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...door hardtop and convertible models. Both Dodge and Plymouth retain their 1961 engines but will seem a lot livelier because they are 300-400 lbs. lighter. Plymouth's Valiant now becomes Chrysler's Valiant, gets only a few physical changes: an end to the simulated rear spare "donut" wheel, wider bands of chrome and round, flush taillights instead of the canted, protruding ones of 1961. Dodge's Lancer now has a horizontal, convex grille surrounding its dual twin headlights. The big change in the Chryslers and Imperials is loss of the big, sweeping tailfins...
...having agency directors pick their own successors with a rubber stamp approval from the board of directors is mentioned, but there follows no discussion of the possible harmful implications of this procedure. No attempt is made to evaluate the high prices of such groups as the milk and donut concession, which enjoys a virtual monopoly in the Houses and the Yard...
There was another way of looking at the mess of bodies, tears and coal dust up in Springhill, Nova Scotia last week. The casket trade in the Maritime Provinces, which are economically depressed, rose sharply. The coffee-donut market was brisk as newspapermen arrived from the city. (There are no saloons in Nova Scotia.) The telephone company worked overtime to string up extra lines so the press could transmit its wirephoto of Canada living in the early 19th century. That picture was about the only good thing that ever came out of Springhill...
Merrill, who cannot read music and picks out his tune ideas on a toy xylophone, has another bestselling confection with practically the same ingredients, Candy and Cake. He hopes his most recent release, The Donut Song, will catch on before the public loses its stomach for pastry...
Humane Sunday. As a guide for advertising men, the Department of Commerce issued a pamphlet on "Special Days, Weeks and Months in 1948." The list of 247 "official" occasions includes Large 1 Size Week, National Donut Week, Honey for Breakfast Week, Perfect Shipping Month, Humane Sunday, Iced Tea Week, Sweetest Day. The pamphlet also includes eight "additional possible events," such as National Be Kind to Taxpayers Week and Better Floors Week...