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...result of Judge Jones's ruling, the ministers were liable for immediate collection of the first $500,000 judgment. The Rev. Ralph Abernathy's one-twelfth interest in a 307-acre Marengo County tract was sold for $4,350. Abernathy's five-year-old Buick sedan was auctioned off for $400, and the cars of two other ministers were attached. All told, the first efforts at collection raised some $6,000. With the judgment effective for at least 10 years, the ministers face two choices: 1) they can sue for recovery from the New York Times...
...purchase of 16 police cars; and Port Huron, Mich., ordered three police cars and two trucks. The city manager of Kennewick, Wash., got so carried away by Mariani's plea that he not only issued orders for five new city cars, but went out and bought a new Buick Invicta, talked a neighbor into buying...
...Buick introduced its Skylark, a flashy coupe with a more powerful engine, chrome-trimmed fenders, and an optional cloth-covered white roof. Pontiac showed off its Le Mans five-passenger coupe, a sleeker version of the standard four-cylinder Tempest with a four-speed gearbox and wire wheels. Ford introduced its new Futura (TIME, March 24) and Comet S-22. Chrysler showed off its experimental Turboflite; it has a rakish body by Ghia, a gas turbine engine only half as heavy as a regular V8, and an aft flap that acts as an air brake...
...Which last week placed first in the Mobilgas Economy Run from Los Angeles to Chicago, with an average of 32.68 miles a gallon. Other winners in their classes: Corvair Monza for four and six-cylinder compacts with automatic transmission (29.35 m.p.g.), Buick Special for eight-cylinder compacts (25.09), Plymouth Savoy for standard-sized cars (23.15), Ford Fairlane for low-priced V-8s (21.33), Chrysler Newport for medium-priced eights (19.9), and Cadillac for high-priced eights...
...Beverly Hills Chrysler-Plymouth dealer: "The manufacturers are trying to make a car for every $25 of the market." Some dealers complain that this proliferation confuses not only the customer but the salesman, too. Often compacts with different names are remarkably similar. General Motors' Olds F85 and Buick Special both have the same body shell and almost the same motor; Ford's Falcon and Comet have the same engine; the Chrysler Valiant and Lancer are lookalikes. Many dealers not only battle competitors but knock cars made by the same manufacturer. Dodge puts out a "confidential" booklet for Lancer...