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...with considerable disgust that I read of the Ford Motor Co. permitting its pressagents to promulgate the concept of limiting the sale of the new Continental car to humans with pedigrees [Oct. 10]. The whole thing is un-American-for shame...
...this does not meet his specifications, he needn't feel badly because we can't afford a silly little thing like a $10,000 car anyway. And if we could, I wouldn't want to be high-pressured into buying the thing simply because the Ford Motor Co. is willing to throw in power steering, power brakes and power windows...
Nothing is too insignificant to escape their wrenlike curiosity. "You'd be surprised at the signs," says Mrs. Gill. "I noted them down. The ones we saw all over the United States were the Clabber Girl advertisement, Quaker State motor oil, Burma-Shave, Harold's Club of Reno and Jesse James's Hideout." Mrs. Gill has also noted every highway sign she has seen that needs correcting. "America," she says, "is full of wrong directions...
...Argentine government opened a public "Display of the Wealth of the ex-President" at Perón's former official residence in Buenos Aires. On exhibit: his 16 cars and 240 motorcycles and motor-scooters, his late wife Eva's 400 dresses, 600 hats, assorted mink coats and jewelry appraised at $1,000,000. A sign on one necklace noted that it was worth a month's work by 3,500 Argentine laborers...
...easily at normal cruising speeds, thus give better mileage, have more acceleration for safe passing and a longer life without expensive repairs. Says Plymouth Chief Engineer Robert Anderson: "When the engine is just loafing along, you are getting much better fuel economy, and a lot more durability. If the motor isn't straining, it's not wearing out so fast. And by keeping engine speed low with a powerful engine, we can keep a car quiet...