Word: cars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Heavy fog lay on London, and from Lewisham to Hammersmith, scarcely a car moved. Buses inched along the streets and trains moved cautiously along their rights of way. The 5:18 from Charing Cross to Kent that evening ground to a stop just past St. John's station to wait its turn at Park's Bridge Junction, which Londoners call the "busiest strip of railway line in the world." The electric train's ten coaches were pack-jammed, with more than 1,000 passengers caught up in the confusion of the heaviest pea-souper in two years...
University plans to acquire the MTA car barns opposite Kirkland House hinge on an engineer's study of the area, Anthony D. Pompeo, chairman of the MTA's Board of Trustees, revealed yesterday...
According to this source, trouble arises when the booklets are oversubscribed. Thus, a merchant who has signed a contract to give away 1,000 free car washes is suddenly swamped by 5,000 coupon-holders, and he refuses to honor them...
...three-quarter length car-coat is a 1957 headliner. The Vespa and Lambretta girls are so fond of these coats that many people are now calling them "scooter coats...
From Detroit, first reports showed that the new autos are selling well enough to bolster automakers' expectations of a 6,000,000-plus car year. General Motors' Chevrolet division, gearing production closely to sales, last week rolled out 38,900 cars v. 31,729 in the Thanksgiving week of 1956, and Cadillac output is 14% ahead of last year's rate...