Word: dieselization
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...While most of his time is spent with the auto divisions, Curtice also runs Frigidaire, the diesel divisions (G.M. is the biggest U.S. maker of diesel locomotives) and the rest of G.M.'s 4O-odd divisions. Among them: Delco radios, motors, etc.; Allison engines; AC Spark Plug...
...whose business is a model in the trade. Last year it picked a trucker who seemed to fit all the qualifications: Birmingham's John B. Cole Jr., 44. A onetime freight-commission salesman, Jack Cole bought his first truck 20 years ago, built up a fleet of 195 diesel tractors and 285 trailers, a staff of 400 drivers, mechanics and clerks, and a ten-city chain of terminals. But last week Cole's business was anything but a model. In a pay dispute with his drivers, his $6,000,000-a-year business was closed...
Giant Tractor. General Motors entered the earth-moving equipment field last week with a 26-ton, twin-diesel (each engine 190 h.p.) Crawler tractor, more powerful than any now in production. The tractor will be on sale early next year at a price to be set later...
...Strategic items under flat embargo were reduced from 260 to 170. Permitted exports include crude oil, diesel oil, mica, non-military tires, non-turbine locomotives, air-conditioning equipment, general-purpose machine tools, light generators, light tractors. Raw copper is still banned, but copper wire is released...
Turned down again, the French Premier flew to Normandy to report his rebuffs to French President René Coty, who was taking the waters at Bagnoles de 1'Orne. The same evening, feeling sorry for himself, Mendès took his private diesel train back to Paris, ordering the engineer to stop overnight on a railway siding. "I was all alone with the rain," the Premier said afterwards...