Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...July 20, somebody fired a shotgun at the Tucson home of Anthony Tisci, a son-in-law of Sam ("Momo") Giancana, commander of the 300-man Cosa Nostra army in Chicago. Then dynamite destroyed a shed at the Grace Ranch, the property of Pete Licavoli, aging chieftain of Detroit's Mafia. On the night of July 22, a bomb thrown onto Joe Bananas' patio blew out part of a wall. All the buildings that have been attacked belong to Bonanno henchmen and acquaintances...
...setting is a 1966 U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing to determine whether Detroit's car manufacturers are sufficiently safety-conscious, and Ralph Nader a young lawyer of Lebanese descent, is there to repeat his belief that they are not. To the subcommittee members, Nader presents a fascinating figure-a David to Detroit's Goliath. "Why are you doing all this, Mr. Nader?" one of the Senators asks. "I became in a sense incensed," Nader replies in the convoluted courtroom language that is his customary way of speech, "at the way there can be a tremendous amount of injustice...
...Tigers were awed, and they admitted it. Loser McLain praised Gibson for "the best pitching performance I've ever seen," and Detroit Manager Mayo Smith sighed: "When a pitcher is like that, the hitters are just not going to get him." But the Tigers were not about to give up. "We'll be back tomorrow," promised Manager Smith. And back they were, pounding four Cardinal pitchers for 13 hits and three home runs, staking Lefthander Mickey Lolich to an 8-1 victory that evened up the Series at one game apiece. Two days later, in Detroit, the Cards...
Nowadays, the poor consumer utters hardly a syllable of complaint when confronted with a $3 man's haircut in Chicago, a $2.25 neighborhood-movie ticket in Boston, a $1-a-dozen carton of eggs in Detroit. Medical costs are up 7.1% since last year. A private hospital room now goes for $60 a day in some areas. A new baby whose arrival expenses now average out at $275 instead of 1958's $175 will also cost parents much more for such items as diaper service...
...Citroën comes into the fold. At home, sales have fallen off under competition from imports and from government-owned Alfa-Romeo. But Agnelli, Fiat's ardent pan-European, is more than making up for the decline with increased exports. Taking a tip from Detroit, he is bringing out several new models, including the fast-selling 124 coupe; yet he still insists that Europeans will never go for the "policy of waste" of annual changeovers. He will soon be able to test his theory in action. Fiat, which is fast becoming the first "interterritorial company," as Agnelli calls...