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...attracted young drivers to Lincoln-Mercury showrooms for the first time in a decade; today the Cougar outsells Pontiac's Firebird. The elegant Continental Mark III, brought out in 1968, has picked up 19% of the luxury-car market, which was once the all but exclusive preserve of Cadillac. The most rapidly rising model is the $2,400 German-built Capri, a sports compact that Lincoln-Mercury began importing last year. Estimated 1971 sales: 50,000 cars...
...spot in his show. United Artists found a part in Frank Capra's A Pocketful of Miracles, and in State Fair her dark brown hair showed up as a cornea-shattering shade of red. A star, she drove up to her old high school in a yellow Cadillac convertible and strolled through the halls in a mink coat. But four years later, the bottom fell out. Her managers, in her version of it, were merely exploiting her sex appeal-and ineptly. With puppylike trust, Ann-Margret did as she was told. At 25, after a descending spiral of bike...
Stars and Apples. Burnett started out lettering advertising signs for his father's dry goods store in St. Johns, Mich. He became a police reporter for the Peoria Journal, later joined G.M. and rose to head Cadillac's ad department. In 1935 he borrowed against his insurance and mortgaged his house to get $50,000 to start his own agency. Legend has it that Burnett worked from before dawn until after dark 364 days a year-and took Christmas morning off. He had put in several hours at his desk on the day he died...
Swing slow, sweet Cadillac...
...trailer subculture has evolved a bullet-shaped camper that is bidding to become the Cadillac of recreational vehicles. The air-conditioned, 25-ft.-long Discoverer, built by Detroit's Rectrans Inc., sells for $16,000, features a pile-carpeted living room with built-in television and stereo, a wood-paneled bedroom and a bathroom complete with toilet, shower, sink, closet and medicine chest. The kitchen boasts a refrigerator-freezer, stove, roomy cabinets and sink. So far, a swimming pool is not available as an accessory...