Word: midgeter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...MIDGET Crosley cars, which went out of production in 1952, will soon be produced in Israel for the European market. General Tire & Rubber Co., which bought control of Crosley, has made a deal to give Crosley's equipment to Israel's Abena Investment & Development Co. in exchange for a half-interest in the Israeli company. Machinery will be moved from Marion, Ind. to Tel Aviv. Abena will use cheap (about $3 a day) labor to turn...
Stargazing. A Junior Planetarium that projects 40 major constellations and 300 stars on the ceiling and walls of a darkened room is being sold by Harmonic Reed Corp. of Rosemont, Pa. The midget planetarium can be adjusted to different latitudes and dates, can simulate the nightly sweep of the stars. Price...
Cambridge police last night reported that two days of investigation had revealed no new leads in the daring Sunday night robbery of the Midget Restaurant, near Radcliffe. Midget owner Alfred Kagan estimated the loss at over $1400, in small bills...
With that kind of leeway, micro-midget fans have scrounged engines from a wild assortment of places: lawnmower motors, outboards, motor scooters, units from generating and refrigerator plants, and even bilge-pump engines salvaged from Navy landing craft. Average weight of car and engine...
...Price for an Offenhauser-powered midget: $5,500-$7,000; for a road-racing Ferrari...