Word: auto
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...roaring, madcap world of Grand Prix auto racing, the power axis is shifting. For years, daring, lead-footed Italians bestrode the field until fiery death picked them off one by one, from Ascari to Musso. Spain's dashing Alfonso de Portago was killed in 1957, and Argentina's five-time world champion, aging (47) Juan Manuel Fangio, announced this summer that he is retiring. Today, dominance in racing belongs to the British, especially to flaxen-haired, temperamental Mike Hawthorn, 29, and balding, easygoing Stirling Moss, 28. The two are battling head-to-head for the world driving championship...
...AUTO-LABELING LAW, signed by President Eisenhower, provides that each 1959 car carry tag telling model name, final assembly point, means of delivery to dealer, manufacturer's suggested retail price for auto and extras...
Malts Alarm. In Owosso, Mich., when a fire started in Dewey Campbell's auto, Dewey got a bottle of beer from a saloon, shook it up, extinguished the flame with foaming brew...
Replaceable Cells. Estimating that 96% of auto batteries have to be discarded while they still have one or more good cells, Aut-O-Cel Co. of Des Moines put on sale a replaceable, plastic-encased battery cell that can be assembled in 19 different battery sizes. When the battery goes bad, a garageman replaces the dead cell. Price: $7.47 per cell...
Tirra-Lire-Lire. In Acqui, Italy, 1½-year-old Maurizio Pesce was fined 400 lire for excessive tootling of his father's auto horn...