March 1968

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO WHEN YOU LOSE IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS?

Credit card. Notify the nearest office of the credit card company immediately by telephone or telegraph. Give them your name, the number of your card, where and when you think it was lost or stolen-- and whether you reported the loss to the police. Follow this up with a letter giving the same information.

WHAT ARE YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS?

JOINT OR SEPARATE CHECKING ACCOUNTS?

CONCRETE PATCHING

Do a good job fast with these proven ideas and products

AN ADDITION THAT ADDS MORE THAN SPACE

OPEN-SPACE DEVELOPMENTS--WHAT THEY ARE AND WHAT TO EXPECT

Open-space planning is a total approach to land development. It treats a future community as a whole, rather than as a collection of individual lots.

NEW LIGHT ON AN OLD KITCHEN

Based on the study of groups and on physical factors alone are highly questionable. There is also increasing evidence that people whose experience with alcohol has been limited--especially teen-agers and those in their twenties--are affected dangerously at even lower blood alcohol concentrations...

WHEN ARE YOU WISE NOT TO FILE AN AUTO INSURANCE CLAIM?

Most major auto insurance companies recently announced that they will no longer cancel a policy except for nonpay ment of premiums or in the event of suspension or revocation of driver's license. However, this does not assure motorists of perpetual insurance availability. It merely means that a policy will not be canceled before its expiration date. But the company can refuse to renew the policy upon its expira tion for any of a number of reasons.

TABASCO

HOW TO BUY A ONE-COAT HOUSE PAINT

Faced with an exterior that needs repainting, few homeowners will willingly brush on two coats ol paint-- or pay a contractor to brush them on-- if there's a chance that one coat will do the job as well.

DIVIDERS THAT DO A LOT MORE

GOOD NEWS FOR MEN!

Capture those prized blooms at their best with this close-up camera outfit.

GREAT ROOMS FOR GROWING UP

A gardener's calendar of color

This is the season when the gardener gets a big payoff for his efforts. Annuals, perennials, vines, shrubs, and roses respond to the warmth of the midseason days with quantities of bloom in myriad colors. The roses and annuals are especially prolific and colorful at this time. Be sure to plant enough so you can cut without sacrificing garden color.

CATS... AMERICAN STYLE

Whether they march uninvited through the front door... entice you with a silent meow at a street corner... or arrive by the more orthodox channels from adoption centers or local litters, these intriguing domestic "shorthairs" (some come with fluffy coats) account for the majority of the cat population in this country. And their owners find them as engaging as their exotic purebred cousins-- Siamese, Persians, and Burmese to name a few.

IT'S HIGH TIME YOUR HOUSE HAD A FAMILY ROOM

TAKE GOOD LIVING RIGHT TO YOUR LOT LINE WITH AN INDOOR-OUTDOOR ADDITION

SAN DIEGO AND A MEXICO EXCURSION

The dark blue waters of the Pacific roll onto some fabulous stretches of ocean beach at San Diego and lap calmly around the shorelines of man-made bay islands created strictly for outdoor water fun. The region is a varied resort center. Without leaving San Diego County, you can sample the romance of an old Spanish mission trail, the delights of mountain resorts and mining towns, the wonders of the desert.

HOUSTON AND THE GULF

In a land laden with legend (from The Alamo and the Texas Rangers to Pecos Bill, the Southern equivalent of Paul Bunyan), you'd expect some special family vacationing. And on this tour by editor Peter Lindberg, from Houston down the Gulf of Mexico and back through the highlands, you'll find just that: the hypnotic spell of great sand beaches stretching for miles; the color and south-of-the-border spice of Mexico; Texas-size attractions like the gigantic Astrodome, the space-age maze called NASA-- and in April, HemisFair, world exposition set in inviting San Antonio.

MIAMI AND THE SEACOAST

From an airliner at 30,000 feet, it's a corridor of green, flanked by the Atlantic on one coast, the Gulf of Mexico on the other, and dotted all over with mirror-bright ponds and lakes. On the ground (which often trails off unexpectedly into water), Florida is even greener, more tropical-- with countless palm trees and flowers to prove it.

PILLOWS THAT ARE ALL IN FUN

HOW TO MAKE THE DESSERT ON OUR COVER

BACKED TO THE WALL WITH STORAGE PROBLEMS?

Then put them to work for you. These walls can take the strain off your bulging closets. You can adapt one or more of these storage solutions to specific problems in your home-- so don't limit your thinking to just the uses shown here.

PATTERN AT WORK

A sampling of pattern is a good thing in a room, but a second helping is even better. Here a pronounced paisley makes its initial impact in the fabric on this Louis XVI daybed and is echoed in the wallpapered ceiling. To sharpen the overall effect, cork-papered walls repeat one of the colors in the print.

HOW TO GET MORE MILEAGE FROM YOUR RUNNERS

KITCHEN CENTERS FOR SPECIAL JOBS

HOW TO ORDER MATERIAL FROM THE MAGAZINE

GARDENING THIS MONTH

Start tuberous begonias. These beautiful plants produce an abundance of colorful flowers from early summer until frost. The bright, clear colors are exciting to see whether they are in pots, window boxes, or in the ground.

DOUBLE-DUTY LAUNDRY CENTERS

TABLE-SETTING STORAGE

WORTH AMERICAN VAN LINES SMALL-FRY STORAGE

SHAPE-UPS FOR PROBLEM WINDOWS

COLLECTING DINNERWARE

Individual pieces from fine early porcelain dinner sets have been collected for years, and the hobby shows no signs of abating. The challenge in collecting fine dinnerware is that of ferreting out and acquiring sufficient pieces to complete a full service. This is half the fun of collecting dinnerware, but it's also fully half the aggravation.

STORAGE TO SHORTEN YOUR WASHDAY

Arthritis Pain and Its Morning Stiffness

A CLOSET GARDEN CENTER

SHOPPING EDITOR'S CHOICE

Discover the fun and convenience of shopping by mail! You can order with complete confidence any of the items shown: each company will refund your money if you're not delighted.

THE MAN NEXT POOR

The odds against her are reassuringly heavy, but still I can't help feeling a little nervous whenever Judy enters a contest that offers a pony as first prize.