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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have the compact cars done on the road? Ford's Falcon appears to be out in front. Its only troubles have been minor, e.g., an air vent grille that sometimes leaked (corrected), and it has run up the best record for gas consumption (average: 25 miles per gallon in city driving). Said a Detroit Falcon owner: "I'm driving the Falcon all the time; I've let my wife take the Thunderbird." Chrysler's Valiant also has had only minor troubles, quickly corrected, gets less mileage than the Falcon because it is a heavier and more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The People's Choice | 2/8/1960 | See Source »

Just Desserts. In Toledo, Ben Singer reported to police that someone had stolen his two 20-gallon garbage cans, both loaded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 18, 1960 | 1/18/1960 | See Source »

...charity clients. In 1935 he got the backing of the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, was made chairman of a committee that set out to sell a cleanup program, shocked regional audiences and newspaper readers with crude, graphic facts. One quart in every gallon of Ohio water was raw sewage, equal to "700 dead horses floating by Cincinnati every day," he said. "We in Cincinnati can always tell when people in Pittsburgh have had asparagus for dinner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RIVERS: The Rejuvenated Ohio | 1/11/1960 | See Source »

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