What Young People Think Shrinking Dollar Pinches
Nancy Gilbert reports a survey of 638 high school and college students who feel the shrinking dollar. Respondents from Kan City Kansas Billings Montana Dallas Texas and Billings Missouri complain rising clothing costs limited social life and unchanged allowances. Forty percent say meals at home have become less elaborate and many recall not vacationing last summer.
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Alan Matting
Kan City
Kan
Charles Rumby
Billings
Juie Walloway
Dallas
Texas
Lynne Poindexter
Accent on Youth savings from high costs of living
Miami AP report notes 56 percent of students cut costs and adopt money saving habits amid high prices. Quotes from teens in Maine Ohio Texas Florida praise thrift from grocery and gas shopping to bulk buying and sewing. County bans children under 10 from u pick fields after multiple tragic well incidents.
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Rick Townsend
Brunswick
Maine
Michael Coro
Jess
Gable Makatura
Campbell
Ohio
Gina Drumright
Topsham
Lancia Schreiber
Dallas
Texas
Harriett Alexander
Miami
Fla
Dade County
South Dade County
Alan
Craft Ideas From Holiday Cards For Lasting Keepsakes
Holiday cards can serve as art fodder for shadow boxes and decorative placemats. Arrange favorite illustrations on cardboard or tagboard, seal with laminate or contact paper, and trim edges to create washable, reversible placemats or framed memories.
Teener car transmission problem and empty warranty
A reader laments a 1974 Olds 88 automatic that stalls in first gear after cold starts. Shifting occurs only after speeds reach around 60 mph, dealer visits fail to reveal the issue, and the sender worries the warranty is near expiry. Possible detent cable, vacuum leak, or moderator fault considered. ON THIS DATE in 1919 Grand Duchess Charlotte ascended the throne in Luxembourg.
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Charlotte
Luxembourg
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