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Next day the pace began to quicken. There were chores to do, decisions to make. For one thing, Mamie had to supervise the unpacking of two vanloads of Eisenhower belongings. There were 25 suitcases and eight plastic garment bags to sort out and hang up-and Mamie discovered that her own closet space was woefully inadequate. Temporarily, she hung her frocks on rolling racks from the downstairs checkrooms. (Bess Truman got around the difficulty by keeping much of her wardrobe on the third floor...
...parade, Buick tricked up is convertible with a new body, the Skylark; Cadillac brought out its El Dorado, Packard its Caribbean, and Oldsmobile its Fiesta. Kaiser-Frazer plans to bring out a fiber-glass plastic roadster this spring. Sports-car fanatics regard these cars as still too big. But even the fanatics were impressed when Chevrolet showed off its new fiber-glass plastic Corvette a fortnight ago. The Corvette, still to be put into production, seemed to have everything the best European sports cars have -except the ultra-high price...
...Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria last week, U.S. Steel's Director Irving S. Olds stared thoughtfully at the Corvette, Chevrolet's shiny, white experimental sports roadster. Olds* had good reason to stare-and perhaps to worry. The Corvette's body is molded of fiber-glass plastic, one-quarter the weight of steel but equally as strong for most products, though much more expensive...
...Plastic Progress. Except for Chevrolet's Corvette, the fiber-glass models are showpieces not intended for immediate production. But some 300 Corvettes will be made this year. Although they will cost G.M. $5,000 or more, it intends to sell them for about $3,000-which, with bigger production, should bring a profit...
...industry has been experimenting with plastic bodies for 30 years, and many bugs must still be worked out. But the rustproof fiber glass boasts many advantages over steel. Plastic bodies do not require the expensive dies used in making steel bodies. Thus, it may be possible to turn out small numbers of sports cars in various models, give buyers more individuality in cars...