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...Getaway. In Oakland, Calif., a customer walked into the Val Strough Chevrolet Co., asked to see the newest models, chose a two-door sedan, said: "This looks like what I want," got behind the wheel, started the engine and drove...
...Alan Canty, psychologist for Detroit's traffic court, spelled it out in more technical terms at a National Safety Council meeting in Chicago last week: "The fellow who blasts his horn to bully his way through traffic, the fellow who wants to race you in a traffic-light getaway, and the smart-aleck who defies traffic regulations are selfish . . . and egocentric individuals...
DETROIT'S automakers, now readying their 1954 models, are counting on bigger horsepower to give them a fast getaway in sales next year. Ford is stepping up the rating of its higher-priced models from 110 to 125 h.p., Mercury from 125 to 145 h.p. Hoping to grab the lead in the industry's horsepower race: Chrysler, whose new V-8 models may have 220-235 h.p. under the hood v. 180 last year...
...with plain clothesmen. At 1 p.m. the visiting hood and his gang strike, as expected. After a savage gun battle, two thugs get away-without the loot. By 5 p.m. the captain has cracked two witnesses and, on their information, caught the rest of the gang on the getaway. He thereupon calmly goes home to supper...
Just Asking. In St. Louis, Leroy Bernhard stopped three burglars making a getaway after holding up a drugstore, demanded an explanation for bumping his parked car, was told to shut up and hand over his wallet...