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...leaving Cambridge for the weekend, don't jumble all your pretties, Do as Ethel Merman does. Get a satchel. Polished, always correct, patent leather is our suggestion...
Last week easy, unpretentious Herbert Brownell was getting straight to the point as head of the mighty U.S. Department of Justice. Sitting in his red leather swivel chair with his left knee drawn up, his foot planted on the seat, his long, thin hands dangling, he seemed as relaxed as a ballplayer in midwinter. With his customary calm, he was facing tremendously important decisions on Communism, corruption, crime and the gamut of vital issues affecting the people of the U.S. The success of the Eisenhower Administration depends in large part on how well Brownell does...
Brawny & Graceful. Vance is sure that the oversize car is on the way out, and that car design may change fast in the next few years under the spur of hell-for-leather competition already in sight. Studebaker will have to hustle faster than ever to keep its designers ahead. Fiber glass and plastic bodies already promise great weight-savings and economies. Rear-engine autos, which would cut production costs, are another possibility. Last year Studebaker queried 10,000 people, found to its surprise that 50% of them would not hesitate to buy such...
Plastic Walls. A plastic wall covering that looks like leather has been put on sale by Bolta Products Sales, Inc. of Lawrence, Mass. Made of semi-flexible Vinylite laminated to a paper backing, Bolta-Wall comes in ten colors, can be washed, resists scuffing and fading. Price: about 50? per sq. ft., installed; $19 for a "do-it-yourself" kit of 100 tiles...
...vertical steel strips replacing the usual horizontal bumpers. Its souped-up engine develops 250 h.p.† Oldsmobile's low-slung Starfire convertible has a panoramic windshield extending around and past the door opening. Buick's 50.4-in.-high Wildcat, of black fiber glass with a green leather seat, has front-wheel disk hubs which remain stationary while the wheels revolve, their airscoops cooling the front-wheel brakes. Pontiac showed off a streamlined version of a landau, with pink leather seats and ceiling lining and a carpet of black broadtail...