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...Bumper Snatchers. Juan and Amy's planted ideas were purposely kept simple, explains Program Director George Kriste, so that others "wouldn't think they had to be an engineer to contribute." That was no problem, to judge by the number of engaging but totally impracticable suggestions that flooded into Arco's Los Angeles headquarters. For instance, a Chino, Calif., contributor, Dale Jennings, suggested that ardent energy savers be allowed to ride "Bumper-Snatchers"-lightweight pedicabs that could be hooked onto the bumpers of gas-guzzling regular cars at stop lights or highway ramps for a free ride...
...they buy the cheapest ticket -the Greyhound Ameripass, 30 days of unlimited bus travel for $175-or go for a fly-and-drive tour of the Northwest. Travel within the U.S. has shown a marked increase, notably in the South and West. Alaska and Hawaii have also enjoyed a bumper summer. Heading south into Baja California along the new transpeninsular highway, gringo travelers have discovered such little-known Mexican resorts as Puerto Escondido, Loreto and Mulegé, all moderately priced; Manzanillo, on Mexico's Pacific Coast, promises to become the world's next deep-sea fishing capital. Nicaragua...
Prodded by drought that has dashed hopes for a bumper Soviet wheat crop, Russian buyers last week returned, as expected, to the U.S. market. They signed contracts to buy 117 million bu., or 3.2 million metric tons, of winter wheat from Cook Industries of Memphis and Cargill Inc. of Minneapolis; at present prices, the deal amounts to about $470 million. That is hardly enough to push American prices up very much, but a big question remains: How much more does the U.S.S.R. plan...
...time to go there is Tuesday nights, when there's a $2.95 fiat rate for as much amusement as you can handle. The deal doesn't include rides on the new Indy 500 out the Indy--a new-fangled car-racing machine--should be avoided anyway in favor of Bumper Cars, the best thing at the Park...
...Yankees moving into first place. The new U.S. mood - some might call it a return to normality - may or may not prove too fragile to endure. But even Washington, for a change, had some good news last week: the Agriculture Department predicted a record harvest for the U.S., and bumper crops for much of the world around...