Trading stamp probe eyed by House subcommittee
Sylvia Porter reports that trading stamps store a tax free, interest free pool of about 1 billion dollars from 384 billion unredeemed stamps. Congressman Lester Wolff discusses hearings, tax questions, and a possible full probe by the House Banking and Currency Committee led by Wright Patman.
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Lester L. Wolff
New York
Treasury
Wolff
Washington
Madison Life Insurance Company of New York
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
Consumers Affairs
House Banking & Currency Committee
Texas
Wright Patman
Trading stamps and food stamps link tracked by probes
The piece notes a growing trading stamp industry worth about a billion dollars annually and discusses government probes. It questions what happens to vast stamp funds as many are never redeemed and cites lack of precise industry statistics due to private firms not reporting data.
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Wolff
Hall Vens Syndicate, Inc
Littering Harmful to Game Fish warns wildlife official
C R Gutermuth of the Wildlife Management Institute and head of Keep America Beautiful warns that serious littering pollutes waterways. Decomposing trash robs lakes and streams of oxygen, altering the fish habitat and reducing game fish abundance as cleaner water favors coarse fish.
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New York
C. R. Gutermuth
The
Wildlife Management Institute
National Advisory Council
Keep America Beautiful
Stamp Proliferation and Trading Stamps Debate
A discussion notes that one stamp company issues more stamps annually than the U S Post Office and that stamps are becoming a medium of exchange. Wolff remarks cautioning against outlawing trading stamps and arguing they are promotional tools with environmental and consumer impacts.
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U.S
Wolff
Horrified teen seeks help over aunt Myrtle’s haircut
A 13-year-old boy laments costly barber cuts and his aunt Myrtle clipping hair at home. Ann Landers tells him to earn money for professional trims and notes other readers’ concerns about an office divorcee. The mother’s strict stance and the daughter Emily’s situation are discussed by readers.
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Michael
Mike
Ann Landers
Emily
Ann Landers correspondence guidance request
The La Crosse Tribune invites readers to send their questions to Ann Landers for guidance. Include a stamped self addressed envelope and mail to her in care of the newspaper, per 1965 syndicate guidance.
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Ann Landers
la Crosse Tribune
Publishers Newspaper Syndicate
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Paramount Photo
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