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...Family. In Tucson, Ariz., when August Holish complained that local police were too inefficient in tracking down hit & run drivers, Police Captain Frank Keefe went to work and nabbed the motorist who had left the scene of an accident the month before: Mrs. August Holish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 20, 1949 | 6/20/1949 | See Source »

...slight feeling of "mushiness" or power wastage during acceleration. The Ultramatic overcomes this by having, in addition to the hydraulic drive, an automatic clutch which puts the car into direct drive when a certain speed is reached, thus eliminating slipping. At any speed between 15 and 55 m.p.h., the motorist can also switch from hydraulic to direct mechanical drive by momentarily raising the accelerator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Ultramatic | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

Ends & Means. In Los Angeles, a motorist offered a logical explanation for giving police an 87-m.p.h. chase: "I just couldn't afford another speeding ticket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 25, 1949 | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

Samaritan. Near Brooks, Ore., Truck Driver Ray C. Turney stopped to help a motorist in distress, had James R. Faris arrested when he recognized the stalled automobile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 7, 1949 | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

...secret of steering Shady Corner is not much different from the way a speeding motorist takes a highway curve when there is no white line. An experienced Mt. Van Hoevenberg bobber comes in high on the left side of the chute (about two to five feet below the crest), then steers down and out of it, picking up speed as he goes. A bobsledder who doesn't take Shady that way is likely to lose time, get out of rhythm and/or wind up in a hospital. Says one World War II airplane pilot, who tried a $1.50 ride: "There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Secret of Shady Corner | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

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