Last Of A Series Better Watch Pay Later Plans
A close reading of consumer debt schemes shows racketeers exploit installment plans through scams like dancing lessons and door to door pitches. The piece cites Mrs Ora Williams, welfare recipient with seven children, who paid 164 dollars remaining on furniture debts and 514 dollar stereo loan, highlighting gaps in state laws and urging Congress to enact protections. It offers government tips to avoid traps, detailing contract specifics, maintenance promises, and loan comparisons, and notes broader finance lessons from Michigan survey data and tax insights.
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Harry Upi
National
Washington
UPI
National Better Business Bureau
District of Columbia
Ora Williams
Court of Appeals
Furni
Ture
Williams
Congress
University of Michigan Survey Research Center
Louis Agassiz
Holiday Youth Retreat At Appalachian Bible Institute
The Appalachian Bible Institute at Bradley hosted a candlelight banquet for 112 youths from seven states as part of the four day Holiday Youth Retreat. The event featured Bible messages by Bud Lyles and missionary talks by Earl Parvin, with recreational activities led by Lou Nichols and music directed by Cal Beukema.
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Appalachian Bible Institute
Bradley
ABI
Bud Lyles
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Earl Parvin
Beckley
Lou Nichols
Marietta
Ohio
Word of Life
Cal C. Beukema
Joyce Gravely
Promoted Trooper Potts Transferred to Keyser Detachment
West Virginia State Trooper J. R. Potts was promoted to corporal and reassigned to the Keyser Detachment. Potts has served at Elkins since 1960 after a Martinsburg posting from 1954 to 1960 and is a native of Upshur County.
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Elkins
UPI
West Virginia
J. R. Potts
Keyser
Potts
Martinsburg
Upshur County
Sale Of Property To Satisfy $1 734 Debt
A Raleigh County suit seeks the sale of property owned by Carlos J. and Annabel Walker of Shady Spring to recover 1734.08 plus interest and costs. Todd Construction Co. Inc. of Beaver filed the case, with Virgil French of Ghent and Gray Lumber Co. named among others. The action stems from a 1964 equipment loan for a house project and related liens and a bank note.
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Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s Office
Shady Spring
Carlos J
Annabel Walker
Todd Construction Co., Inc
Beaver
Virgil French
Ghent
F. M. Sawyer
Hinton and Gray Lumber Co
MacArthur
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Walkers
Sawyers
National Bank of Summers
Hinton
Gray Lumber Co
C. Berkley Lilly
Miner Fatally Injured in West Virginia Mine Fall
ELKINS UP I reports Lee Cogar 27 of Waneta Randolph County died after a state fall at the Mon te Mine of the Grafton mine Tuesday night. He had worked five months for the company and was dead on arrival at Webster Springs Hospital.
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Elkins
UPI
Ansel Lee Cogar
Waneta
Randolph County
Ne Monte
Grafton
Cogar
Webster Springs
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