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...standard (1,200 rounds per min.) .50-cal. machine gun. The new weapon, which fires cartridges by electricity instead of the usual mechanical hammer, was developed by Ford and Illinois Institute of Technology engineers from World War II German plans, is now being mass-produced by General Motors' Pontiac Division...
Moral Victory. In Pontiac, Mich., when Defendant Robert Mott showed up to fight a damage suit without a lawyer, Judge George B. Hartrick decided to defend him, presented his argument, then ruled that his client had lost the case...
Prices were little changed, but only Chevrolet and Pontiac looked much like the 1953 models, and even Pontiac brought out a new series, the Star Chief, to give car buyers a sporty-looking car at slightly higher prices ($100 more) than 1953 models. Buick was new from wheels to wrap-around windshield (TIME. Jan. 11) and so were the Cadillac and Oldsmobile: ¶ Oldsmobile is two inches longer and three inches lower. The lines are long and sweeping, with a massive grill, recessed front doors and a wrap-around windshield...
Curtice jacked up the designers and salesmen, brought out Buicks priced to compete all along the line. Within five years, Buick was in fourth place in the industry, muscling out Dodge, Pontiac and Oldsmobile along...
...PONTIAC, following the trend to superdeluxe models, will turn out a new Star Chief line in 1954 only two inches shorter overall (213 in.) than this year's Cadillac, and priced to compete with medium-priced Buicks and Oldsmobile 88. Features, besides fancier trim; new springs, higher horsepower (up to 127), as much as 40% more trunk space and a driver's seat with multiple adjustments...