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...only two video cassette systems-Sony's U-matic ($1,395) and Cartridge Television's Cartrivision ($ 1,350)-have made it to the showroom floor in the U.S. Both are combinations of TV sets and cassette-player attachments, but they are too expensive for the mass market. Sony has sold some 15,000 U-matics in the U.S. since their introduction last year-nearly all of them to schools, hospitals, businesses and other institutions. Last month Ford Motor Co. bought 4,000 for use in its dealer-education program. Since June Cartrivision has been offered for sale...
Volkswagen showroom. At the Walton trial, one witness testified that he had been at a union meeting when the local president urged the members to "tear 'em up" and that the union's business agent reminded men to pick up weapons before leaving. Other testimony established that the international had been informed of the Fort Lauderdale incidents and had failed to intervene...
...main showroom of his elegant Los Angeles salon last week, Rudi readied his forces for the first big assault: a preview showing of his 1970 line to be staged at the Hancock Park home of Socialite Eugenia Butler. The first order of business was to shave the heads and bodies of his two models. "Hair hides a lot," explained Gernreich, "and body hair is too sexual. I don't want to confuse the idea of freedom with sexual nakedness. Openness and honesty call for no covering of any kind." For Thomas Broom, 30, Rudi's male model...
...Beagle" and a series of Walt Disney stuffed toys. But this -"it's incredible," moans the 54-year-old laugh tycoon. To keep on top of orders, Kay has stopped commuting to his home in The Bronx and has taken a hotel room near his shabby Fifth Avenue showroom. "It's impossible," he adds. "It's just like a tornado...
...other airport shops in sales, which were $10 million last year. Schiphol also has the world's first duty-free self-service liquor and tobacco store, where passengers can pick and choose just as they do in a neighborhood supermarket. Another innovation is a tax-free automobile showroom with a choice of 21 models, including a British Ford Cortina for $1,500, about 23% less than the London price tag. Within half an hour of arrival, a traveler can drive away in his new car, complete with documents and license plate. In the Schiphol antique shop, 21 Dutch dealers...