Tidy Woman Pioneered Convertible Hardtops
Detroit report credits Sarah Ragsdale wife of Buick’s manufacturing manager with inspiring the steel top hardtop. Harley Earl asked GM to adapt a steel top after her complaint about wind mussing hair. Buick and Oldsmobile followed, boosting hard-top sales from 4,343 in 1949 to about 470,000 this year. 24 percent of cars so far. Hard tops spread across price ranges and may rise further in 1956 models.
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Harley Earl
General Motors
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Earl
Harlow Curtice
Oldsmobile
Open Occupancy Homes for Auto Workers Near Ready
Milpitas California union sponsored open occupancy homes for Ford Motor Co workforce. UAW CIO announced a $33 million project Rancho Agua Caliente will include 4,268 homes priced 10,500 to 12,500 dollars three miles north of Milpitas. Thomas G. Stone Waterprises finances the project amid housing shortages and no racial restrictions.
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Uaw-Cio
Rancho Agua Caliénte
Arnold Callart
California
Ante Workers
America
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Richmond
Callan
Thi
Thomas G. Stone
Thomas G. Stone Waterprises
Accomplishments- Report on Congress Eighty Fourth Meet
The first session of the 84th Congress adjourned at 12 06 a m Wednesday Aug 3 Final decisions extended the Defense Production Act and the Small Business Administration for two years With funds to operate Congress totaling 93 million for the current fiscal year Unfinished business includes highway school construction health reinsurance and reforms in sugar and natural gas The Texas figure Jim Wright notes opposition tactics in the gas bill and Texas Chamber efforts are praised Spending shows broad reductions from the Presidents request with about 500 million in net cuts The session printed about 32 3 million words of the Congressional Record costing roughly 1 3 million through August 25
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Quotes From The News By United Press
A roundup of quotes from public figures and officials on topics from hurricane naming practices to segregation, political loyalty, and discipline. Notable remarks include Sen Kuchel on labeling hurricanes with women's names, Guatemala’s Castillo Armas on fighting communism, and ex Army counsel Adams on government accountability. Also cited are comments from Gov Stratton on Eisenhower, and incidents involving a Chicago hostage crisis and a Los Angeles police bulletin.
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Rcalif
Weather Bureau
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Connie
Barbara
Edna
Johnnie Smith Named Manager at Lack's Auto Baytown Store
Johnnie Smith, a well known Baytown resident, returns to Baytown to manage the Lack's Auto store at the corner of Texas and North Main. He replaces his brother Roeland Smith, who will stay with the business in another role. Smith, who worked 13 years at Lack's in Baytown, left in 1948 to manage the South Houston store. He is joined by father in law D. L. Myers, with whom he previously partnered in South Houston. Remodeling is underway and a formal opening will be announced later. Smith, wife Margaret, and children Barbara and Johnnie Jr. now reside back in Baytown after living in South Houston.
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D. L. Myers
South Houston
Smith
Margaret
Barbara
Johnnie Jr
Smith and
Myers
Polio Cases Rise in Massachusetts Amid Epidemic
In Massachusetts polio cases rose to 1,605 for the year with 2 new cases reported on Monday. The New England total reached 2,073 as officials noted a third straight day of declines in new cases. Dr Roy F Feemster urged cautious optimism for a sharp drop after next week.
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Massachuusetts
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State Division of
Portland Printer Hall Keeps Working Past Retirement
In Portland Maine S Hall aged 92, a printer for 72 years, will not retire until he is 102. He has purchased a new press for his printshop to continue operating in Edo ward.
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Edoward S. Hall
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