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Show INFLATION AND TAXES Vacations Cost More This Year If you haven't been on a vacation since 1940 and you are planning one for this summer, you're probably in for a shock the kind that makes i Uie bankroll tingle. For depending on the kind of vacation va-cation you take and the brand of i recreation you prefer, vacation ' costs in 1948 have jumped from 20 to 100 per cent over comparable prices in 1940, according to the family fam-ily economics bureau of Northwestern Northwest-ern National Life Insurance company. com-pany. For instance, a 12-day cruise from New York City to Nassau, Havana and Miami cost as little as $120 ir 1940. Today the same cruise is list ed at a 5218.50 minimum, an in crease of 82 per cent. |