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PAGE 6 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, JUNE 1 .1964 B Frigidaire lANDSCAPF Cf. 1ST F.I Andm>wr save on tine SUPERB SHADE TREES Now at low, low prices CRIMSON KING MAPLE SCHWEDLER MAPLE W Reg. 224.00 SALE 129" W Reg. 224.00 SALE 159°° RED MAPLE PIN OAK W Reg. 144.00 SALE 98" 2Vj'Reg. 180.00 SALE 135°° 2'Reg. 180.00 SALE 112" 3'Reg. 272.00 SALE 172" SUGAR MAPLE Sp|RE LINDEN ¥ Reg. 180.00 SALE 98" 2V2 Reg. 224.00 SALE 159" SILVER MAPLE HONEY LOCUST SKYLINE 3iLVE.it mMrLt 3, R 290.00 SALE 159" 8' - 10'Cg 185 00 39„o 3V2'Reg. 360.00 SALE 199" GREEN ASH Reg.i56.oo SALE 129" BAGGED BARK SALE Chunked or Shredded 77 3 cu foot Reg. 4.95 SALE O Also Bulk Shredded Bark Delivered 5 or 10 Yard Loads -.... . n f i i M i n u t , fun in n h 1 r ' t i u i i ^ RICH TOP SOIL SALE Reg. 2.29 ^ QQ 40 lb. Bag 1 iZ! GRACEFUL COLORADO SPRUCE Now, when you buy a selected Frigidaire appliance, you can get a Polaroid Spirit instant camera. The Polaroid Spirit takes beautiful color pictures 4' to infinity. It is designed to use Polaroid 600 film-just like the Polaroid Sun cameras-and needs no battery replacements, because batteries are included in the film pack. It gives you clear, crisp pictures in vibrant color, instantly, and it's yours when you buy a selected Frigidaire appliance. 6'-7' Reg. 189.00 SALE 149°° HICKS YEW (For Hedge) SALE 24" 24 + Inch Reg. 33.00 - OPEN FOR FRIDAY DINNERS 5 PM to 9 PM • COMPLETE SALAD BAR WITH EACH DINNER • UPSTAIRS BAR OPEN V FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT • FAMOUS FISH FRY •WEEKLY SPECIALS • STEAK • CHICKEN • SHRIMP* SEAFOOD • HOMEMADE BAKERY ITEMS Typical family home costs $84,000 By United Press International DES MOINES, Iowa -- A typical family home in the United States -- three be-drooms, two baths and in a desirable neighborhood -- costs about $84,000, a survey released Tuesday by Better Homes and Gardens indicates. The semi-annual housing cost comparison survey by the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Service compares prices for typical "family" homes in 100 communities across the country. It found resale home prices ranging from $35uQQ0 in Oil City, 5 P^, to $217,000 in Vail, Colo. The average cost of a resale family home in the 100 com­ munities was $84,013. For newly constructed homes, the average cost was $98,409, indicating that buyers pay a premium of 17 per­ cent for the amenities of new con­ struction. Gayle Butler, a public represen­ tative for the company, said the ratio of resale homes sold to new homes sold was four to one, or 2.7 million to 625,000, respectively, in 1983. She said more than 450 Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Service members were polled for the survey in March 1984. From the responses, 100 communities were selected to represent dif­ ferent populations and regions. The survey seeks the cost of a single-family, detached home in a desirable neighborhood with about 1,600 square feet, three bedrooms and two baths. . ... _ Resale home prices tend to cluster in the $65,000 to $85,000 range, the survey found. Forty- seven communities have prices within that spread. However, the average price for the sample swelled from costs in major metropolitan areas, trendy California markets and popular resort spots. Families moving to major metropolitan areas can expect to pay much higher prices, the survey said, with "homes in highly desirable suburbs of large cities" costing at least $100,000. For a resale home, the survey said expect to pay $143,000 in suburban Chicago'sNorthbrook, $131,000 in the Simi Valley outside Los An-geles, $189,000 in Ridgefield, Ct., and $120,000 in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC. Other areas that sport beefy price tags include thriving California communities: $125,000 jQse, $110,000 in San Luis and $165,000 in Lake Tahoe. A sample of resale housing costs in oiher U.S. cities include: Houston, $81,105; Nashville, Tenn., $72,000; Al-buquerque, N.M, $82,500; Spokane, Wash., $82,000; Tampa, Fla., $65,000; Omaha, Neb., $58,974; Cranston, R.I., $92,000; Columbus, Ohio, $68,000; and Philadelphia, $87,500. Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Service is an extension of Better Homes and Gardens magazine and operated by the Des Moines-based Meredith Corpora­ tion. «. National news Decision on safety devices expected By Frank T. Csongos By United International WASHINGTON - The federal government promises to make a decision soon on a controversial issue it has studied for 15 years -- whether to require automakers to install air bags or self-buckling seat belts in new cars. The ruling is expected to be an­ nounced this summer. It will be one of the single most important decisions of recent years on con­ sumer and auto safety issues. C It was the Nixon administration in 1969 that first proposed air bags or other passive restraints for new cars. The idea immediately ran into opposition from the auto in­ dustry and was killed. Eight years later, the Carter ad­ ministration ordered air bags or self-buckling seat belts for all new cars by the 1984 model year. Shortly after President Reagan came into office, his administra­ tion rescinded that rule. Proponents of air bags then sued, and the Supreme Court last year ordered the administration t o r e c o n s i d e r t h e m a t t e r . T r a n s p o r t a t i o n S e c r e t a r y Elizabeth Dole, who says safety is her No. 1 consideration, has pro­ mised a decision by July 11. Clarence Ditlow, head of the Center for Auto Safety, said in an interview that air bags are the best life-saving auto safety device ever invented. "They would save a minumum of 10,000 lives a year and 100,000 serious injuries," he said. The center, a private group, has been a key proponent of air bags. The domestic auto industry, with the exception of Ford Motor Co., is opposed to air bags -- a device that inflates in a car crash to protect the occupant -- on grounds the technology is too cost­ ly and unproven. Ford is making available to the government a fleet of cars equipped