Word: forde
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that NBC was burdened with new ideas: there was the sound of western gunfire, the brassy clangor of variety shows, a hint of "adult" comedy. All the old standbys were there-Dinah Shore, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Perry Como. The newest TV face turned out to be one of the oldest in show business: Ed Wynn, 71. In the preview, at least, he was involved in an embarrassingly corny act, plugging his own forthcoming dramatic series alongside a stripper, each of whose removable scanties carried an announcement for some NBC attraction...
General Motors will kick off its new model year with the Buick on Sept. 15. Last week the completely restyled Buick was already on the streets, being delivered to dealers (see cut). Ford said the new Mercury will be "totally new from road to roof," with 61% more glass space than the poor-selling '585. To make the overhaul complete, Ford's Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln Boss James J. Nance, onetime head of Hotpoint and Studebaker-Packard, resigned under pressure after eight months as division chief. Under Nance, production skidded to 110,644 cars this year from...
Even in the electronics industry, chock-full of whiz kids, Charles Bates Thornton stands out as a wonder. He was an Air Force colonel at 28, the planning director of Ford Motor Co. at 32, the operating boss of Hughes Aircraft at 35. Now-at 45-he heads one of the fastest-growing electronics makers: Beverly Hills' Litton Industries. In five years under Thornton, Litton's yearly sales have risen from $3,000,000 to $83 million, are expected to top $110 million in the twelve months ending next July. Last week "Tex" Thornton was ready to bite...
...U.A.W. negotiators heatedly denied that the scattered strikes represented overall union policy. But as they prepared for top-level U.A.W. strategy sessions this week, it was plain a showdown was near. Early predictions had been that Ford would be struck. But last week, with more than two-thirds of the wildcat strikers out at G.M., the pressure had shifted. Best guess on when a strike would be called: around Oct.1, when 1959 Chevrolets should be rolling...
...very poor," Chemist Eyring observes pointedly, and there was no federal financing to be had. Eventually 83-year-old Philanthropist Alfred P. Sloan Jr. heard of Jones's plan, and although the fair deadline had passed, agreed to development and production through his Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Ford Foundation is paying for prints and distribution...