Word: gallons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...twenty-seven seventy-nine." Pointing out an auto wtih a color scheme that included beige and a muddy violet, the dealer said, "I call this one brown monotone, you see, 'cause it's all different shades of brown." In response to a question on the number of miles per gallon the little Nash Metropolitan got, he admitted, "Actually you get 34 miles to the gallon. They claim a little more...
When a touring U.S. rodeo troupe moseyed unwhooping into Manila's own White House, Malacanan Palace, pretty Teresita Magsaysay, 22, eldest daughter of the Philippines' President Ramon Magsaysay, borrowed a ten-gallon topper, looked set to ride, tall in the saddle, into the Golden West...
...along the price front last week inflationary puffs sent prices soaring. Crude oil rose 35? a barrel in Texas to a record $3.25, the first price hike in more than three years. Next day gasoline followed, with a 1? per gallon increase at the pump. As a result of a $40 million wage increase that went into effect Jan. 1 as part of last summer's steel contract, and the Government's refusal to approve fast tax write-offs for expansion, the steel industry posted price increases ranging from 1% on hot rolled strip to 5% on plate...
...Power & the Prize. In London, the Ministry of Fuel and Power soberly accepted a petrol-ration application from Fire-Eater Priscilla Birt, deliberated three weeks, granted her a gallon a month after classifying...
...carry them 200 miles a month. Gasoline rationing is already hurting new-car sales. One thousand auto workers have been laid off, and another 56,000 have had their working hours cut. Macmillan also raised the tax on oil and gasoline to an alltime high of 49? a gallon. This increase, together with a simultaneous price hike by the oil companies, drove the retail price of gasoline as high as 92? an imperial gallon...