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...Criminal Mind. In Pontiac, Mich., Mrs. Opal E. Caughell told police, that when the burglar who entered her house was assured that she had no money, he settled for a ham sandwich. In Kansas City, Mo., police were looking for a youth who kidnaped 59-year-old Mrs. Sadie Crosner, took her money and car, then kissed her gently on the cheek with the observation that she reminded him of his mother. In Redding, Calif., Dick Farnsworth found a note on the door of his rifled store: "Get a new lock; this one is too easy...
...Sedan. As the manhunt shifted to the south, the cops got another clue -their quarry had walked calmly into a Jacksonville automobile agency, bought a new Pontiac sedan, registered it under the name of Robert Franklin, and vanished again...
Collisson had traveled thousands of miles around Western Germany, driving his own Pontiac or catching a sleeper, to tell large groups of Germans exactly what the Marshall Plan is-and is not. With an interpreter at his shoulder, he had spoken to chambers of commerce and trade unionists. His booming voice had carried sincerity and conviction. His audiences had invariably become so interested that they stayed to shoot questions at him for an hour or two after a speech, and hurried away like salesmen after a pep talk...
...nervously cheerful about his big job of staying ahead of Ford; Buick's Ivan L. Wiles, 50, a tall, greying statistician who moved up from comptroller into Red Curtice's job; Oldsmobile's Sherrod E. Skinner, 52, a dark, heavyset, prim engineer; and Pontiac's Harry J. Klingler, 59, lean, angular and eager, a bow-tied salesman who always has one more funny story up his sleeve when Wilson runs...
...Force of habit and force of salesmanship, as much as ability to pay, determine which car is bought. Over the years Buick has become the "doctor's car" because it looks prosperous but doesn't sound too expensive. Between Chevrolet, Pontiac and Olds, the choice is often dictated by the necessity of keeping up with the Joneses. And the snob appeal that sells many Cadillacs can work in reverse: many a man who can afford one buys a Buick instead, for fear the neighbors will think he is putting on airs...