Word: gm
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Among the Big Three (Chrysler, Ford, and GM) with their large research departments, new models show the effects of both a horsepower race and a sort of shell game with styling tricks. GM has boosted horsepower on its Buick, Oldsmobile, and Cadillac lines by using a tricky and expensive ($65.00) new carburetor. But since this extra power comes in only when the throttle is wide open, there are those who feel that the power increase is primarily for advertising purposes...
Jordan was an all-around schoolboy star at Clare, Michigan, in the late '20's. He worked for General Motors for four years to earn the wherewithal to get to the University of Michigan and during that period played center and forward on the GM basketball team...
General Motors out prices and wages yesterday as the government announced that the U.S. cost of living in mid-January was 0.4 percent less than mid-December and 2.3 percent less than a year ago. Wages for 362,000 GM workers, which are tied directly to the Federal Price Index, were reduced two cents an hour: In Detroit, GM announced price cuts ranging from $10 to $40 on all its cars and trucks, effective immediately...