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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1955
Page
18
Hardy group of convertibles joins third annual Arctica Econo-Rally in Iowa region. Cars vie for longest distance on least fuel with top down test. Awards to four divisions will honor overall tour and sports classes. Meter use aids parking and municipal revenue.
The feature notes a charity buggy ride from Frank Bush's service station via a secret route ending at OK Drive-In to raise rally prizes. It also highlights Raymond Loewy criticizing uniform American car styling and predicting lower profiles and roof door cuts for accessibility. A New York City observer piece mentions preserved horse and carriage routes on 59th Street and the era’s public fascination with urban mobility.
Frank Parker, star of the Arthur Godfrey show, will headline the Memorial Coliseum auto show Feb 17 to 20. Ford sponsors with Parker appearing daily, joined by Eddie Peabody, Jimmy Conlin, Dorothy Ryan, and Larry Thompson. Sandy Singer will MC, Bob Wright's Orchestra to play, Ford Mercury Lincoln displays, Pan-American Lincoln and Ford Thunderbird featured, boats and sporting goods in the armory, fly tying demo at Joe and Cliff's booth.
Fort Worth Mrs M E Johnson says she is a church going woman but complains that a religious group is gaining business for her Peg Alice Lounge She told the city council a group of ministerial students hold sidewalk meetings in front of her lounge.
Fortune analyzes Cadillac's rise as a status symbol and mass merchandised exclusivity. It notes 123,734 Cadillacs built yearly with 90,000 unfilled orders, and claims Cadillac targets a broad audience while maintaining prestige. The piece discusses ads emphasizing reward and achievement, and questions social perception of owning a luxury car.
William Hermonet of the Naugatuck chemical division predicts plastic auto bodies will appear in mass production. He cites durable, lighter components and higher quality under ongoing university and industry collaborations involving foreign and American students researching new materials.
Lynn Massachusetts resident Thomas F. Donnelly aged 46 is serving a two month jail term after pouring a quart of beer over his sleeping wife. The incident underscores a domestic dispute leading to a brief custody of the accused.
The AAA warns that snow head tires are larger than normal and may skew speedometer readings. A driver cited 60 mph by police while his gauge showed 45, explained by the tires’ larger circumference reducing wheel rotations per distance.
Hermonet reported on the Alembic One the first commercially produced plastic auto body in California in 1952. It has traveled over 50 000 miles under all conditions baked by desert sun and climbed mountains coast to coast. Today the Alembic One remains in excellent structural condition. Over 40 percent of all single women and 27 percent of married women are working says the U S department of Labor.
The New England Pizza Shoppe in New Sandwich Trance offers the Nautilus, a four meat Italian sub with Provolone cheese and a long list of toppings, served on Italian bread. Priced at $1.25 and claimed to feed up to three people.
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