Word: forded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...expected, prices will be up on almost all new cars. Ford, first to hand out its list, tacked almost 5% on to the prices of last year's models, and other car prices are expected to be more or less in line with Ford. What will buyers get for the extra money...
Cadillac's biggest news was the Eldorado Brougham, which will come out in midyear as the answer to Ford Motor Co.'s $10,000 Continental. The low (54-in.), four-passenger Brougham will have pivoting seats (for easier entry), a 3O5-h.p. engine and an $8,500 price tag. Cadillac has no worries about its '55 inventory. At the latest count, dealers had an average of only 1.4 unsold '55 models-and a total of 64,000 unfilled orders for '56 models...
...made only minor changes, announced that its new models will go on sale the first week in November. After elbowing Plymouth out of the industry's No. 3 spot last year, Buick Manager Ivan L. Wiles has fixed his sights on the No. 2 spot, now alternating between Ford and Chevrolet. Buick will up production by 100,000 cars to 900,000 in '56, and to a round...
Mercury added three new models, including the low-priced, two-door Medalist, with less chrome and decoration. It also upped its horsepower from 198 to 225 on some models, and adopted the Ford safety package: "deep-dish" steering wheel to absorb impacts, crash-resistant door locks, optional seat belts...
...story outline is familiar enough to newspaper readers: Angel Chavez, a teenage boy of Mexican descent, is on trial for the murder of a girl who died of a heart attack when Angel made a crude pass at her. Glenn Ford, as a young university law instructor who is out for trial experience, takes on the boy's case in association with a shrewd legal eagle played by Arthur...