GOODS & SERVICES
Electric Floor Washer. A lightweight electric floor washer that wet-scrubs floors and vacuum-dries them will be put on sale next month by the Hoover Co., North Canton, Ohio. Its motor creates a suction to pick up dirty water after the floor is scrubbed by nylon brushes. Price: $79.95.
Self-Contained Music Player. A small (22 in. long, 51 Ibs.), automatic background-music player that provides 37½ hours of music on 16⅔ r.p.m. records was put on sale by Seeburg Corp. It will be leased for as little as $30 a month.
Magnetic Cards. Magnetized playing cards that stick to the surface of a magazine-sized magnetic playing board for games on trains, planes or outdoors were put on sale by Magnetic Cards of Calif., Inc., Santa Monica. Price: $9.95 for a 12½-by-12½| in. playing board and a deck of cards.
Car Refrigerator. An auto refrigerator that holds eight 12-oz. bottles is being sold by Pol-Air, Inc., Morgan City, La. The device is cooled by a copper coil that is connected to the car’s carburetor and gas line. The carburetor draws gas from the gas line through the coil, where it changes from a liquid to a vapor and in the process absorbs heat, then is fed back to the carburetor. Price: $49.50.
CORRECT ANSWERS to questions in Publisher’s Letter: 1, C. 2, B. 3, A. 4, D. 5, C. 6, B. 7, D. 8, D.
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