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...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 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...
...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...
...week the fire department and nearly every family in Flora (pop. 5,338), including the Chevrolet dealer, was lent a new Ford to drive. It was Ford Motor's new and novel way of introducing its 1961 Fords and Falcons...
Smaller Big Cars. The standard-size Chevrolet is also getting the neat, compact look. Gone are the flamboyant fins; the rear is trim and flat. The car is also getting smaller, is 2.4 in. narrower and 1.5 in. shorter...