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Compared to Prophet Jones himself, his custom-built beige Cadillac seemed drab and commonplace. Detroit's James F. Jones. Dominion Ruler of the Church of the Universal Triumph, the Dominion of God. Inc., was wearing a $235 light brown suit, yellow checked vest, yellow shoes, red socks and red tie. Even more arresting were his gold-handled cane, the topaz earring on his left ear. the diamond, ruby and topaz rings on his left hand, the diamond and topaz bracelets and heavy gold chain on his left wrist. Prophet Jones always wears his jewelry on the left. He explains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Diamonds on the Left | 9/20/1954 | See Source »

...help clean up with the children underfoot, is often more insistent. Kitchens can be equipped or renovated for anywhere from $500 to $15,000. The lower price pays for about twelve running feet of cabinets and counter tops, a sink, but no appliances. A $15,000 kitchen would include custom-built wood cabinets, stainless steel sink and counter tops, dishwasher, disposer, freezer, refrigerator, washer, dryer, an electric oven in the wall, a fireplace, special cabinets for trays, bottles, cutlery and vegetables...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Kitchen Comeback | 2/1/1954 | See Source »

...Outsize (5 ft. 10 in., 200 Ibs.) Tenor Mario Lanza now owns an outsize, custom-built white Cadillac with a gold-plated dashboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Rich, Full Life | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

...Dallas one day last week a sharply tailored old man climbed into a custom-built beige Chrysler, and headed through the wahooing streets to the fair grounds. There, with a minimum of speechifying, Bob Thornton, 73, snipped a ribbon with a pair of diamond-studded shears and proclaimed the opening of the 1953 State Fair-the biggest in Texas and therefore, in Texan logic, the biggest in the world. Then, as the calliope tuned up and the first of more than two million fairgoers poured down the midway, Thornton turned sadly back to the city and the unfinished business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CITIES: The Barker | 10/19/1953 | See Source »

...University of Southern California rooting section spelled out his name at halftime, and soldiers at Santa Ana Camp marched into chow singing "MUNTZ, that's Muntz." And his gross jumped from $150,000 to $1,000,000 a month. Dissatisfied with car design, he put out his own custom-built sports car, still makes 100 a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Dig That Crazy Man | 7/13/1953 | See Source »

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