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Show u Solon's Target: -- credit rating have WASHINGTON (NANA) The combined to create a nightmare for the consumer. free-maili- credit card have gone too far. Now theyve got a people congress-mar- t so mad, mad at them In fact, that he has Introduced 3 bill thcit would prohibit the Issuing of credit cards except on request. The way Rep. Jonathan B. wants it, Bingham, any- - person who really wants credit card can ask for it. Otherwise, nothing doing ! the Bingham sees it, chutzpah of the banks, the iniperviousness of the computer and the threat of a bad .As HO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY INCOME TAX J DON'T WAIT TIU TNI lASTMINUTH Bring us your figures now. Pay ANY TIME prior fo April 1 &v HSR BLOCK 2112 S. th East 7218 S. State 177 E. tti South COTTONWOOD 41 22 S State MAIL 3060 W. 3500 So 2022 S. Main Rock Springs Evanston, Wyo PHONE I The New Yorker has criticized the practice of some of sending out companies unsolicited credit cards, telling the unwary recipient he has a shiny new line of credit up to $300. he Now, says Bingham, finds the situation is even worse. Once a person gets a card he is stuck and cannot get rid "of the darned thing. Protesting letters nswered and una- go notifications tumble in showing unidentifi- entries able issued by a Frankenstein like computer who will not listen to reason. Credit Cards Tree-Wheeli- ng card. The card misspelled the congressmans name and was sent to slightly his home, rather than his The purchase had been made, all right, by Mrs. Bingham. Mrs. Bingham, however, had already paid for it, by check. office. that such a fine old firm should lend itself to these monstrous practices, wailed the congressman. So Bingham returned the statement with a second angry note. This time he made sure the note was writO woe, Bingham says he promptly returned the cr.rd with an angry note saying I did not want it. Next he received a computer- issued statement showing a balance due under the credit card account. The charge was $10.79 for a pure chase from a Boston firm specializing in canned goods and tobacco, among other items. well-know- n ten on congressional what naivete. ham, computer was wholly pressed. unim- Instead, Bingham received a second statement telling him that $10 of the $10.79 charge was past due. It added a interest charge to the balance, making a new total MAKING station- POOF? ROOFING That ought to make them sit up and take notice, he thought. No such luck, says Bing MATERIALS or All KINDS. KETCHUM'S 4th la. at 7th Wait two increasingly sharp reminders that his account was overdue. At least Bingham is not Friday, March Lumberman Finds alone, either in or out of Congress. A companion bill has been introduced by Sen. William E. 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Following that, Bingham re- - ery. old-lin- ceived The A7 NEWS DESERET 363-819- aa'WALGREEN 3 1 feel like a character in a Kafka novel, says Brngham, and the only reason he thinks he may get somewhere is that he is a congressman. If he were not, then it would really be tough. Bingham has joined the ranks of thfse who received credit cards they didnt ask for and wound up with charges they should never have received. This is his sad tale: The State Street Bank & Co. of Boston sent the congressman a BankAmeri- - Trust TEREO Spring Cleanup Met)iTeTCRANAN ELEGANCE by Packard Bell SPECIALS Deluxe 18" Packard Bell Portable TV .. 128 12" Personal Packard Portable Bell No other stereo can match this superb craftsmanship of Packard Bell in both cabinetry and performance! TV... $88 Included Factory Warranty Parts and Service Two-Ye- ar "Olympl." l.ng.it Warranty In tha Industry. 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