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...accepted for years in Western Europe. Scandinavians and Italians were among the pioneers in molding a wide variety of chemical glop into dazzlingly new and comfortable forms. The European furniture failed to sell well in the U.S., however, largely because its prices were too high for the average American buyer. When domestic plastic furniture began coming onto the American market about five years ago, the pieces were mostly one-of-a-kind and also expensive. Now, mass production is solving the cost problem. It has resulted in plastic Parsons tables that sell for only one-third the price...
...often build up a large charge of static electricity, which in households with pets can produce strangely hairy furniture. The static electricity also attracts dust to the plastic surfaces, adding to the housewife's cleaning problem. Some of the chemical compounds have another problem: in Chicago, a furniture buyer brought home a clear plastic coffee table, which he set down next to a fireplace. "Next," recalls his boss, "he lit a roaring fire and the damn thing melted...
...precautions to deal with constantly, Mr. and Mrs. Perry O'Neal in February of 1969 sold their Key Biscayne home in the five-house compound where Nixon established his Florida White House. In fact, it was the Secret Service that arranged the sale for $150,000 to a buyer who turned out to be Robert Abplanalp, a Bronxville, N.Y., millionaire and a friend of Nixon and Rebozo. Two days after the sale, said Newsday, the house was leased to the Government for use by the Secret Service at an annual rent of $18,000. With options, the lease runs...
...excise tax on automobiles will be repealed retroactive to Aug. 15; that means an average saving of $200 per car, which should be passed along to the buyer...
...nicer to put a pretty patch on them." One of her recent productions is a pair of jeans embroidered to resemble a hollow tree, with 13 butterflies, a bee and a ladybug buzzing up from it. That assignment took about 30 hours and cost the owner $65. The buyer, she notes...