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...Hope Buick Show (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). Everybody wants to get into Hope's act, including Gina Lollobrigida, Jerry Colonna, Hedda Hopper. The show was filmed in Europe, during Hope's recent flying visit to U.S. military bases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Jan. 19, 1959 | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

...Gearling. In Atlanta, Henry Simpson III's first birthday party was held in the Buick where he was born...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 29, 1958 | 12/29/1958 | See Source »

...Going to Jump!" Driving his Buick south on Avers Avenue, Salesman Elmer Barkhaus, 61, glanced at the school, saw smoke coming out of the back door. Before he could get out of the car, flames were shooting out of the school. At 2:42 he gave the first alarm. At 2:44 the first company of firemen got there, sirens screaming. The situation: a flash fire had started in the rear-basement stair well of the school's north wing, had been shut out of the first floor by fire-prevention doors, was now engulfing the second floor -fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: The Chicago School Fire | 12/15/1958 | See Source »

...question in the economy is still the auto market. Auto dealers reported demand for the new cars still running from 25% to 50% over last year. Ford has twice as many dealer orders now as a year ago, Buick three times as many, and Plymouth is up 16%. But there are still not enough cars to meet demand and get a true picture of the market. Last week, to make matters worse, a five-day walkout of white-collar workers at Chrysler Corp. forced a 63% slash in output, and Rambler stopped production after the Budd plant at Gary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Still on the Climb | 11/24/1958 | See Source »

Cars were selling well. Buick announced that it has received more than 100,000 new car orders from its dealers, almost two-thirds of which have already been sold. Ford announced that its dealers sold 27,000 new Fords on introduction day alone, and Pontiac reported sales and confirmed orders of more than 20,500 during the car's first three days on the market. Buoyed by orders for 72,400 Ramblers so far this year, American Motors made plans to turn out 100,000 Ramblers by the end of December, almost double the total turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: More & Cheaper Cars | 11/3/1958 | See Source »

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