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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1975
Page
13
A quick bake and freeze muffin plan for working women. The recipe uses 40 percent bran cereal for fiber and includes a jam surprise. Muffins bake 15 to 20 minutes, freeze well, and reheat in ten minutes for a fast breakfast.
Niagara Falls business chief Henry Alvarez describes wax figure making for museums and films. The studio's figures of Bronson Bogart Conan the Wolfman and George Washington tour 15 to 20 museums yearly including four Tussaud's locations in the US and Europe. They have sculpted about 650 figures including Ripley’s. Robert Blake is being added. Owens and Ford presented challenges. Also notes meat industry figures: a steer yields 438 pounds salable beef from 1,000 pounds live weight.
The article summarizes a USDA Family Economics Review study based on 12 000 households. It presents service life ranges for common appliances from 11 years for dishwashers washers and black and white TVs to 20 years for freezers with used units running one third to two thirds of new ones.
A USDA study finds service life expectancies and consumer price index largely unchanged from 1954 to 1966 for washing machines refrigerators and TV sets. It argues long term budgets should use these life expectancies to decide whether to own appliances or use services, noting costs per load include repairs supplies water and energy and convenience can outweigh pure finances for some households.
The American Automobile Association reports higher national car costs, averaging 3.25 dollars per day fixed costs and 6.45 cents per mile variable costs for an eight cylinder two door sedan. At 10,000 miles yearly, total reaches 1,831 dollars, or 18.3 cents per mile. at 20,000 miles, 2,636 dollars, or 13.2 cents per mile.
Road reports provide 24 hour weather and road condition updates across Iowa. Call the local number for Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids Des Moines and other cities to hear current information and hourly updates.
In Minneapolis a rock n roll station briefly disrupted Apollo command module tests. The device readouts were sound at night but poor by day. Each day the pattern repeated until engineers found the culprit: a nearby daytime-only station whose sunset signall interference skewed meter readings.
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