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Show DtSfcRET NEWb, Ihursoay, January 1 1, iyJ A 19 Do - It Man Sinks His Teeth, Man Gets His Saw I ordered a saw from Wholesale Merchandise Club of America, Ltd,, llicks-illN.Y. This was on April 28. 1 have not et received it. Can yon either ge( Kas-ville- . the saw or my money back? e, - You sent your complaint on July 10. We got no reply to our letter to them. Since we had other complaints too and no response, we sent copies of all to the N Y. Attorney Generals office, Consum- er Fraud Dept. We got no acknowledgement from them until Oct. 17 saying You will be informed by mail as to' the course of action to be taken. We were considering prodding them when we got a call from you saying. Mv saw arrived. Thank you. On the strength of this, we believe that the other complainants will also receive their goods. Even though the N.Y. agency has not told us of their action, we know that the reason is they are snowed with (as we are) and would have to work 24 hours a day to crawl out from under all the paper work. Without the help or' such consumer agencies in the various states, Do-I- t Man and all our action colleagues would be far less effective than they are. com--plain- ts Action Reaction t Man I love vou. You accomplished in a week what I had tried to do in six months. The S.L. car dealer finally fixed inv motor home. I gave you a Po-I- Murray How can I keep from paving a very umeal charge for dental service? About two years ago 1 was out of work, had three children and hadn't been to the dentist for a long time. I went to my church to ask for assistance. It authorized me to get the work done. I chose a dentist who eventually charged me $249. But I didn't know this until after because at first he estimated the work to be done between $50 and $70. The church was shocked at the bill and paid him $100. The dentist didn't say anything for a long time and I finely gut a part-tim- e job and have paid the church back. But the dentist repeatedly has called me at work and even called the bookstore manager. He has caused me some embarrassment. I think I have paid him more than a fair amount when he said the work would only be $70. What can be done to get him to leave me alone? -- H.C.J., Provo. It be easy for him to show charges were normal and not By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Deseret News Music Editor Talented and accomplished young singers, despite the weather outside, are in clover. They have two opportunities that could take them to the top. The Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced regional audition dates for the selection of a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20 young American singers who will be awarded contracts of $9,000 each for employment from March 1, through December of this year. The dates for are; s Chi- cago, January 29 through February 3; New York, January San Francisco, January You that his any more than he would charge anyone else for the same work. From the size of the bill, you now know that 22 cavities (thats what you had) aren't cheap to fix. lie said he agreed to let you work out the bill by doing some paper work Box 1257 Soil maywrilo to for him. But, you never got around to it. Now he doesnt want it done. He asked us what we would do. We told him there were only four choices; turn over to a collector; sue you in small claims court, compromise on the amount, or forget the whole thing. He chose to cut the amount of the bill to $75. But, he apparently changed his mind later, because you wrote and said that he came to see you and said hed talked to us. He said he was going to halve the bill, but had now decided to forget the whole thing. toko City, Utah 841 JO opened. I have had no suecess in locating my stereo or any information regarding the whereabouts of the firm who has it. Can you assist me? S.A., Pleasant Grove. You are not the only one trying to locate them. The store went out of business in October of last year. They also owed the City of Provo some money. The city's licensing bureau could not locate the operators so they turned over it over to the city attorneys office. Better contact them for a progress report and possible help in eventually locating your stereo. Others Looking Too would MUSICAL WHIRL Auditions Galore For Singers for the said the on offer, mug soup company 29 and you ordered the mugs on June that they did not receive it until probaof July. bly the first or second week As seems to be par for all kinds of similar offers by many firms, these offers are always so greatly accepted, that the manufacturer, or somebody just cant meet the demand. They claim the soup overcompany asked the maker to work time three shifts daily, six days a week. did or They dont indicate whether they not. But they do say that they are presently filling orders received in late June and July. And that it takes another three or four weeks for delivery. Thats the situation and they ask your indulgence and that you should be getting your mugs soon, if you havent already Minn., which handles complaints call and within 24 hours they had called me back, took mv motor home in and repaired it. Thanks a million. Mrs. F., In October of 1971 i bought a car stereo from a shop in Provo called Richen Poors. Some months ago the stereo malfunctioned and I took it back for repairs. I was told to come back in a week to get it. When 1 went back 1 found the store closed and it never re Jesse They Didnt Reply have to write I am having trouble with a big ehain store. I have finished paving my account, but they claim I owe them $14.50 more and will to not explain, why or what is it for. Can vou help me? C.W.S.. Paul, Idaho. Want My Mugs You got a telephone call from them as the result of your letter