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Kitchen Do-It-All. Cincinnati's Nu-Tone is distributing an all-in-one kitchen gadget that operates a food-mixer, 6-speed blender, juicer and knife-sharpener off a one-fifth horsepower motor built into the countertop. Price...
Chink. In Dallas, officers of the 49th Armored Division of the Texas National Guard complained to police that prowlers kept entering the division motor compound and taking joy rides in jeeps...
Thus many retailers genuinely feel that Sunday service, however burdensome, is a necessary and legitimate response to consumer needs. In Chicago, Courtesy Motor Sales President Jim ("World's Largest Ford Dealer") Moran, a Roman Catholic, relies on Sunday deals for 25% of his weekly volume. Says Moran: "It's no sin. As long as saloons are open on Sunday, I don't see anything wrong with selling automobiles...
...Cambridge police leave no visible sign that they have ticketed a Massachusetts car. Whereas they leave the actual ticket under the windshield wiper of an out-of-state car, they merely take down the license plate number of a Massachusetts resident. The police then check with the Registry of Motor Vehicles to find out who owns the car, and send him his summons through the mail...
JAMES NANCE, who recently stepped down as President of Studebaker-Packard, will take a job as Ford Motor Co.'s vice president for marketing. Nance will have free rein as general sales boss on company-wide basis...