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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1975
Page
8
Consumer columnist Sylvia Porter argues most shoppers waste about ten dollars of every hundred by not using unit pricing and urges adoption. She notes many stores lack clear labels and that legislation is pushing unit pricing nationwide.
Direct Mail Marketing Assn offers guidance for mail order gifts. Check guaranteed delivery dates, order early, specify delivery location, verify descriptions and order numbers, note substitutions and returns policy, provide full name address and zip, record company details, and avoid sending cash. Verify credibility with BBB or state AG consumer protection.
Budget minded retirees are advised to plan simple meals using the basic four food groups and seasonal sales. A Prize Parfaits dessert combines fruit gelatin and ice cream, layered in parfait glasses and garnished, yielding about five servings.
The Bicentennial influence extends to toy stores with a broad range of historical and nostalgic items. Merlin Birk of Toy Manufacturers of America notes American history themed dolls, games, model kits, and dioramas that depict events from colonial times through the Civil War and beyond.
Mrs. Alma Scally and her retired husband moved from Waterloo to Greeley where the basement of St. Joseph's rectory hosts a thriving ceramic program. Starting with 15 students, the class now includes 53 from fourth grade to seniors, learning to clean paint stain glaze and fire greenware with no teaching charge. Adults meet Tuesdays. children Wednesdays with mixed-age Fridays.
San Francisco exhibit highlights Thomas Jefferson as a premier wine expert. A discovered French book La Viticulture reveals Jefferson’s Paris journals from 1787 1788 and his later influential wine vocabulary. Montana statehood noted as an on date fact.
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