Word: auto
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fortnight ago in Florida, an auto accident leveled tragedy on Suzy's life. Her father was killed; Suzy's arms were broken. At the hospital, where she thought she might be dying, Suzy gave her name as Mrs. Pierre de la Salle. From Manhattan, Pierre de la Salle. 28 or thereabouts, raced to Florida. When newsmen caught up with him, he repeatedly denied that he was married to Suzy, although he of course conceded that she is a "dear friend" with whom he shares an apartment. "A tremendous apartment," he explained simply. But newsmen pressed on, uncovered...
...People's Freedom League (TIME, May 12). Behind them were tension-ridden weeks of politicking, rumblings of military coups, intrigue and insult. In the struggle for votes, one Deputy jailed on a murder charge was let out to cast his ballot; another, who had been hospitalized by an auto accident, was badgered daily by special pleaders; another resigned his seat in protest against continual harassment...
...campuses, as leaders from government and civic ramparts heralded the June rites (see EDUCATION). Among the most distinguished was a visitor from Britain: Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, who, after a harrowing transatlantic flight and a quick Washington welcome from Secretary of State Dulles, headed for Indiana by plane and auto to deliver his views on the cold war before an audience at Indiana's DePauw University...
...AUTO PRICING BILL, passed by Senate to require carmakers to stick a "suggested" retail price on each car delivered (TIME, May 19), is being bucked belatedly by Justice Department. Trustbusters contend that bill might actually tend to fix prices, would not give buyer sufficient protection...
...Auto sales, which had poked along in May, showed a sudden 13% spurt in the last ten days and pushed the month's totals to 394,000 units, the best level of the year. With good weather helping sales, dealers managed to pare their inventories to 755,000 cars...