Word: itemizing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Fresh from the conventions, the Senators and Representatives who convened in rump session last week had one new item of special concern on their unfinished calendar of business. In both houses, Democrats and Republicans called for early and effective reform of the nation's electoral system...
...Jesse Unruh had been desperately seeking to keep his chamber in session. There is still plenty of unfinished business: Reagan's own program to reduce California's high property taxes, a $100 million school financing bill, increased workmen's compensation and disability benefits. The most important item: a $144 million deficit that is holding up completion of San Francisco's troubled Bay Area Rapid Transit System...
Nevertheless, steelmen were watching not the U.S. Government but U.S. Steel to see how prices would ultimately shake out. The industry leader, with 24.5% of total production, U.S. Steel had led off the price increases with a modest change in one item, tin plate, and the President publicly approved the "selective" move. When it came time to move again last week, U.S. Steel was as polite as its competitors had been imprudent. Cannily using the key word, it announced increases on "selected" products. All told, they covered 63% of the industry's output, included such important items...
Like a 707. Top of the new line is the Ambassador, which remains the industry's only car with air conditioning as a standard item. The new version is wider and four inches longer than the 1968 model, adding up to a full-size equivalent of Ford and Chevrolet. A.M.C. hopes that new grille and taillight treatment, a sculptured hood à la Lincoln Continental and a dashboard that would do credit to a Boeing 707 will boost the Ambassador. Currently, 1968-model sales are running slightly behind the 1967 level...
...ease and adaptability of air conditioning make it more desirable to have. Fedders has introduced a $100-extra electronic filter for window units that blocks out 95% of all dirt, smoke and pollutants. Air conditioners in automobiles have become almost a routine item. Currently 44% of all new cars are equipped with units v. 14% in 1963. Another 650,000 units are being sold to car owners each year in what Detroit calls the "after market...