Federal funeral cost rules urged by FTC proposal
The FTC proposes new regulations to aid funeral cost transparency and protect consumers. Rules would require display of lower priced coffins, allow advertising, curb overcharging, and promote competition to lower prices. Memorial societies offer low cost options. contact Continental Association of Funeral and Memorial Societies for info. A second item notes a Mn sign offering coffee for five cents at Duesler's Coffee Shop, where coffee now costs ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McLaughlin
Office of
Consumer Affairs Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Continental Association of Funeral and Memorial Societies
L Street
N.W
Washington, D.C
Office of Consumer Affairs
Ipswich Sandcastle Contest Showcases Fantasies on Beach
About 600 people attended the Ipswich Steep Hill Beach sandcastle contest with four entry groups Architects and landscape architects families kids and none of the above. Entries featured Aztec ruins a bathtub Gulliver Jaws and a giant dollar bill as clowns and a brass quintet performed along the shoreline. Emily Hollander helped finance the event begun in 1973 with Boston Society of Architects sponsorship and local donors. Prizes ranged from sand ribbons to dollars sandies and museum tickets while a Golden Shovel prize crowned the top sand creation.
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Marly Allen
Ipswich
Mass
Steep Hill
Jan Atkin
Lilliput
Mobile Bay
Cambridge Symphony Brass
Emily Hollander
Cambridge
Boston Society of Architects
Boston Children’s Museum
Water Music, Inc
Boston School of Landscape Architecture
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Friends of Sandcastles
House Doctor: Unclogging spray cans advice column
The House Doctor outlines steps to prevent and clear clogged spray can nozzles. Shake vigorously to mix pigment, turn the head before painting, use quarter turns during the job, and clear clogs by inverting and depressurizing. Avoid sharp objects and wipe around the nozzle after use.
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A.M.S
Sunlight rights seen as future hurdle for solar power
Boston reports growing legal focus on solar access as more Americans install solar collectors. Experts warn that without clear rules dealing with shading from buildings or trees, disputes could chill solar use. Zoning, easements, and water-law parallels are explored to safeguard sunlit access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
David Mosema
American Society of Planning Officials
U.S
Gail Hayes
Environmental Law Institute
Washington
England
William Thomas
American Bar Foundation
Mosema
Ralph Knowles
University of Southern California
School of Architecture
Thomas
Miss Hayes
W. Peter Teagan
Arthur D. Little, Inc
Cambridge
Massachusetts
J H Winslow Plumbing Heating Supply Ad
The J H Winslow Plumbing and Heating Supply Co Inc offers 24 hour emergency phone service and invites customers to call for an estimate to modernize home heating systems. Open 8 to 5 weekdays and Saturday mornings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.H. Winslow Plumbing & Heating Supply Co., Inc
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Barnum, Minn
UPI
Duesler
Duluth
P. T. Barnum
Eleanor
Lester Duesler
Christian Science Publishing Society
H.W
N.A
A. L.M
C.E
L.B
By Keith J. Henderson
Greenberg
H. Greenberg & Son
Main St. Benn, Vt
Maytag
Monument Plaza
Matec
By Dave Hayden
Armstrong
Elm St
Armstrong McLeit
Bennington Banner
BOX — JD
Main Street
Bennington
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