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Show IDA The Salt Lake Tribune, Saturday, January II.HHii Electronics Show Is a Mecca Of Gadgets for the Hutch By Hubert Mac Associated Press ritei LAS VEGAS The buxom bru nelte uith the bunny ears stifled a awn. sight'd and signed anuthei autograph as the long line of admit-erwound around the tiny booth and down the exhibit hall steps The big names in electronics were drawing the buyers at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, but the Playboy and Penthouse magaine booths had a lock on the lookers The annual winter show, with $1 billion in gadgetry .spread over display space the sie of 20 football fields, proved again this week to be a veritable Disneyland for the electronics crowd More than 1.400 companies were on hand to demonstrate what's hot in the booming consumer electronics industry. And those with a gimmick were once again drawing the crowds from the 105.000 buyers and sellers attending this, the country's largest annual trade show. !'p ').(.' by the prediction that this wm Le a $T) billion sales year in the copse" t; electronics industry, manufacturers aie going all out to tout new products and reinforce lines inti oduced in the industry's summer s show in Chicago William E Boss, a vice president of RCA's Consumer Electronics Division. opened the winter show Thurs day with a prediction that 1980 would be "anuthoi outstanding year'1 for his industry The darlings of CKS 11)81! are V'CHs, camcoiders. satellite earth stations and video disc players product lines that were too futuristic to two decades ago when the show began by featuring radios, TVs and phonographs Boss pi edicted VCRs will be in 40 pel lent of American households by 1980. up 10 percent from the 1085 fig- com-pichcn- d lll Os The $85 billion in sales this year would be $2 billion higher than last year's i coord and would have a $50 billion impact on the nation's economy, almost 2 percent of the gross national product, Boss said P! iyboy and Penthouse, which count on consumer electronics advertising as a major revenue source, turned to sexy ladies for their sizzle. Across the aisle, trade publications covering audio, video, computers and Vehicles of Guru, 168 of Em, On Sale in Boie BOISE (AP) The Bhagwan wound up back in India, and his s are in Dallas But 188 other cars and trucks owned by his Oregon commune are lor sale at a Boise auto dealership Dennis Dillon Auto Park and Rolls-Royce- Truck Center recently bought the fleet of used vehicles from people disposing of the assets of the commune city formed by Bhagwan Sliree Raj-nees- h in The guru left the United States on Nov 15 under an agreement with federal authorities after pleading guilty to two violations and immigration-lapaying a $400,000 fine. Mike Tunney, used-ca- r sales manager for Dennis Dillon, said most of the cars are 1984 Oldsmo-bil- e Cutlass Cieras. with some 1983 If like a slightly less youd ex- pensive souvenir from the defunct commune, Tunney said Dennis Dillon also will sell 1,600 tents made The canvas at Rajneeshpuram tents come in many colors but only two basic types: a model for winter use and a summer model. He said many of the tents are new some were used for demonstration and others have been used Tunney said commune officials had bought cars from Dennis entertainment drew scant crowds. Down the hall, Walt Disney Home Video had built a miniature castle to showcase wares aimed at the crowd Entertainer Anthony Newley was at the Video Gems booth, promoting the home video release of his Emmy show "Animal Talk. in which he stars as Dr. Doolittle, a veterinarian who can talk to his Award-winnin- 1981 g Rocky Mountain Video 1900 WEST 3500 SOUTH 972-665- SUSIE SCOTTS PLAYBOY CENTERFOLD AUTOGRAPH PARTY 8 ro January 11th, 12 noon - 7 pm C- 3- Drawing for FREE DINNER at MULBOONS (Trolley Corners) ancj Drawing for FREE SHOW at the ZEPHYR CLUB WITH SUSIE No purchase necessary for drawing zr 101? Rent Hit Movies At 7-Ele- ven Many current releases on VHS to choose from No deposit required 'vVtMont X.. players, too1 No men iboi ship foe r V Eleven s convenient e 24-hou- BI5VIERI.Y,. Hi i S1.99 Monday-Thurs- . S3. 00 Weekends THE RIGHT MOVIES AT THE RIGHT PRICE... RIGHT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD We Keep You Rsvvm ELEVEN Libyan Oil Truth Almost lm)osill to Slop Symins Backs Force Against Terrorists dent. will appear at a Mountain of Home seminar. Symms said, as one his last official appearances beiore the resignation takes effect The sessions start at Moscow and Grangeville next week, and continue across the state Snnns said farm with hankexperts will attend, along fiers and others involved in farm By Quane Kenyon Associated Iress Writer If necessary, Sen Steve Symms says he would back the use of military force to stop such terrorists as those who use Libya as a base "If we don't resist it. they will just keep on doing it," Symms told a news conference here Friday If President Reagan chooses to take stronger action, such as military, Symms said, he will support the president But Simms said he has "no illusions" that the United States will be able to get its European allies to fully go along with the president's eflorl to stop trade with Libya He said it's almost impossible to stop trade in Libyan oil BOISE The president's embargo will not affect this country's efforts to sell wheat to Libya, Symms said, "because I doubt we ever sold them any in the first place. Since the trade embargo was imposed, Symms said, it now is illegal for Americans to sell wheat to Libya Symms said he considers terrorism as "acts of war against American citizens," and they should be treated that way. nancing If the Idaho Legislature votes to on farm foreimpose a moratorium would "look he said closures, Symms at it with sympathy." but that isn I answer He said he the long-terdidn't think there would be a sharp the upsurge of farm foreclosures in state bill will be Although the new farm w ill be less it said, expensive, Symms at the i 'an the old bill which expired in ,id of 1985 "We spent $60 billion of out little and got four the last years it." he said Steve Symms U.S. Must Resist Symms said he and Sen. James McClure and Rep. Larry Craig will sponsor a series of Idaho seminars to discuss the new farm bill. Agriculture Secretary John Block, who has submitted his resignation to the presi "If it the new farm bill changes our policies in a positive fashion, it will be worth it. It's the best we could get done, and basically it's reaching in the right direction "If we can get farmers back into competition, and not producing grain to sell to the government, it will be an improvement," he said. |