about your account. Turns out. you later vTote, that you not only didnt owe them anything, In June I sent for five (ampbcll soup mugs. I got three notices that my order had been received, but so far I have not T.F., gotten the mugs. Can you help? Salt Lake City. At first the CSC, Inc., in Maple Plain, but they acutally owed you because you had overpaid them. You are now in ihe Daddy Urtruh: A Politically Different Breed Big LOS ANGELES A panel of cartoons in the reception room of Jess Unruhs offices provides a quick political biography of the man who was once the 'Big Daddy of the California Legisla- sive study, under auspices of the Eagle-to- n Institute, of legislative ethics and campaign financing. Referring to his work as a commentator, Unruh said he likes doing talk e shows and interviews radio but has little inclination toward straight, unbiased, factual reporting. I like being the Howard Castll of politics, he observed. "I enjoyed the conventions because it was interesting for me to step back a couple of paces and look at them. (In 1968, he led the California delegation at the Democratic National Convention.) Pointing out the many fields his activities have embraced, Unruh said: "This is one of the real strengths I bring to a job like this (the mayoralty). He could pick up the telephone, he says, and get any of 15 or 20 governors on the line instantly. Or college presidents, mayors, the speakers of various legislatures, perhaps 50 major publishers around the country. ture. "give-and-tak- One portrays "The Dread Unruh -heavy features twisted into a grotesque mask, complete with dragons horns and tail who, as speaker for the Assemblys Democratic majority, was for years regarded as the states most powerful politician. In another, TJnruh and his frequent Joe, former Gov. Edmund G. Brown, fiddle side by side as the state Capitol is consumed by flames in the distance. (Item: Unruhs bow is poking Browrn in the eye.) Candidates for the positions offered who live in other places will be heard at the regional audition nearest their homes. These openings are for professional singers whose ability to sight read and learn music quickly is of the essence, as is the ability to sing in German, Italian, and French. Voices must of be of prime quality. Singers in all the voice categories are sought, in the age range of 21 to 35 inclusive. Interested applications must he sent; immediately to the Lyric Opera of Chi-- , cago, 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606, The second opportunity is offered by the Santa Fe Opera. The nationally acclaimed program, which was founded by John Crosby during the first year of the opera company, is designed for young singers between the approximate ages of 20 to 30 years who are making the transition from student life to a professional career. The Santa Fe Apprentice Program is' operated in agreement with the American Guild of Music Artists (AGMA) which presently limits the eligibility of candidates for the program to those persons who have not performed a total of six different roles with another professional opera company under regular AGMA Artist Contract, and those who have not been engaged more than once before under apprentice artist status by AGMA Contract with another professional opera company. Auditions will be held for the 1973 Apprentice Program for Young Singers at the following cities during late January and February: Chicago, Kansas City, Tulsa, Baton Rouge, San Antonio, Los Angeles, and Albuquerque. Interested? Applications should be sent immediately to Richard Gaddes, artistic director, Santa Fe Opera, 48 Fast 63rd Street, New York, New' York 10921, or to the Santa Fe Opera, Attention: Apprentice Program, P.O. Box 29)8, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87501. - Members of APPOGGIATURAS the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra voted 78 to 14 Tuesday to accept a new three-yea- r contract with the San Francisco Association which will ultimately lengthen their work year to a full 52 weeks and increase their minimum annual wage by $4,175. In the first year of the new agreement, wages will increase from the present $265 weekly minimum to $280. The season increases to major weeks, and the supplemental period remains the same. A fifth week of vacation is added. During the contract period, retirement allowances for members with 25 years of service will increase from the $400 to $450 and from 40 present to $500 for those 35 years. Among other provisions of the new contract are; An increase in per diem allowances for touring from $27 to $30 per days; A $450 full dental insurance program. Unruh straggling with Gov. Or Ronald Reagan over a "tax reform lifesaver as a drowning taxpayer insists, "Honest, I dont care who throws it! IrM ISfyb. Not very flattering, any of them. But wasnt too angered by the potshots being taken at him when he was in the forefront of the political fray. its obvious Unruh f: , 'Ssfev.'' $ "i s v First elected to the Assembly from 65th District in Inglewood in 1954, Unruh became speaker in 1961. The Big Daddy image began fading as he dropped from around 400 pounds to a trim 200 about 10 years ago. With his party no longer in control following the 1968 elections, Unruh gave up his seat to vie with Reagan, unsuc- the cessfully, for the governorship in 1970. Since that time he has devoted much of his time to teaching and lecturing and has also served as a radio commentator. He covered both major political conventions this year for KABC Radio. But on the wall of his inner office is a clue to his future aims: A color cartoon of a little boy standing in a field of grass and flowers. Scrawled When I grow up below are the words I want my very own city. tongue-in-chee- California politician Jesse Unruh