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...round of price boosts; some increases are bound to be granted, and Ford and Chrysler warn that these will not be the last for the '74 models. Retail food costs-particularly those of bread and milk-continue to climb as increases in farm prices work their way to supermarket shelves. The Arab oil squeeze will further inflate the prices not only of oil and gasoline but also of plastics, cosmetics and countless other petroleum-based products. As a result of these pressures, the Nixon Administration will be forced to keep at least some wage-price controls in place much...
Walter and Joanne Parkin were one of the most popular young couples in the hamlet of Victor (pop. 275), a cluster of buildings along Route 12 about 40 miles south of Sacramento. Wally Parkin, 32, ran the local supermarket, giving credit to hard-up farm workers and even hiring some of the members of one family that could not pay its bills. When the Parkins began to build their new, redwood-paneled house, friends and neighbors just naturally pitched in on the job. That is the way life is in that part of the San Joaquin Valley...
Jenkins' 1973 Chevrolet Vega does not look much different from the one that Mom drives to the supermarket, except for the hood-mounted air scoop and an outrigger in back to keep the front of the car from rising too high on takeoff. But Jenkins and his crew of six mechanics make sure that the resemblance is only paint-deep. To prepare the car for its ordeals, the team marinates its body in an acid bath to eat away 120 Ibs. of excess weight. The hood and rear deck are replaced with lightweight Fiberglas panels. His $70,000 engine...
Susan doesn't tell Hart she is Kingsfield's daughter. When he finds out, he gets mad. They fight. They make up. They plan a week-end at the Cape, but Hart cancels it to research a supplement for Kingsfield's new book. They fight again--in a supermarket this time. Susan tells Hart that he's taking school too seriously, that he's just chasing a piece of paper, nothing more. Waving a roll of toilet paper, she says his diploma is just another kind of paper, "no different from this...
...will be considered delinquent, and anyone over 21 can be barred (Harlem Prep has taken students as old as 28). While board spokesmen have said that they are sensitive to the spirit of Harlem Prep, one official has already suggested that it might be moved from the brightly lit supermarket to a drab, vacant public school near...