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Three of the biggest U.S. electronics manufacturers decided this year to enter the lucrative market for what the song The White Knight described as "that Japanese toy, that trucker's joy." Most 1976 American cars can be bought with the sets installed; nearly half of all trucks in the U.S. are CB-equipped. The cost is relatively low-from about $90 to $350 for a serviceable set and antenna-and CB is simple to install in a truck, car or boat, drawing its power from the vehicle's battery. The same units can be plugged in at home...
According to a Nielsen rating, Reagan drew 17% of the national audience that had its sets on that night, running well behind The Blue Knight on CBS (33%) and ABC's Starsky and Hutch (43%). Even so, 13 million people saw some or all of a blistering attack on a Republican Administration by a leading Republican. Responding to an appeal for funds, viewers began sending in pledges that Reagan's men predicted would total "substantially" more than the $110,000 cost of the entire venture...
Gibson said yesterday that the Richard C. Knight Insurance Company of Boston--which now handles tuition payment insurance for Harvard--will take care of the paperwork on the parent loans, and also provide the insurance...
...Knight will process the loan payments for Harvard at a "very modest cost," Gibson said, because they want the parents' insurance business. If enough parents elect to use the loan program, Knight will process the loans at "essentially no cost," Gibson said yesterday...
Gibson is also developing a loan program that could be used by other private universities to aid middle-income students. He says that the procedures the Knight company is setting up could easily be expanded to include more than one university. Gibson said he hopes that other schools will want to join Harvard if the PLP is a success next year...