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Last week Arlene was again being plugged in like an electric toaster by 6,000,000 housewives...
...shoppers, found that only one failed to ask for stamps. Grand Union President Lansing Shield has a simple explanation for the stamps' popularity: "Getting something for nothing and the squirrel instinct -some people even save string." For the budget-strapped housewife who needs a new toaster or set of dishes, and can get them simply by collecting stamps for money she had to spend anyway, the plan is irresistible. One Dallas matron considers the stamp plan "a sort of painless savings account...
...sale. One is the egg-shaped Brütsch, named after Stuttgart Designer Egon Brütsch, which stands barely 3 ft. high, has four forward speeds but no reverse, does 67 miles per gallon. Strangest of all is the Dornier Delta, which looks like an old-fashioned electric toaster on wheels; the front and back sections hinge at the top to form doors. The front seats face frontward, the rear seats backward. Added attraction: the seat backs pull down, making a double...
...Steel Corp. led the steel producers in passing on their increased costs to their customers, decreeing a price increase of about $7.50 a ton, or 5.8%-which will add about $15 to the cost of producing the steelworker's new $2,750 car, about 4? to his $25 toaster...
...Watt Cooler. To reduce the load on the electrical system of a house, General Electric announced a half-horsepower, low-wattage air conditioner that uses less current than a toaster or flatiron. Price: about...