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...evidence. Most of the emphasis is on the "intermediate"-more than a compact, but less than a full-size car. Says Ford Division General Manager Matt McLaughlin: "The real battleground for sales in 1968 is going to be in the intermediate field." Lincoln-Mercury is betting on its Montego line, of which two models resemble the popular Cougar. General Motors is also pushing the intermediates, featuring minor changes suggested by success of the 1966 Toronado. The 1968 Tem pest, for example, has an abbreviated rear and an elongated front, giving it the look of a chunky road racer...
...only minor adjustments in the Dodge Coronet and Plymouth Belvedere. An exception is the Dodge Charger, which has junked its fastback styling and taken on a pair of swept-back wings joining the roof to the rear deck. Plymouth will compete with the Tempest Le Mans and the Mercury Montego by offering a hopped-up Belvedere called the Road Runner. In the big-car field, Cadillac now boasts the largest engine in the industry, though its exterior remains virtually unchanged...
...Mercury Montego that replaces the smaller, slow-selling Comets,* Ford Group Vice President Lee lacocca predicted a 9,000,000-car year, barring a strike, which would blow that prospect "sky-high...
...September. The new year does not figure to be startling in its innovations. The Javelin's main rival as a conversation piece is likely to be Chevrolet's Corvette, which will feature a sleeker silhouette and a Ferrari-like snout. Mercury will introduce its new Montego, which will essentially be an elongated Comet. Dodge will add some curves to its slow-selling Charger. Such features as cover-up headlights will become even more familiar. And to comply with new federal regulations, the '68 cars will have smog-emission-control devices and, mandatory after Jan. 1, such safety...
During his stay, Selassie met with the ailing Bustamante, who is almost blind from cataracts, received an LL.D. degree from Kingston's University of the West Indies and visited Montego Bay. In an address to the Jamaican Parliament in Gordon House, he vaguely held out the hint of aid. "We must expand material and other cooperation," he said. "We must remember that many states today representing major parts of the world were once weak, but through a process of assimilation and combination have become strong...