Mind Your Money on Small Cars and Gas Mileage
Environmentalists back small cars for fuel efficiency but safety experts warn they crumple faster in crashes. NY study shows large cars injure 3.1 percent versus 9.6 percent in subcompacts. Advice includes opting for intermediate or large compact cars and using manual shifting, smaller engines, and restrained AC use to save gasoline.
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Department of Transportation
New York State
New York
Ben Kelley
The
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
Kelley
Meetings on Lake Erie shoreline protection
Ohio Natural Resources Director William Nye announced a series of public meetings on protecting the Lake Erie shoreline. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representatives will join. Meetings at 8 p.m. are Sept. 25 Vermilion, Sept. 26 Ashtabula, Sept. 27 Willowick, and Oct. 1 Oregon.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Natural Resources
William Nye
Lake Erie
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Nye
Vermilion
Ashtabula
Willowick
Oregon
Schoolgirls to spend over eight billion on fashions and cosmetics
F W Woolworth marketing chief Art Gross says high school and college girls under 20 will spend more than 8 billion on clothes cosmetics radios records and related items this year. The average girl uses about 650 for clothes study and play from earnings and allowance.
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Art Gross
F.W. Woolworth
Gross
Little Known Spending Habits Of American Coeds Revealed
A study shows American coeds spend over eight billion dollars with the most costly item a real fur coat averaging 150 dollars and seven pairs of bikini panties at 1.25 dollars each. Clothes and shoes claim over 75 percent of the buying dollar while cosmetics and toiletries take about 17 percent and 8 percent covers small items like pens and record players.
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Gross
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Peter Weaver
Environmental Protection Agency
Torino
Sonny
Buster Brown
McAlpin's Shoe Salon
Navy
McAlpin
MOM
Merchants of Middletown
Orion
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