The cursive script is rare indeed and I love the mini-antenna-dish main dial, aka, flying saucer if you're from Melrose.

PS: The Wash Only is interesting. Can't remember seeing it before on a dishwasher, only on combos.

It appears on the Custom Crest from 1961:

Thanks Ken. Wondering if it was more common than I thought, available in other brands as well. I would like to have that feature to keep the kitchen cooler in the summer.

Interesting that the P &P cycle has only one wash and is shorter than the regular cycle. What's going on there? I'm just thinking about Bob Appnut and how he'd know the answer.

Interesting. The Pots & Pans cycle is shorter than the regular wash cycle and offers only a single wash. Would I be correct in interpreting the copy to suggest that the P&P cycle be run first, followed by the regular wash cycle?

I just re-read the text slowly and it seems to say that this cycle does the job, but I can't imagine how.

Synchronistic telepathy: I went back and added the sentence that is almost identical to yours to my post as you were writing yours. Love it when that happens.

The Pots and Pans cycle on the GE Pull-outs was similar in that it was a very short cycle with no heated dry and extra water for more forceful spray. The explanation in the manual was that it was specifically for METAL pots and pans and designed to wash off MOST of the soil without cooking any of it on with excessive heat. It acted like the cycles on the warewashers we use in restaurants. I give them credit here because they weren't (yet) trying to make a claim that the machine would be able to wash cookware perfectly. The idea was to loosen and remove as much gunk as possible, admitting that the user would maybe need to give the stuff a quick scrub afterwards. It's actually how I use my dishwasher now for pots and pans. I find it very useful to run everything through, get it all out of the way, and if I have to wash a few bits of food off later, big freakin' deal. If one used the cycle, as described, it was quite useful in getting rid a lot of the stuff you used to prepare the meal.

There was also, on the SU-70 series a "HEAVY SOIL" cycle that was longer than any other (1 extra pre-rinse than "NORMAL SOIL") and used those same 3 extra pints of water with a heated dry.

Here's another explanation of the 4 cycles:

 on my KDS-14! use it everyday until I have a full unit.  Wash only would be cool, like Scrub cycle for those roasting pans.

Neat buttons on that machine but the 60¢ Giant Size Cascade is to dye for! Love the scent that had , smells like home after dinner!

That's a beautiful dishwasher!  For all their faults, I still liked these machines.  We had a '64 lower-end model in the house my parents bought in the late 80's.  We used that machine every day with no trouble, cleaned quite well.  Like Hans mentioned, they are loud but the cycle time is pretty short so the torture doesn't last long.  You can insulate the tank before installing it which would help a lot, I'm sure.