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Three days later, the entire 6.500-man U.S. garrison in Berlin was put on alert, tanks and armored personnel carriers were rushed to the Friedrichstrasse's "Checkpoint Charlie" as two U.S. Army officers in civilian clothes, driving a grey Opel sedan, were escorted by three Jeeps filled with armed infantrymen through seven blocks of Communist territory. British Centurion tanks moved up to the Brandenburg Gate in their sector of the city...
...fast-rising subsidiary, Ford Motor Co. Ltd., has become the No. 2 car seller, after British Motor Corp. (which makes Morris, Austin, M.G.). G.M.'s Vauxhall Motors Ltd. is No. 3. From their British bases, both sell widely within the Commonwealth. ¶ In West Germany, G.M.'s Opel and Ford's Taunus are outpaced only by Volkswagen, which, however, is far out front. The two subsidiaries now have the entire six-nation European Common Market open to them...
...Kenya Legislative Council banned the sale of KMQ. But despite the threat of stiff fines, Akumu kept brewing, and despite the scores of stiffs found, Nairobi kept drinking. Akumu got to be a wealthy man. He acquired five wives, a flashy Opel sedan, three rambling houses...
...Pickup. Most klaxoners, known by such names as Yvette of the Opel, Rossana of the Dauphine, Maria of the Appia, discreetly toot horns and flash headlights to attract the prospect's attention. In a favorite gambit, pairs of klaxon girls pull right alongside male motorists; the one at the wheel keeps the car just abreast, the other casually unbuttons her blouse. Blonde "Insurance Nadia," on the other hand, got her name by her habit of gently jostling a male driver's rear bumper, then sidling out to coo that her insurance company will pay damages...
...came out." Admits a Renault dealer in Los Angeles, where all foreign-car sales except Volkswagen are down 40% to 50% : "We think we've seen the best part of our business." In the Miami area, foreign-car registrations are down from 21% to 15%. In Chicago, one Opel dealer reports his business is off 75%. U.S. auto dealers are no longer eager for foreign-car franchises. Only twelve have signed since last July (v. 1,129 m tne first six months...