U.S. Rubber Co.'s were...