with air bags so they can be field tested. Ditlow said the auto industry's general opposition to air bags is "due to the fact the issue has become a symbol of regulation." "One of the industry's fears is that air bags, once they're in cars, will be so successful that they will give auto safety regulation a good name forever thereafter," he said. General Motors Corp. has sug­ gested that the use of seat belts in­ stead of air bags would go a long way toward reducing deaths and injuries. The nation's No. 1 automaker began issuing in April a $10,000 seat belt user insurance cer­ tificate at no cost with every new car and light truck the company sells in North America to en­ courage the use of the safety device. "Experts estimate that almost half of all automobile occupant fatalites and many serious in­ juries could be avoided if people wore seat belts," GM President James McDonald said. The insurance will cover anyone wearing a seat belt and pay $10,000 to the estate of any occu­ pant who dies while wearing a GM seat belt during the coverage period. Other air bag opponents, in­ cluding key congressmen, argue that making the passive restraint devices mandatory would be an unwarranted government intru­ sion and that it is too costly. They also argue the device would not be effective in cases when the car is hit from the side. Industry officials estimate it would cost up to $700 to provide air bags in new cars. The Insurance Information In­ stitute, a non-profit center, disagrees. Homeownership rate drops in '83 By Pamela Reeves United Press International WASHINGTON - The rate of homeownership fell slightly bet­ ween 1980 and 1983 for the first time in two decades, the Census Bureau said Tuesday. The bureau said the annual home ownership rate dropped from 65.6 percent in 1980 to 64.6 percent in 1983. "This overall downturn from third quarter 1980 to fourth quarter 1983 is the first time in the history (of the Census Bureau's q u a r t e r l y h o u s i n g v a c a n c y survey) that any significant downturn has been observed in the home ownership rate," the bureau said. The bureau began keeping quarterly records on home owner­ ship in 1962. Its records on annual home ownership rates date much fur­ ther back and show how the pro­ portion of people able to buy their own homes has risen as American prosperity grew in this century. Between 1890 and 1930 the rate of home ownership varied bet­ ween 45 percent and 48 percent, declining to 43.6 percent during the Great Depression of the 1930s. "Governmental programs in­ itiated in the 1930s and 1940s to en­ courage home ownership were ef­ fective," the bureau said, "and the 1950 census found we had become 'a nation of homeowners' with a home ownership rate of 55 percent." It said the home ownership rate continued to increase during the 1960s and '70s, although more slowly. The report showed that in 1983 there were 84.5 million households in the United States, 54.6 million of them owned and 29.8 million rented. The figures are rounded off and so do not add up. That was an increase of 434,000 homeowners and 399,000 renters. In comparison, the number of households in 1970 was 63.6 million, of which 40.8 million were owned and 22.8 million were rented. Although the rate of ownership has declined since 1980, the bureau said, its figures for 1983 in­ dicate either the decline may have slowed or the homeownership rate is staying constant. Farm product prices up slightly in April BySonjaHillgren United Press International WASHINGTON - Prices farmers receive for raw farm pro­ ducts rose 0.7 percent in April for a second consecutive monthly in­ crease, the Agriculture Depart­ ment said Monday. Higher prices of eggs, com, hogs, wheat and onions pulled up April prices, more than offsetting declines in prices of cattle, broiler chickens, tomatoes, sweet corn and lettuce. The department revised its previous monthly price report, in­ dicating that prices rose also 0.7 percent in March rather than 1.4 percent as reported a month ago. Prices rose from November through January, then were un­ changed in February and rose for the next two months. With 100 representing 1977 prices, the index of farm prices was 146 in April, up 7.4 percent from a year ago. Last month, the department reported the March index at 146. The revised March figure was 145 and it actually took until April for the index to reach 146. After rising at the beginning of the year in the aftermath of a Christmas freeze in fruit and vegetable areas of the South, vegetable prices declined over the past couple months as replanted produce came on the market at the same time as crops from other regions. Vegetable prices fell 7.7 percent from March to April and averaged 4.7 percent lower than a year earlier. Although onions and car­ rot prices rose in April, the overall vegetable average was pulled d o w n b y l o w e r p r i c e s f o r tomatoes, sweet corn, lettuce and celery. Prices of several crops are still higher than last year because sup­ plies were reduced by the worst drought in 50 years and the largest acreage reduction in history. Average crop prices were 1(Tper­ cent higher than a year earlier. Livestock prices were 4.1 per­ cent higher than a year ago. The average price of corn, which was hit hard by last sum­ mer's drought, rose 15 cents in April to $3.36 per bushel. The average price of wheat, which missed most of the impact of the 1983 drought, is depressed but it rose 11 cents in April to $3.60 per bushel. As a recent government report indicated that beef production will be greater this year than an­ ticipated, cattle prices declined $1.40 in April to $60.30 per 100 pounds. Hog prices, meanwhile, rose by $1.60 to $47.40 per 100 pounds. An index of poultry and egg prices rose 4 percent in April and was 49 percent higher than a year ago. Egg prices rose 12 cents per dozen in April to 91.4 cents. Avian influenza, which has wiped out millions of birds in Pennsylvania, and cutbacks in production in response to higher feed prices have contributed to egg price hikes. 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