IT was a bumper-to-bumper year in Detroit. The big increase in auto sales this fall contributed more than anything else to keeping the U.S. prosperous; and one of the big contributors to the increase in auto sales was the long-ailing Chrysler Corp., which in the space of one year did a surprising turnaround. Thanks to the energetic leadership of its new president, Lynn Alfred Townsend, 43, Chrysler in 1962 was the comeback story of U.S. business.
Congenital Flaw. Chrysler still has a long way to come back, but at...
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