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Dates: during 1960-1969
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OCTOBER CAR SALES of 538,000 v. 527,000 last year were record for month. Ten-month sales ran 7.8% above last year's level. Compacts accounted for 28.9% of October sales, with the Falcon continuing to lead the pack, putting Ford division ahead of Chevrolet for the month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: TIME CLOCK, Nov. 14, 1960 | 11/14/1960 | See Source »

...Dodge delivered nearly twice as many Darts as it did last year; Ford sold 12,361 Falcons in the ten days, expects to have a backlog of 12,000 to 15.000 orders for its new Thunderbird by the time it is introduced Nov. 10. Good sales were reported by Chevrolet. Studebaker and Pontiac. Industry spokesmen expect that 6,600,000 to 7,000,000 1961 models will be sold (including foreign cars), which would make a good if not spectacular year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Cautious Customer | 10/31/1960 | See Source »

Dealers did not share the good sales equally. Atlanta's Beaudry Ford reported sales ahead of last year by one-third. Manhattan's Midtown Chevrolet had "the greatest sales since we have been in business," sold 500 cars in October and expects to sell more than 500 in November. But Los Angeles dealers were disappointed by slower than usual sales, and Tulsa reported new-car sales off 25% from three months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Cautious Customer | 10/31/1960 | See Source »

...Author of the majority opinion: Associate Justice George Edwards, 46, onetime (1938-39) U.A.W. director of welfare. * Despite their party's low ebb at home, a remarkable number of Michigan Republicans have been appointed to top jobs in the Eisenhower Administration. Among them: Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield, Flint Chevrolet dealer and ex-chairman of the Republican National Committee; Secretary of Defense (1953-57) Charles Wilson, ex-president of General Motors; Secretary of Commerce Frederick H. Mueller, Grand Rapids furniture manufacturer; Secretary of the Army Wilber Brucker, onetime Michigan Governor (1931-32); Budget Director (1953-54) Joseph Dodge, Detroit banker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MICHIGAN: The Professor's New Course | 10/24/1960 | See Source »

...Chevrolet and Oldsmobile joined Buick and Cadillac (TIME, Oct. 3) in announcing no price increases for their standard cars. Studebaker-Packard said it would cut prices an average of $39 on its 1961 cars. Chrysler Corp. held the line on its Plymouths and Dodges and all but two series of the Imperial. It reduced the tags on its Valiant compacts by $19 on the economy series and $34 on the luxury models; Chevrolet trimmed $35 off its Corvair line. Pontiac introduced its new four-cylinder Tempest compact, which has a transaxle-a combination of transmission and axle in the rear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Prices: the Same or Lower | 10/10/1960 | See Source »

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