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Minute Miser. In New York, Abercrombie & Fitch began sale of Auto-Graph, a watch for motorists that has dials to check speed runs over measured miles, record elapsed time on trips with corrections for time out, keep track of gasoline consumption, or count golf strokes. Price: $90, including tax.

Water Worm. Plastic garden hose which acts as a lawn sprinkler was put on sale by A. M. Andrews Co. of Portland, Ore. Holes punched along the Vinylite hose spray a 12-ft.-wide swath of lawn. Price for a 50-ft. length, which weighs only 1 1/2 lbs. and can be rolled into a 6-in. bundle: $4.75.

Potato Peeler. An automatic potato-peeler attachment for electric mixers was put on sale by Univex Products Co. of Somerville, Mass. Home-A-Peel, which can also be used to peel apples, onions and oranges, has an abrasive disk which rubs off thin peelings and pulverizes the waste. Price: $4.95.

Big Charge. An auto battery that is guaranteed as long as the buyer owns the car will soon be sold nationally by Life-Time Battery Corp. of New Braunfels, Texas. The Span-O-Life Battery, now being sold in the Southern states, generates lower internal temperatures than most batteries and eliminates almost all deposits on the plates, the usual cause of battery failure. Price: $29.95.

Runabout. At Regensburg, Germany, Willy Messerschmitt, who designed Germany's famed fighter planes in World War II, began turning out a three-wheeled, 342 pound automobile on a motor scooter chassis. Only 9 1/2 ft. long, 48 in. wide and 47 in. high, it can do 40 m.p.h., run 75 miles on a gallon of gas. The Kleinwagen has two seats in tandem, no space for baggage. Price: about $565.

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