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...Studebaker-Packard's President James J. Nance brought out his first all-new Packard with V-8 engine rated up to 260 h.p., wraparound windshields, and a new electrically controlled torsion-bar suspension that takes most of the bumps out of rough roads. The eight restyled models come in 17 single-tone colors and 36 two-tone combinations. Still to be shown: Packard's super convertible Caribbean, which will pack the most horsepower (275) of any standard model on the road...
...American Motors' new Hudsons, completely restyled, have wraparound windshields and bumpers, a new V-8 engine (made by Packard) with as much as 208 h.p. They are a shade longer than last year's slow-selling models, and resemble the 1955 Nash also brought out last week...
...flying service and later a Packard agency, also commanded the state Air National Guard. No village fair was too small for him to put on a spectacular flying show...
...refusing U.S. proposals are that they would drain Japan's dollar reserves or that the industries concerned are "nonessential." In some cases the reasons make sense, e.g., a Coca-Cola bottling plant is hardly "essential." But in other cases the ban is unreasonable. Examples: ¶ When Studebaker-Packard Corp. wanted permission to erect an auto assembly plant, it argued that many of the cars would be exported, thus strengthening Japan's foreign exchange position. Though Studebaker even agreed not to convert its profits in Japan into dollars unless it also made money in both dollar and sterling areas...
...perhaps unfortunate that the 1951 Packard assigned to meet Haile Selassie broke down, that the cops completely forgot their rigid eyes-front attitude and gazed instead with open curiosity as Haile Selassie strolled past. But then, it had been a long time between emperors, and Viennese could be forgiven if for a single nostalgic moment last week they forgot themselves in a past sung in three-quarter time...