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American Motors. The once boxy Ambassador and Classic now have sleek, sculptured roof lines and rounded-off rear fenders and trunk. Except for minor trim, the low-priced American is outwardly unchanged, but it offers an optional "E-stick" gearshift that enables the driver to change gears without a clutch and costs only one-third as much as an automatic transmission...
Besides carrying the biggest stick in baseball, Mickey Charles Mantle, 29, speaks with a soft-selling voice in the world of advertising. A switch-hitter, Mantle has personally endorsed a clutch of products ranging from Camel cigarettes to an anti-smoking pill called Bantron, now leads both leagues in the amount of money he collects from testimonial ads-a sum so large that his business agent prudently will not divulge...
...bonus to play Class C ball for the Yankees. As a rookie he had a 9-1 record, won the final game of the World Series against Philadelphia in 1950. After two years in the Army, he returned to an 18-6 season, went on to become the clutch pitcher of the Yankee staff...
...auto executive described the probable course of bargaining: 1) the "once-over-lightly" stage; 2) the "hell-to-pay and no-bread-in-the-house" stage, in which, for a month or more, both company and union will indignantly denounce each other's proposals; 3) the "clutch" stage, in which, with the contract about to expire, both sides will abandon histrionics and coolly decide what they can afford to give or take...
What will come out of the "clutch" stage this year? Most Detroiters bet on no auto strike in 1961. Most of them also agree that, with the public eye focused sharply on the negotiations, prospects are good for a final settlement that will not touch off a new wage-price takeoff...