After Two Decades of Growth Air Conditioning Slump Deepens
The air conditioning industry enters a prolonged slump as high electric bills and tight budgets reduce production and sales. Factories and installers cut back while consumers and managers conserve energy, shifting demand to insulation and fans. Major buildings report saving measures such as automated duct control and lower indoor temperatures, sparking mixed reactions.
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B. Drummond Ayres Jr
New York Times
Atlanta
Gibson Durden
Miami
Louisville
General Electric Company
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
Chicago
Frank Miles
Association
Richard Brusie
Ed Plemons
West Lummer Company
Dayton
Harry McCory
Reliable Electric Contractors
United States
Lynn Vogleman
van Nuys
Calif
Everett Baxter
Miami Springs
Fla
Commerce
Kansas City
Burt Nash
World Trade Center
New York
Standard Life
Jackson
Miss
Mrs
Pat Club
Dear Abby column and reader letters collection
Dear Abby offers a Veterans wartime anecdote about Lt. Col. John Kellogg and a humorous remark after parachuting to safety. The page also includes readers in Santa Barbara and Laguna Beach sharing brief personal confessions and a general astrology warning.
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Abby
John W. Kellogg
John
Ploiesti
Roumania
Air Force Base
Italy
Terra Firma
Roy J. Arnston
Laguna Beach
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Colony International
Dear Abby
Son
Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Synd., Inc
Roy
la Mirada
Buddy
Santa Barbara
L.A
The
Oxford Shop
Famous Makers
Egget
Your Happy Shopping
Noritake
China
BATES
Loup
Winchester
Leggett