Once Over
- The Car-pricing jungle;
- A postscript on chemicals in food
- Notes on CU's conference and the annual questionnaire
THE CAR DETROIT SHOULD BE BUILDING:
Henry Dreyfuss, on of America's foremost industrial designers call on the auto industry to stop serving up "Four-wheeled juke-boxes". He suggests specific steps Detroit can take to create cars "built around human beings"
TUBE AND TRANSISTOR PORTABLE RADIOS:
Among 29 hand bag size sets tested, the transistor models generally out-performed the tube sets in both tone quality and speech intelligibility
LAWN SPRINKLERS:
CU's engineers tested 23 models for rate and uniformity of water application; two were very good in both respects
TWIN-LENS CAMERAS:
A report on 20 models, priced from $20 to $215. CU found at least one very good camera to suit nearly every budget and nearly every level of skill, from tyro to professional
NEW IN HI-FI:
The Ionovac T 3500 was judged the finest -- and most disappointing - tweeter CU has ever encountered
BATTERY-POWERED RECORDER:
The Teltape Recorder falls far short of its manufacturer's superlatives
WASH AND WEAR:
Tests of three men's suits made by Haspel
RAMBLER AMERICAN AND FORD CONSUL:
Road tests of two cars priced near $2000, compact enough to be called "small" but still large enough to carry five people - with a little squeezing
SEMI-GLOSS PAINTS:
One of the less expensive of 12 widely sold brands earned the only check-rating in tests for performance factors affecting ease of application and appearance on the wall
CU'S FOOD REPORT:
Price was no guide to quality among the 29 brands of fruit cocktail and 36 brands of catsup tested
TACKLE BOXES:
Numerous types are available; CU lists 25 boxes classified according to the special needs of different anglers
AEROSOL HAIR SPRAYS:
Several women have become ill from inhaling the mist of these hair sprays; the FDA is investigating
ADOLESCENCE:
Information designed to help parents as well as youngsters survive the teens with a minimum of battle scars
ECONOMICS FOR CONSUMERS:
How much it costs to "pay later"
What's behind the cigarette boom
What has and what should be done about the code-dating of packaged precooked meats
Letters From Readers
Consumer Newsletter
Quote With Comment
Movies
Index