Word: chevrolet
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...state commissions require months or years of hearings before railroads may drop obsolete runs. The New York Central struggled for five years to drop its West Shore line. It was losing $3,000,000 annually-enough, said the Central's president, Alfred Permian, "to have provided a Chevrolet, if not a Cadillac, for each of the less than 4,000 commuters using the service." Railroad unions also add to costs by featherbedding, and full-crew laws in 16 states force the roads to employ men they consider unnecessary, last year cost the Central $5,000,000 in New York...
...output of Larks and Hawks more than 170% ahead of 1958. and no signs that the company is suffering from newer compacts. Particularly pleased with its compact-car entry was Ford. Partly because the Ford Division turned out 101,000 compact Falcons to 79,603 compact Corvairs produced by Chevrolet Ford in 1959 beat Chevy out for first place in the auto production race, the first time since 1935. Ford executives say that the company may make 400,000 Falcons this year. Already, Ford has switched a New Jersey Mercury plant to production of Falcons and of Ford...
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