Advice on handling consumer product and service complaints
The piece argues for prompt correction of problems with goods and services and outlines steps: start with the supplier, seek mediation through industry or local bodies, and resort to small claims courts if needed. It emphasizes accessible complaint processes, courteous responses, and fair treatment of inexperienced consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Business Bureau
Local Chamber of Commerce
Small Claims
Elected Legislators Mail Addresses Listed
Citizens are urged to voice positions on state issues. Provided are contact addresses for District 3 and District 4 senators and representatives at the Minnesota State Capitol and State Office Building in St Paul. Letters to Norbert Arnold Gerald Willet Irv Anderson Doug St Onge Glen Sherwood are included with room numbers and city postal details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norbert Arnold
State Capitol
St. Paul
Sen
Gerald Willet
Irv. Anderson
Doug
St. Onge
Glen Sherwood
The Nation: VP picks in 1976 race and party contrasts
The Nation examines vice presidential selection as a pivotal factor in the 1976 contest. It weighs Ford and Carter options, noting potential nominees like Baker Brooke Evans Carey Grasso Glenn Mondale Clark Stevenson and discusses implications of geography religion and race. The piece also notes Martin Nolan's reassignment and Virginia Payette taking over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Free World
White House
Throttlebottoms
Presidential League
Spiro T. Agnew
Ford
Len Howard Baker
Tennessee
Reagan
Daniel J. Evans
Olympia
Jimmy Carter
Mondale
Dick Clark
Sen
A Stevenson
Illinois
May Daley
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Secrecy Tight in Government Economic Reports
Government statistical data on wholesale prices and employment are tightly guarded with limited access to the President and CEAs chair. Leaks have occurred in the past, but new rules restrict advance word and require simultaneous distribution to reporters, aiming to curb market manipulation and political influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Washington
Council of Economic Advisers
Kent
Joseph W. Duncan
Office of Management and Budget
Duncan
OMB
Commerce Department
U.S
Ford
Richard M. Nixon
Frederick B. Dent
Dent
Nixon
White House
Secretary of Commerce
Sidney L. Jones
Jones
Treasury
We must answer key questions on national defense now
General Ridgway argues the United States faces critical choices on Selective Service, women in service, base development, anti ballistic defenses, civil defense, and defense spending. He warns of looming deficits and a fragile security future if voters do not demand rational plans. The piece frames the 1976 bicentennial elections as pivotal for Western civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diego Garcia
Soviet Union
Congress
Defense Department
The
American Legion
Western Free World
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Oui
Red Riding Hood Tale Sparks Letter to Editor
A reader submits a fairy tale parody from the Peoria Journal Star letters column. The tale reimagines the Red Riding Hood story with a woodcutter, a wolf, legal debates, and a village memorial, ending with a tongue in cheek reflection by Red Riding Hood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria Journal Star
Red Riding Hood
The
Civil Liberties Union
SDS
Stoping Times
Scott Thorson Bemidji
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Che Pioneer
Senate
State House
the Nation
Martin Nolan
Ronald Reagan
Edward M. Brooke
Massachusetts
Brooke
Boston
Supreme Court
Carter
Hugh Carey
V.P
Carey
Ella T. Grasso
Connecticut
John Glenn
Walter
Boston Globe
Pioneer
Virginia Payette
United States
By Matthew B. Ridgway
Matthew B. Ridgway
Allied Powers
Europe
Far East
Army
Jerry
California
Ohio
New Jersey
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