European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Nifty gadgets february 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 Washington map a radio disguised As a clothes Hanger and an i Ulric cigarette Holder for people who need to be shocked into kicking the habit were among he thousands of gimmicks and gadgets that received patents last a total of inventions were Paten Ted last but the Talent office rejected about other wild of tosses of any potential marketer of the clothes Hanger radio presumably would have to aim for a rather unusual Market people who want music in the closet or those who dont mind walking around with clothes hangers held to their there were plenty of gadgets last year aimed at helping smokers Slop smoking or at helping nonsmokers Stop breathing smokers the electric cigarette Holder May have been the ultimate in aids for those who want to Stop it is a tube connected to a Sixlo Einevoll when the tube touches the lips Zap for those smokers whose smoke is annoying to the family or office patents were awarded for something called the smoke reducer for Cigar cute a Eia Iio about the Sia of a Cigar cute pack age that coven the lit end of the there is the nicotine removal pro Cess for taking the Nicot Ine Oul of a wide assortment of brainstorms is Farouk inventions that Shock and enlighten and divert cram Patent office Beverly Hills plans drilling Tower available for the  such As a utensil for cracking the scissors like Gadget not Only cracks the it separates the void from the and for the scientific mind in he Kitchen Here is the Carrier for articles such As a two Hook slipped Gripper Suita ble fur handling an article having its go Luminal Axis oriented substantially horizontally that Means its shaped like an but theres for the Kitchen How about a dispose blk chefs hat or the automatic Buster the latter item is a pan with a tube positioned above the hum Beauty do not by gush Beverly Wapl theres Oil in Beverly where riches and Beauty already Oil May make lha place but it wont do much for its and in this is a i the school District wants to put a 139 foot drilling lower on the Beverly Hills High school looming above 26 acres of Palm lawns and six tastefully designed buildings where pupils Many the children of film stars learn about the world the Well would pour Money into the District and the and into the pockets of several Hundred Resi but it wont be and it probably wont smell the contract witty the Driller provides or screening and sound baffling and All thai sort of but no Mailer How you slice its going to be says mayor Richard theres just no Way to make an Oil Well the City of los which sur rounds the Independent City of Beverly Long been familiar with such Eye the City was built above a Pool of and Wells sprout Many backyards and empty lots visible from but Beverly Hills is something else a traditional Home to movie where a More familiar sight is a Rolls maybe in the until the school districts Oil drilling has been con fined to three Small Wells that since 1959 have been quietly sucking Oil from an out of therway spot on the Campus athletic a few Wells have also been drilled around the perimeter of the but most of that Money went to los Angeles and Sev eral Oil say surveys of the school of Geld indicate 11 could contain Oil Worth from 60 million to Iso we might have Reuben assistant superintendent for business of the Beverly Hills unified school said then Cordova looked at a Royalty Check from last decembers drilling in the three old Wells and noted that if the new Field is officials estimate royalties to the school could Range from to a the District currently spends Mare than s11 million a year 129 per the City would gel 5 per cent and neighbouring property owners would the problem with the three inconspicuous Wells is that production is dropping they Are vertically and the Beverly Hills Oil wants to Start vertical and slant drilling in a site ii end acis to be More but it is right alongside olympic a major thoroughfare fading to Down Linen Las 11 will be highly says City manager George Murgan some might Call it an but in arc will be some cosmetic barriers to prevent it from being terribly the american broadcasting company Headquarters at a Colury City is just Down the a hearing on the Wells environmental Impact will be hold ugly or the school District likes the it would free the entire athletic Field for sports and provide larger royalties with the City Treasury sharing in them for the first ii As far Stone flays the new Well May smell better than the old often the delicate odor of Oil would come inf Linja across the athletic he some times it seemed actually hard to Nice cosmetic Job this is an Oil Well drilling Tower tis pulsed As a building on Pico in Beverly the school District wants to put another drilling Tower on the High school the contract with the Driller provides for screening and sound baffling but of Mauer How you slice if i going to be suck the cites mayor Richard photo to be water drips from a plurality at holes in the and since there is already an abundance of dental Hygiene instruments to Spray and do about everything but pull Teeth or fill there obviously was the need for a new has visible bubbles of Gas containing Volatilized flavor material of the do inc tar in the Himm shelf life of Llic humbly stuff is six bad news for the health insurance patented last year was a new game professional malpractice Hoard game Compline with cards such As bad services jury retain and Liti gation Steps t plaintiff if youre thinking of inventing some thing these jewel already Are taken lobs piercing Eye cooler Lor electric feeling device for practice of diagnosis in Oriental apparatus for split inn legs and toe ring base and ornamental toe credit card changes May add to costs Washington map a House sub committee report says Many Banks Are changing the methods of tabulating finance charges on credit perhaps costing Consumers an estimated Mil lion a year in extra a report by the staff of the House Bank ing subcommittee on says Many Banks have begun calculating credit card finance charges from the Lime of Pur Chase rather than after the customary 25 Day Grace the report was outlined in a memorandum o Frank chair Man of the a copy of the memo was obtained by the associated the memo also said that Banks Are purposely making disclosure statements con fusing to the average bid a spokesman for the american Bankers said that any confusion resulting from the disclosure statements result from the truth in lending act and government regulations that enforce example cited the subcommittee staff memo cited As an example of confusing language in Dis closure lha following Section of one such statement involving credit finance charges the finance charge at periodic rate for purchases is computed by m multiply ing each portion of the purchases finance charge balance shown on the face of the statement by the number of Days in Bil Ling ill applying to the resulting product the applicable daily periodic rate of Iii adding these products the memo said the statement Means that the finance charge is based on the Pur chasers average daily balance starting from the Day he makes his the memo did not say How Many Banks have adopted the new method of calculating finance but a subcommittee source said about half of the Banks that Issue credit cards have made the the memo quoted an unnamed account ing firm As estimating that the change in calculating finance charges could Cost users of credit cards h80 million a year in extra the charge will not Only be costly to the but unless a massive con Sumer education Campaign is the consumer will go on paying those extra costs without really understanding Why the Bills Are the memo