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...humored. TerHorst helps write some of the better ditties crooned at Washington's annual Gridiron Club dinner, and one recent effort included this spoof of Gerald Ford's close ties to business, sung to the tune of America the Beautiful: "Oh beautiful for Tel and Tel . . . for Pontiac and Cadillac, and good ole Jerry Ford." TerHorst had written two-thirds of an unofficial Ford biography when he was tapped for his new job, and says he still hopes to complete the book this year...
Died. Don McCafferty, 53, even-tempered head coach of the National Football League's Detroit Lions; of an apparent heart attack; in Pontiac, Mich. McCafferty joined the Baltimore Colts as an assistant offensive coach in 1959, succeeded tough-talking Don Shula as head coach in 1970 and guided the team to a Super Bowl victory in his first season. Less than two years later, he was dismissed by Colts General Manager Joe Thomas-ostensibly for refusing to bench Aging Star Quarterback Johnny Unitas (TIME, Aug. 5)-and signed on with the Lions in January...
...psychiatrist for me. When I turn up the volume, I escape into a peaceful inner world. I split from reality"). This particular evening he heads toward the exclusive Silverado Country Club in Napa to address a group of automobile dealers, one of whom lends Jackson a new Pontiac Grand Prix every year. As Jackson swings his car past the long line of Cadillacs and Mercedeses ringing the driveway at Silverado, he mutters, "The only niggers out here are the ones that cut the grass." Though he mixes easily with the wealthy white crowd, he also twits the audience...
...Inventories of unsold cars are so high throughout the industry that General Motors' Oldsmobile and Pontiac divisions could stop making new cars and still keep their dealers supplied until summer at present sales rates. AMC is down to a 17-day supply of Gremlins, and dealers are pleading for more...
...they once competed to turn out bigger and more powerful cars, so they are now racing to beat each other to the market with new small makes. General Motors disclosed last week that it is considering bringing out new small cars in all its divisions: Chevrolet, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, even Cadillac. GM had hoped to have a Chevy Vega equipped with a Wankel rotary engine ready for unveiling in September, but experimental models have consumed too much gas, so introduction has been put off until...