Word: thunderbirds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thunderbird will be pizazzier than ever, and is shrouded in such secrecy that industry sources predict a big "surprise." The intermediate Mercury Meteor is essentially the same body shell as the Fairlane, with dual headlights and tubular taillights. Lincoln, in keeping with Ford policy of styling continuity over four-year periods, is making only minor trim and grille changes...
...kitchen of his five-room cooperative suite in Washington's Westchester Apartments. Although he never drinks coffee-a ban imposed by his mother, who thought it would stunt his growth-he daily brews up a pot for his wife before driving to work in a 1955 Thunderbird with such superfluous gimmicks as a thermometer that measures tail-pipe temperature, a special radio for airline weather forecasts...
...high-priced field, the Thunderbird rose from 1.2% to 1.6%, helped by an optional bendable steering shaft that folds back for easier entering (90% of the buyers demanded it). Lincoln Continental, which offered a two-year warranty, also rose, but to only...
...Neil Wyrick stood, as usual, on a balcony overlooking the parking lot. Below him, pencils and Polaroid cameras at the ready, were what he calls his "spies." As the congregation began to arrive the pastor suddenly pointed to a sunburned, middle-aged couple climbing out of a new, blue Thunderbird. One of the spies hurried over and began to write down their names, addresses and church affiliation on a printed form. While he was questioning them, another spy snapped a picture...
Died. Major Robert S. Fitzgerald, 38, leader of the Thunderbirds, the Air Force's stunt-flying team; in a jet crash; not during an acrobatic maneuver but as he flew behind his teammates explaining their routines to a passenger, Captain George A. Nial, 31, who also was killed; at Thunderbird Lake, Nev., a dry lake named for the team...