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...with an inventory that would do a department store proud: 1,800,000 items, including 25,000 wristwatches, 310,000 umbrellas, 180,000 books, 400,000 pieces of clothing, ranging from garter belts to greatcoats, four urns containing human ashes (prayed over daily by reverent warehouse employees), an electric motor, one pinball machine, false teeth, and several false eyeballs. Only 15% of the items are reclaimed. By auctioning the rest, and by pocketing unclaimed cash, the railways grossed...
...GENERAL MOTORS' FUTURAMA, designed by Albert Kahn Associates, has a façade looming over the entrance like a monstrous radiator grille, will occupy a seven-acre site in the fair's transportation section, and will contain a "ride to the far corners of the earth." » THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY PAVILION, designed and engineered by Welton Becket, will have a 235-ft., glass-enclosed rotunda surrounded by 64 arching pylons. Adjoining this main entrance will be a flared rectangular exhibit building seven stories tall which will house a show to be created by Walt Disney...
TIME supplied a dramatic account that man can learn to use the other half of his brain 18 years ago, at least to the extent that motor loss can be replaced by conscious application of other parts of the brain...
Real innovations were few among the catamarans, longitudinal step hulls and dihedral vee shapes that continued to compete with the conventional designs. A major trend is the increasing popularity of the inboard-outboard motor; in the 1961 show, 13 boats with inboard-outboard motors were exhibited, 38 were shown last year, and this year's show has 44. Inboard-outboards have the motor inside the hull (conferring more horsepower and greater prestige), while the propeller assembly is mounted outside the stern transom, permitting it to be raised in shallow water or for beaching and trailering to and from...
...FORD MOTOR CO.: 1,980,736 1,852,100 Ford 1,537,276 1,493,400 (Falcon) - (358,000) Mercury 371,837 326,500 Lincoln...