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...nonperishable items in bulk (but remember that meat requires a costly home freezer). Motor oil in bulk at a hardware or discount store can be half as expensive as single quarts at a filling station. Products like flour, sugar, soap powder and dry pet food can be bought in 10-, 20-or 25-lb. quantities, then poured into smaller containers at home. In many localities it pays to buy wine and hard liquor by the half-gallon, beer by the case and cigarettes by the carton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A Guide to Economizing | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

...That trend is not all bad for retailers. Mail-order sales of Sears, Roebuck, Montgomery Ward and other catalogue houses are surging as more energy-conscious shoppers let their fingers do the traveling. Some store chains report that their long-languishing downtown branches are jammed with customers unwilling to motor to far-flung suburban shopping centers. Department stores report strong sales of books, games, television sets and other aids to a quiet evening at home. Other hot items include furniture, household hardware, seeds and garden supplies, and backyard swimming pools. "People are paying more attention to their homes," explains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONSUMERS: A Recession of Hope | 4/1/1974 | See Source »

...their profitless one-throne barber shop. A worn-out, ex-vaudeville dancer, he passes the days playing checkers -- his ceremony with his old friend, Mr. Jenkins; Russell could never cut hair as well as he could dance. His daughter Adele supports the family by working at the dead-end Motor Vehicles job. Disgusted by the hard work that brought only physical and emotional exhaustion to the rest of the family, Russell's two sons decide to make their way in the world by converting the shop into a bootlegging joint. Pop goes along with the scheme for the chance...

Author: By Ira Fink, | Title: Mama Died on 126th Street | 3/21/1974 | See Source »

...National Council of Churches of Christ and the United Church of Christ Board for World Ministries have filed a resolution called on Ford Motor Company to issue a report on its operations in the Phillipines, focusing on employment and employee relations policy...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: The Spring Proxy Season: A Checklist | 3/13/1974 | See Source »

...corner of some pasture stuck in between several larger lots of cattle range and pine tree forests. Around the trailer, which was resting on blocks, were a tractor, a car, a clothesline, some horses out in the field, some baby toys, a dog with mange, and a motor-cycle under a tarpaulin. The grass was long and wet, and once I stopped my car coupling black love bugs settled...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: In Spudnick's | 2/25/1974 | See Source »

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