Word: taking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...town U.S. papers. It wasn't. If last week's edition ran true to form, Editor Joiner's own column in the Banner would be excerpted or reprinted in full in much larger Southwestern newspapers. The reason: Ernest Joiner, as one of the most outspokenly devil-take-the-hindmost editors in the U.S., is always quotable, often blurts out the sentiments that the larger papers would like to say on their own but dare not. Excerpts from some of Joiner's rejoinders...
...Home-Town Morals (after Ralls moviegoers traveled 32 miles to Lubbock to see a Brigitte Bardot movie): "They wouldn't be caught dead attending it in Ralls. Rallsites take their movies like they take their liquor-out of town. That way, nobody gets contaminated and all the kids remain vestal virgins...
...cars. What forced the company's hand was the fact that the Ford Foundation is preparing to sell some 2,000,000 shares of Ford Motor stock. Ford lawyers decided that the registration statement on the sale, required by the Securities and Exchange Commission, would have to take note of Ford's plans for the small car. Under SEC's full-disclosure requirement, prospective stock purchasers must be told of any major corporate change in the works-especially one that could conceivably run up losses. So Henry Ford II decided to spring the news to stockholders...
...conventional-size Edsel and a compact Edsel. The compact Edsel would be a slightly larger version of next fall's compact Ford, might be brought out under another name in 1961 if Ford decides to continue producing the standard Edsel. The small Edsel or its counterpart could take the place of cheaper Ford six-cylinder cars, fill the gap between Ford's small car and its more expensive models, e.g., the Fairlane. In 1961 Ford may add a station wagon to its scheduled small...
...market. If they do, compact-car sales should reach an annual rate of 3,000,000 units by 1963. The upheaval that is in evidence in the automobile market is the signal for the end of big-car sales dominance in the U.S. The compact car will soon take over the leadership...