Switch Salesmen Don't Sell What's Advertised
A study by the Better Business Bureau traces the rise of switch salesmanship in home improvement. It exposes deceptive pricing for storm windows and shows how contractors, lenders, and subcontractors cooperate to upsell and overcharge. The piece notes high consumer losses, industry mortality rates, and calls for stronger ethics and regulation in marketing and installation practices.
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Long Island
N.Y
Moore
Minum
Comes
The
Assn
Better Home Improvement Council
Business Bureaus, Inc
Shiple
National
Better Business Bureau
BBB
Better Business
Tom Roberts
New York
Roberts
Don Moore
Home Improvement Council
Iindustry
Exodus Review Of Uris Novel At April 29 Meet
Baytown Ward Relief Society sponsors a review of Leon Uris Exodus at 7 30 p m in the recreation hall of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Mrs Howard E Brunson will give the review Tickets at the door or from Relief Society members admission 75 cents Mrs A E Mitchell chairs refreshments The novel depicts Jewish struggles and wartime fates including a Jewish freedom fighter an American nurse a Polish youth in a concentration camp and a rescued German Jewish girl
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Baytown Ward Relief Society
Leon Uris
Recreation Hall
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Howard E. Brunson
Relief Society
A. E. Mitchell
Uris
Israel
Baytown Kiwanis Sponsor Circle K Club Formation
Baytown and West Baytown Kiwanis Clubs jointly sponsor Lee College Circle K Club, with seventeen charter members. Officers elected: Larry Maher president Fred Rabin first vice president Larry Kelley second vice president David Kadjar secretary treasurer. Directors: Buddy Boudloche Jesse Kirkpatrick Richard Rehauche Troy Woodall Reagan Simmons. John B.R. Baldwin Lee College instructor sponsors club. Rabin and Rehauche to attend Oklahoma Texas District Convention in Nacogdoches April 23. Kirkpatrick and Kildough assist with organization.
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Lee College
Baytown
West Baytown Kiwanis
Larry Maher
Fred Rabin
Larry Kelley
David Kadjar
Buddy Boudloche
Jesse Kirkpatrick
Richard Rehauche
Troy Woodall
Reagan Simmons
John BR. Baldwin
Circle K
Nacogdoches
Baytown Kiwanis Club
District Key
Kirkpatrick
Baytown Club
David Killough
West Baytown
Armed Forces Buy Medicine Abroad
The U S armed forces began purchasing medicines from foreign suppliers at prices far below U S manufacturers, with the first shipment of 5 760 000 antibiotic tablets bought by the military medical supply agency from Terrence W W Cooney aloof distributor in New York for about 500 000 The next low bid came from Charles Pfizer Co which offered tetracycline for over a million dollars The Journal notes the purchases aim at cost savings and contends the move raises questions about American drug patents and industry impact.
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Chess
Ifman
San Quentin
Intions
Leavy
U.S
Chessman Islets
Wers
New York
Actress Mary Castle Arrested Three Times
Hollywood AP reports actress Mary Castle, 28, was arrested on multiple occasions on Thursday. She was first detained for drunkenness in a Sunset Strip nightclub parking lot, posted 105 bail, then jailed for a debt warrant over $4500 to a decorator, turning over a 1996 Cadillac to satisfy the judgment, and shortly after re-arrested on an old traffic ticket before being released again.
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Hollywood
Mary Castle
Sunset Strip
Harry la Chance, Inc
Farm Bureau Opposes Poage Farm Plan Aimed at Wheat
Waco AP County Farm Bureau president J H West urged members to oppose Rep Poages plan for farm programs. He cited proposed wheat support changes and elimination of acreage allotments while backing Farm Bureaus alternative to expand conservation reserves and protect farmers from CCC stock sales. The note outlines four main positions including base support levels and land-use adjustments through 1963.
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WACO
Encompasseau
W. R
J. H. West
Poage
West
Tiereau
Farm Bureau
Commodity Credit Corp
CCC
Baytown Photos and Photostat News Photos for Hire
A brief notice lists services in Baytown including Thermo-Fax photostat and aerial industrial photography. It advertises commercial photo capabilities with a contact phone: Sun Building, Baytown, JU 2-8302.
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Baytown
Sun
Cotton bastie pantie fashion item description
A brief catalog note describes a white and assorted pastel cotton bastie pantie with elastic legs and waist for a comfortable fit and a double seat. Sizes available up to 6x.
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Province
China
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Chessman
TFB
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