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Consumer
1994 Betty Furness, actress/news consumer reporter (WNBC), dies at 78

1991 5% sales tax on consumer goods and services goes into effect in U.S.S.R.

1988 Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case

1988 Consumer Reports calls for a ban on the Suzuki Samurai automobile

1980 1st consumer use of home banking by computer

1977 Consumer Product Safety Comn bans "TRIS" flame-retardant

1969 Ralph Nader sets up a consumer organization knowns as Nader's Raiders

1958 Mkhuseli Jack, South African UDF-leader, consumer boycots

1953 U.S. controls on wages and some consumer goods were lifted

1940 Barbara Kelly, CEO, Scottish Consumer Council

1934 Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, Unsafe at Any Speed

1916 Betty Furness, actress, journalist/consumer advisor, NYC, WNBC

1916 Betty Furness, New York City, actress/consumer activist, Studio 1



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