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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 13 Jan 1982, p. 31

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, W-*| ' MEAT PACKING CORPORATION "WfmtfteTOPAra EXPERIENCE tire U.S.A. In those early days, people mooDcu appliance siore win- dows and neighboihood bars to watch the infant medium. De­ spite tiny screens and erratic programming, TV was an in­ stant hit. SAVE1 • s. OF GROUND BEEF By 1950, more than 7,000,000 sets a year werete- ing sold. Along came color in 1954 and TV's popularity has grown and grown ever since. Ibday, avoiding to a spokes­ man for RCA, there are more than 150 million color and black-and-white sets in Ameri­ can homes--more TV sets than telephones, automobiles, re­ frigerators or bathtubs. Consider these other surpris­ ing statistics: More than 98 per­ cent of all homes in the U.S. have at least one TV set; 85 per­ cent have color; and nearly 51 percent have two sets or more. Last year alone, RCA andother U.S. manufacturers produced 17,508,000 TV receivers. More statistics And, people watch those TV sets. Daily television viewing in American homes averages about 6Vi hours--that's a 45- hour week. Nowadays, more and more families are broadening their use of the TV set--with cable, pay TV, video cassette re­ corders, video disc players, video games, and so on. So, it looks as if television, at age 35, is getting more popular than over . • -y ; Easy elegance Mng In Copy Of This Ad And SAVE '1°° OFF Retail Price of 5 lbs. Of Ground Beef. (GOOD JANUARY 14th, 15th, AND 16th) (Limit 10 lbs. P#r Customer) 1313 W. OLD BAY RD. PISTAKEE BAY - McHENRY, IL Monday thru Friday 9 am to 3 pm Saturday 9 am to 1 pm Storewide Fashion Clearance During JANUARY 14 -15 -16 ~ Save on select groups of: •Dres»**»Corduroy Slacks'Wool Blend Skirts and Blazers*Sweaters«Blouses •Sieepwear* Accessories IV /o TO wV /O - REDUCTIONS And A Very Crazy, Crazy Rack of Bargains (ALL SALES FINAL - HO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES) - 1007N. rront St. (S. Rte. 31)McHonry 1 V 1 » 5#' fV;. ' ' '1#*' 1 • ^ ' :-'V • ,V I 'JUNIORS 5 15 »MISSE$ •HALF SIZES\VA-UV>: Daily 9 to 5:30 Fri.*ftttrSM.9to5

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