Lighter Side Utopia: Credit for Credit By Dick West
Washington columnist Dick West riffs on evolving consumer credit trends as tax payments and credit cards shift to more flexible timelines. He predicts promotions such as trading stamps and monthly bonuses tied to card usage, and jokes about ever more aggressive credit offers arriving by mail.
Ultra charge promises a utopian credit card vision
The piece envisions a future where ultra charge introduces a card to cover debts on existing cards. It frames this as utopia for spendthrifts and hints at a forthcoming computer offer from promoters of ultra charge.
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Super Charge
Ultra Charge
Utopia
Square Dance News Roundup Highlights Four Club Events
A-C Square Wheels of Wheeling holds 8 p.m. dances at Heritage Park Field House 220 S. Wolf Rd with Joe Gipson as caller. Bronco Squares hosts 8–11 p.m. at Barrington Grove Ave School led by Pat and Don Johnson and Paul Thompson. Lords and Ladies meet at Highland School Elgin 8:30 p.m. with caller Bob Hester. Oceanwaves at Lombard Glenbard East High 7:30–10:30 p.m. features rounds by Jerry Daniels and others. admission $3 per couple.
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Heritage Park
S. Wolf Road
Joe Gipson
Don
Helen Smith
Grove Avenue School
Grove Ave
Barrington
Pat
Don Johnson
Paul “Foggy” Thompson
Lords and Ladies
Bob Hester
Rockford
Lords and Ladies Square
Highland
Oceanwaves Square Dance Club
Lombard
Glenbard East High School
Main and
Wilson Streets
Jerry
Dot Daniels
Gene Tidwell
Doc Adams
Pat Braffet
Jim Smith
Area Square
Dental Message Uses Skits to Calm Children About Dentists
New York University dental students perform an onstage skit with a decayed tooth and a karate expert to ease fear of dentists among first and second graders. Emcee Gerald Low, 25, says the playful approach helps introduce dentists. The program aims to invite dental schools for a national symposium on spreading dental health in urban areas. Northwest Suburban Music Teachers meet January 20 at Randhurst Store in Mount Prospect with a plateaus of progress workshop led by Grace Garrett.
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New York University
Gerald Low
Kowakawa Zoomie
Low
United States
Canada
Northwest Suburban Music Teachers Association
Lyon-Healy
Randhurst
Mount Prospect
Grace Garrett
Des Plaines
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