Ford II Aims to Beat Chevrolet in Yearlong Battle
Detroit April 12 Henry Ford II seeks to outpace Chevrolet in 1954 with Ford leading in January February sales by about 1,600 units and a strong early start. Industry observers note production alone does not decide victory. consumer preference and market dynamics will determine the outcome as the year unfolds. Chevrolet has historically outproduced Ford, making Ford's early lead notable though not definitive.
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Paul E. Svoboda
Detroit
Henry Ford II
Chevrolet
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Hyer
Goose Aerial Payback Stops Hunter at Crab Orchard Lake
In Marion Illinois on April 12 a goose hunter was knocked out by a falling goose after he and his son Arthur Morvin and Harry Morvin fired at a flock near Crab Orchard Lake. A dead goose lay beside the unconscious hunter.
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Marion
Arthur Morvin
Harry
Crab Orchard Lake
Census cites US households rise to April 1953
Census Bureau reports about three million more households in the United States from March 1950 to April 1953, driven by continued family living arrangements and high marriage rates. The share living in families is 93 percent, 6 percent apart from relatives, with an average household size of 3.28, slight decline since 1950.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Congress To Take Up Plans To Stop Smog
Senator Homer Capehart pushes federal aids to curb smog as Congress debates tax benefits for smoke control equipment and federally insured loans for factories and homeowners to install abatement gear. Local action urged while national research expands.
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Donald Ungar
Washington
Homer B. Canchart
Capehart
Senate Banking Committee
Eisenhower
Senate Banking
Congress
National Bureau of Standards
IFS
Public Health Service Sanitary Engineering Center
Cincinnati
Man Arrested at 84 in Ottawa Pub Incident
An 84 year old man was charged with being drunk in a public place. In Ottawa on April 12 Magistrate Glenn Strike asked his age and the man replied eighty four. The magistrate cautioned him to go home.
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Ottawa
Glenn Strike
Strike
Houston Store Sales Down Twelve Percent
A Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas report shows a 12 percent decline in department store sales across five of Texas's largest cities for the four weeks ending April 3, minus 1953 figures. Weekly data follow with El Paso 24 percent drop and Fort Worth 23 percent, Houston 16 percent, Dallas 13 percent. San Antonio records a weekly gain of 15 percent.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
San Antonio
el Paso
Fort Worth
Houston
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