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Some say it should be plowed into good works, including a few improvements at the 80-year-old red brick church. Thriftier souls say the money should be placed in a trust. A flood of more than 500 supplicants, seeking everything from rent money to a new roof, has compounded the problem. Nor is the situation improving. A second well, adjacent to the first, started spouting oil, doubling the church's monthly income. So far, more than $100,000 has been banked locally, and the money could easily flow to the church for the next 20 to 30 years...
Strict guidelines will be laid down to force appliance makers to produce highly efficient irons, hair dryers, refrigerators, electric ranges and the like. In the long run, thriftier appliances will help consumers to offset, at least in part, rising energy costs. Stringent efficiency standards will also be mandated for factory equipment...
Americans are generally becoming much thriftier-personal savings have jumped from 4.9% of after-tax income in 1963 to 7.5% now-but they tend to save less of their pay than do the Europeans. The highest savers of all are the Japanese, whose people, companies and government together save and reinvest 36% of the gross national product-compared with 18% in the U.S. Emphasizing tomorrow's growth at the expense of today's income, Japan this year will rank third in the world in G.N.P., after the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., but 20th in per-capita income...
...home for the purchase of war bonds and to guarantee a secure future when they do return. In fact, the old cry that war ruins men is a lot of bunk as far as I have been able to observe. I believe that the soldiers here are more sober, thriftier, and go to church more than an equal number of civilians do. If a man comes through combat without physical harm I believe that he will be a much better man than he was before the Army service; he will be better able to cope with the problems that...
...WORKS BOTH WAYS.- The popularity of an article is always sure to be of benefit to the public. It acts both ways; it enriches the manufacturer with profits, and the user through the low price. This thought is suggested by the extremely low price of $6.50 quoted for a thriftier revolving bookcase in another column by Paine's Furniture Co., 48 Canal street, Boston...