Word: pontiacs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Charles H. Percy took over Bell & Howell Co. eight years ago, he had one main goal for the company that gave Hollywood its standard movie camera. "We have the Cadillac of our industry," he said. "We want the Chevrolet, Pontiac and Buick too." By last week President Percy had reached his goal. To dealers went a brand-new camera, designed as the last word for amateur moviemakers: an 8-mm. color camera equipped with a tiny photoelectric cell that automatically and continuously adjusts the lens to every light condition...
...days of the Korean emergency, when top Air Force brass farmed out part of a 2,700-plane order for Thunderstreaks because Republic Aviation Corp. was unable to build the jets fast enough. The Air Force gave the contract to G.M.'s Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac assembly division at Kansas City, Kans., agreed to pay the automaker all costs plus a 5.9% profit on an initial order of 71 planes, with the understanding that this cost experience would be used in figuring later profits. As it turned out, said Auditor Powers, in subsequent negotiations to set a price on installments...
...industry's locked and guarded doors last week, the new models were already being warmed up for their attack on the 1958 market, and no one was taking much for granted. Ford will introduce a brand-new car in its medium-priced Edsel, G.M.'s Chevrolet and Pontiac and Ford's Lincoln will be completely done over...
...PONTIAC will also get a wheel-to-roof new styling job, emphasizing a flat, low hood and a smooth, long-looking line. Engines will be slightly more powerful, and air suspension will be optional. One newcomer: the Ventura, a super-sporty hardtop convertible with a beefed-up engine...
...Medium-Price Class. Oldsmobile 88 Holiday, 19.5149 m.p.g., 52.7877 t.m.p.g.; Pontiac Chieftain, 20.4221 m.p.g., 50.2384 t.m.p.g.; Studebaker President' 19.9453 m.p.g., 44.8769 t.m.p.g...