Word: pontiac
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...political pundits staring into their crystal balls. There are two more federal by-elections coming up - in late October - in Toronto-Parkdale, and Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The Liberals already concede Toronto-Parkdale to the Tories ; it has never elected a Liberal. But Portage la Prairie, like Pontiac, is vacant because of a Liberal's death. If the Liberals lose that one too (their chances are only fair), the Liberals would barely control the House. There would be 122 Liberals, plus the Speaker (who does not vote except in case of a tie), plus two independents who usually vote...
...boot came from the constituency of Pontiac, a huge district in the mining area of western Quebec. Only once in 30 years (in 1930) had Pontiac ever voted anything but Liberal. But last week, in a by-election to fill a vacancy caused by M.P. Wallace Reginald McDonald's death, Pontiac turned the Liberals out. The winner was a Social Creditor, Real Caouette, 29 (pronounced...
...Pontiac's winner Caouette is a handsome, bespectacled garage manager from Val d'Or, with a flair for oratory and big promises. He plumped for abolition of income taxes on wages of $3,000 a year or less; $20-a-month Government "dividends" for everybody; $60-a-month handouts for all unemployables 21 or over. Like any good Social Creditor, he berated banks, and for homey campaign purposes he gave his party a fine French-Canadian name: L'Union des Electeursc de Pontiac. He spent only $4,500 campaigning, but he wound up with about...
Shortcut. Loy Harrison, his 275 pounds sweating uncomfortably behind the wheel of an old Pontiac, started on the road toward home while Roger Malcolm chattered happily. Six miles out from Monroe, Harrison turned off on a rough, sun-drenched, red-clay shortcut between the cotton fields...
...autos the OPA announced new ceilings, averaging 4% to 8% higher than previous ones. None of the increase will be absorbed by dealers. The new f.o.b. prices, all for the popular four-door sedans, are: Dodge DeLuxe, $1,176; De Soto DeLuxe, $1,251; Chrysler Royal, $1,353; Pontiac Six, $1,127; Oldsmobile, $1,163; Buick, $1,250; Cadillac, $1,794; Nash, $1,119; Packard Six, $1,510; Hudson, $1,257; Lincoln, $1,919; Mercury, $1,241; Studebaker, $1,158. The new prices are substantially above those of 1942. Example: Ford DeLuxe four-door sedan will be $995 instead...