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...Third Army in the big Louisiana Maneuvers in the fall of 1941. There he handled the movements of 270,000 men so brilliantly that the rival Second Army was "annihilated" (except George Patton, who turned up with a force of Second Army tanks in Eisenhower's rear). This stunning victory opened the eyes of Chief of Staff George Catlett Marshall, and soon Ike began moving surefootedly upward through the stars of generalship. Right after Pearl Harbor, Marshall made him assistant chief of war plans, then chief, then ordered Ike to draw up an organization plan for the European Theater...
...lower than last year's model, is going in for upswept tailfins and higher horsepower, with a boost from 225 h.p. to 290 h.p. in the biggest V-8 engine. Some other changes: a pushbutton automatic transmission control and the auto industry's first air-cushion rear suspension, which cushions road shocks with two tiny, air-filled tires mounted vertically at the front of each rear spring...
...Motors also got into the auto race this week with the 1957 Rambler, which it hopes will pull it out of the financial red next year. Like the Chevrolet, the new Rambler, completely redesigned in 1956, is getting only a face-lift this year. Main improvement: a more conservative rear-body treatment to de-emphasize the car's boxy appearance. The Rambler will give buyers a choice of three engines, ranging from a standard 125-h.p., six-cylinder model to its first V-8 engine, rated at 190 h.p. Introducing the new Rambler, American Motors President George Romney said...
...however, is that the time for consolidation has passed: those of he Old Guard who are going to accept this government's international and domestic obligations have done so; for the others, we can't wait all day. For four years this country has marked time to let the rear guard come barely into view. Four years is enough. It is now time to be once again on the march. It is because we believe that Adlai Stevenson will provide the leadership demanded by the next four years--to move forward, out of the current disease-like complacency, toward...
...Elephants and the Puritans lead the league, as each has won the only game it played. The four teams that figured in last week's ties, Adams, Kirkland, Dudley and Leverett, follow, with losers Lowell and Dunster bringing up the rear...