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...into the machine. The company will not divulge its proprietary technology, but the scent is released when the oil-filled discs are warmed slightly in the machine. The discs will come in both long-playing versions that put out the same odor for five hours (price: $4) and olfactory 45s that play for an hour...
Since 1973, the price of a 45 has risen from about $1 to as high as $1.99. At the same time, U.S. sales of singles have dropped 36%. By eliminating the flip side, CBS will reduce expenses. As a result, the new 45s will again sell for around...
Other record companies are watching the experiment, but some are skeptical. Says Dennis Fine, vice president of Arista Records: "I collected 45s, and I would hate to see flip sides disappear." To aficionados like Fine, a one-sided single would be as disconcerting as an economy version of Cracker Jack with no prize inside...
...other hand, it rarely jammed and, if you did manage to hit something there would not be much left of it. Carried mostly by officers, aviators and military police the weapon has proved so durable that the Army still draws upon its cache of 1.9 million .45s bought by the end of World War II. The Pentagon has decided to switch to the 9-mm because it will use ammunition standard among other NATO countries, will be lighter (roughly 2½ lbs.) than the .45 and pack nearly the same wallop. One other attraction cited by the Pentagon...
...dozens of new lightweight automatic rifles, and articles sporting titles like "Death in the Delta." The letters columns ("Flak" and "Cuss and Discuss") carry wide-ranging opinions on men and munitions. Larry Loper, of Sugar Land, Texas, contributed the following to one discussion of the relative merits of 45s vs 9 mm ammunition. "Let's try an experiment," Loper suggests. "Lie flat on your back on a bench or table. Have a friend--or enemy--take a baseball bat and slam it into your gut with all the force he can. Your skin remains unbroken and there is no wound...