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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cadillac will have a slightly changed body, optional airconditioning* and a new engine with about 210 h.p. (1952 h.p. 190), which will get about 22 miles to the gallon...
Shivers makes certain concessions (such as the Mercury in Ford clothing) to what his constituents expect of a Texas governor, but he is not the type known to the rest of the country as the professional Texan. His hats are apt to be more nearly five-gallon than ten, his drawl is under control, and his public manner is more earnest than hearty. He can even kid the Texas myth a little. In a recent radio interview with Bob Crosby, he said: "I'd like to say something serious now, something I want all the world to know...
...gave the sailors the honor of having won every single major trophy for which they competed. They took the Oberg Trophy, and its attendant Greater Boston championship; they won the New England Championship (Coast Guard Bowl); they won the Eastern "Ivy League" Championship (Owen Trophy). Now the multi-gallon Morse Bowl: four out of four...
Legal liquormen blame the moonshine boom on high taxes. When the tax was raised from $9 to $10.50 a gallon last November, the Government hoped to collect an additional $200,000,000; instead, the increase has been piddling. The industry thinks the high taxes have taken some legal buyers out of the market, shunted many more to cheap moonshine...
...gallon jugs, moonshine sells in cities for about $2 a fifth. The deliveries are made by a new breed of rumrunner, drivers of souped-up cars which can hit 100 m.p.h. All but the amateurs equip them with truck springs in the rear to eliminate the telltale sag caused by heavy loads. The average fee for transportation is around $1.00 a gallon. Sold undiluted at the still for $4 a gallon, the juice still leaves the moonshiner with an operating profit of 200% or more...