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The- parking industry lias f in- aIIy caught up with soarinj-g car piopulation ini maniy parts of the couintry, Ini fact, in somle. cities there gre now more parking places on parking lots than there are parkers. "Lot f Lll' - igns have pbnost al been burned. The rusuiing cornpetition ta pluck thie potentiai- parker frorn fixe treet is something wander- M for rpotûrîsts ta experiençe~ Baby-sittinig service for. worn- min who danr't want to drag itheir ids arouxad 0tote stores was 4arted by a ioet-owrer in Siouv' Vity, la. Thisis l spi'ading to àtber cities. Not wiling to a te on fui! ýýCspcnsiblity for guarding a ktuneh of kids, a parking lot in Wheeling, W. Va., is 'making itrollers availab.le ta its cus- Te- beat iLs, camipetitiot a* louiisyflie, Ky.,4ai-t naer be- %an passing out baloona"for the kds. A lot eownthe street then kegan giving away candy ANI) In another part of Louisville î parking garage annoiinced liat it would boan umibrellas kree to its custoniers whern if mijned. Several lots ar-ound the euntry serve free hot coûffee ta tue.stamers while they wait for Ihbeir cars on chilly days. In Portland, Ore., a lot bas begunf offering cuistomners spe- sial repair and service facilities, 'heyond washing and greasing. M!is idea is spreading. And down7rl lu Washington a lot operates a 1 &x radio clinie where tubes can ýýsted and other repairs made aispeciïal prices. I a large New Jersey city a L rkiing garage ow:ner is study- g a plan tea acd a special bell- eoper s;ervice ta get his cus- lomers fo nearby -airports or ber points. This competitive pinch, how- ýter, bas failed ta. launcis any iate cutting wars. Parking your ier is like checking your hat. Vray Ist uze cf tooi>,lng. oIn llîI Iraw Âzd itfch-auscd, by ecei raahe QEtaselesc, taî3j1eeS. 39c trialî bottle ma ba gzt MçrD.D f EI YWUR UIVER If lIe'e net worth livinig it maty b. yeur iverl k'. a tacti it takes op to pfintE. 01iver bil& day tu keep irolir digeatve tract in1 top qkap1 If youarlr bule le Dot floinq freelyý gouir ifiod mas' Dot diget. . gae bLoats up yoffl tom.ceb -. ou feel coatPRedhafi ti he funcand epaikle go ut of 11 Tt' wbie you necd onid gtlE Crrtc,'e Little Livee. ils. These famous vegetale jiUs elP~ ztimileate the fOow of. liv, bi1eý SQÔ youri dkgeio t,4e functioning proper13; and y'u feel tbt happy daye n e re rag8si 1D0n'I ee'etav eu nk. A ps1o C~arter'o Litti. ivPllm on hbn"-1 It doesýn' take long ta matlch the -sale price in fees. In, Wasing,-ot, for ex-,amp1e, r-ates in the dawntiowni area rang1e trami 45 cents for the first hf-orta- 30 cents for the first frir, and reduced rates for subsequent houirs. Dail'y rates r raa1!cl,1ni 80 cents 'ta $150. That's peainuts camý-pared t0 N\.ew Yürk City, where ra)tes rrin 1tram il75 cents , to $1 for the first hoiur, 12 ta $2.75 'Lor- al-day parkin, , about $350 for' 24 In same townis there have b een sinall fr6te reductianý Thles.-e evelo.pments are re- ported byv Leonkard B. Doggeitt Jr.; presidient of tihe National Parkingl Association and ownier of a striiin af D.C. lots. "In spite af increasing campe- titiani for business." Doggett re- Ports, "an i nvestnegt oft muse thn S350 million in niew off- str eel parking fadlities is plan- ned tiS private enterprise this Since 11916 the investmien-t ini private palking facilities lbas risen frein$1, billion ta more than $4 bililôn, he d-aiýms. Wash-ington bas pioileered two plans which are beingý copied around the country rapidly One is strictly a good-wiiI gesture of giving free parki-ng on Suriday ta churchgýoers. Ail a parker has taecda is show the church progran ie h service ta avoid the tee. Close ta, 10,000 persans there use this each Su-ncIay. The other idea is a coopera- fi t,ý Plan wýhereby downtown riehats pay part of the park-, ing îfee of their customers, de- pencfisg oni the size of pur- _hases, Theatres, restaurants and doc.- tors and. lawyers are getting -in on th-is plan. Itfihas helped ta revive bxsiness in dowvntownj Washington. To elîiminate the f asiliar whie of tires as hot-rod Park- ing attendanfg race cars up and dlown ramps Daggett is success- fully pushing the -establishment et training-, schools for ilt emt- pboyes. In an attempt ta cutt costs the trend in îneW garages is ta coni- struction aof park - it - yourself types. This systerin uses a little rrore space -butt pequires f-welr em-ployes. In San Francisco a new fine- stary park-it-yourself garag-e use 23 employes, compared to 150 attendants neeclsd ta park fihe custoiyiers, it; can receive and cischarge 600 cars in 30 minutes, FRUITY A country visiter ta London strolled into an expeasive shop that specialized la ouf-of-season fruits. Stagered ta learai that a smali basket af peaches cost £3, lie hastily -made for the door, only ta retura andplc a shil- ling on the counter bei are the haughty saiesgirl. ,-WÀha-ts that for, sir" she asked. "PI' sor'ry," he smiled, "I accidentally stepped on a grape." £OB AND EING TOGETHER-For the f irst lime in several yectrs, the fcîmaus Crsby brother.s are photogrophed together. Their careers have kept them apcart. Ibis picture was tcxken in New York an tthe set cf Bing's "High Tor," his ane television ap-. pearance of the seaston. Bob, right, who bas mare TV experience than "Der Bingle", drapped in ta check Bing's progress .during the rehearsals. They eýeep a iieNwspaper pic- ture at Kruger Nýqtional Park, South Africa, of a larg-e, biack- maned African lion dozing dreamily on a bouncy, new la- ner spring nmàttress, It is just an advertislng stunt for a local mattress campasy, of course, and lions in the Kruger Nation- al Park do flot ordînarily enijoy such luxury. Nevertheiess, they do corne pretty close ta a Utopian sort of existence vwhichi might well fig- ure in the dreams of other wild animais in less-wellý1-sprunlg Sur- roundings. There are no feinces tiiere for the lion, elephant, or giraff e. There are no cagps, no w£ýhite hunters ýwith baring rifles, nia native pjoachers with sdent, pai- sened arrows. Thousands' 0f Af- rican wid animnais !ive 'by the simple lawT of thie wiid. And the range,.rs' onily task is ta pro- tect then Saie people call this. the "'zoo without bars." But it is not eve-n that. It is simpiy a 200-i-ile-long slice of Africa U-p to 60 mniles wide decreed untouchable in an industrializing nation for the ieservation of rapidly dim-in- ishing- wildlife. it is a normal zoo ln re1verse, for here thie visitor is "caged'ý _- tourists miay travel the simpçle dirt tracks by closed cars', but mnust remrain in theni at ai ti'mes. There are camps for nigbt stops, but even here a curious