Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Michigan, Republican Senator Homer Ferguson will surely run behind in Wayne County (Detroit), but he will be safe unless Democratic Candidate Patrick V. McNamara moves out of Wayne with a margin of nearly...
Into a large, cluttered Detroit studio one day 18 months ago strode a trim, lean man with the suave good looks of an ambassador and the cheery smile of a salesman. Around the room were barrels of clay and modeling tools; on the walls were blueprints of cars yet to be born. Only a handful of people were allowed in the room; few even knew its location. On a platform in the center stood the reason for the tight security. There for inspection by Harlow H. ("Red") Curtice, president of General Motors Corp., was the topmost secret of the greatest...
...Opening Gun. The new Chevrolet -the first all-new model for 1955-was the opening gun in the 1955 battle of Detroit. For Chevvy 1955 will be a year of decision. This year Ford led Chevvy in sales for the first six months, and for the first time since 1935 stands a good chance to beat it out for the year. With his 1955 models, Red Curtice hopes to put Chevvy solidly ahead again...
...close to the lowest in the industry. Last week brothers Henry, Ben and Billy Ford gave everyone a taste of the rugged kind of competition that they intend to serve up. They showed off their Thunderbird sports car and put a price on it of $2,695, f.o.b. Detroit, a full $500 below Chevrolet's Corvette...
...Insist ... In Detroit. Claude Berry was given ten days for drunken driving, despite his insistence that "three masked men grabbed me. pulled a knife and forced a lot of whisky down my throat. That's how I got drunk...