has his eyes on the Los Angeles mayor's chair. spring with incumbent Sam Yorty and other several potential candidates, including City Councilman Tom Bradley and former Police Chief Tom Reddin. k The former political leader recently announced his entry into the race for mayor of the City of Los Angeles. He will probably be contending next Working from a modest suite of offices in the old Subway Terminal Building in downtown Los Angeles, Unruh has for the last two years derived his income primarily from teaching and two special projects for the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University in New Jersey. He has been commuting to Rutgers three days a month to teach at the institute He also conducts an annual semi-ma- r in Florida, under a Carnegie Foundation grant, for two young legislators from each state in the nation. We try to inculcate them with the spirit of reforming and upgrading state legislatures, explained the former legislator, who 's credited with a number of changes which resulted in the greater professionalization of the California Leg- islature. Unruh has also received a grant from the Carnegie Foundation for an exten Some Pork Barrel Trading Bv GORDON ELIOT WHITE - Although House Democrats started the year off with an attack on President Nixons Vietnam WASHINGTON another policies, battle is in the offa political ing fight that will probably make the Vietnam war look Wheels In Motion Last September I moved to Ogden from California. I came by Grev hound bus. I cheeked three suitcases directly to Ogden. Bncn I arrived only two were here. They told me to wait a couple of days and P they had not arrived to fill out a tracer form. I did. In fact Ive filled out two or three since. This has gone on and on without any results, i called Ogden but they now pass the buck to their San Francisco of! ice. I wrote to them seven weeks ago but no reply. I should have my suitcase or some kind of settlement. I cant get anv action out of them. Can vou? K.G., Ogden. We of course, couldnt pick your suitcase out of thin air, nor can they. But we did get the San Francisco office in motion. In fact, they claim our referral letter to them about you was their offices first knowledge regarding the loss of any of your property. You may not appreciate fillirg out more forms, but thats what you have to now do. They have sent some to you and advise as soon as they receive the information, they will handle the matter further. MERRY-GO-ROUN- 22-2- 26-2- I never thought I would you and ask for help. clear, although you didnt say whether you have credit or they are sending you a refund. Only remaining problem is why didnt they have the courtesy to reply to our letter? Each president since World War II whe stayed in office a second term has tried to do the same thing. So far the record is presidents, zero; spending programs, three. The late Harry Truman attacked the Army Corps of Engineers "pork barrel spending on rivers and harbors. He lost. Mr. Nixon has signalled the start Dwight Eisenhower enforced a new of a dismantling of no starts policy at Reclamation, but he huna than more spent a biilion dollars on the Upper Colodred programs of Basin Project at the same time, lie rado federal handouts, ranging from military harbors-bill- , but contracts that provide more jobs than .vetoed a nvers ar.d overrode him. Congress weapons, to agriculture programs that John Kennedy did not get time to finance farmers fish ponds. attack the federal pork ban el before he indiAs Sen. Frank E. Moss, was killed, but Lyndon Johnson tried to cated, many Democrats and some Relittle-useVeterans Adminispublicans are likely to fight the cuts trim some tration Sen. Moss has hospitals, toenail. and agricultural research already tooth stations, and military bases and the like, lashed out at proposed rural electrificabut Congress would have none of it. tion subsidy cuts, a $225 million reducrural environmental astion in Now Richard Nixon has put his own men into all of the sistance, Forest Service personnel cuts, fpderal and a reduction in water bank spendagencies and has challenged Congress to let spending fall oi take the blame for ing. The President is an ambiraismg taxes. d starting ' tious program of tnmming, nay, hacking From all indications, Mr. Nixon, who to death, a long list of federal spend ng unlike Truman and Johnson, cannot run for reelection, is ready to make his cuts even if Congress disagrees. The Pentagon is making up a list of . base dosings that will startle the most hawk-likFrom Portsmouth Navy Yard to San Diego, from Ft. Dix to Edwards Air Force Base, there will be at least a ten percent cut in military and civilian personnel, with some major bases closed; Utahs Hill Air Force Base appears to be safe from closing, but may lose personnel in the reduction in force. Dugway Proving Grounds may be dosed at last, although Tooele Army Depot and Defense Depot Ogden look safe right now. The Navy Chart Office at Clearfield might be a big gainer if Army and Air Force chart operations now in St. Louis and elsewhere are consolidated there. The reaction to base closings, reductions in welfare spending, all sorts of health programs, and subsidies of every kind will be at least as rhetorically violent wherever a member sees his own ox being gored. Everyone, from far left liberal to conservative talks of the necessity of establishing "priorities fashion. With adequate attention to the problems of rapid transit and smog, with the upgrading of older residential neighborhoods and stronger efforts to make the streets and schools safer, the city can keep and even attract people of all ethnic backgrounds, he says. In OUR A1 AN IN WASHINGTON projects he feels have largely outlived their usefulness. "And in addition to that I think Im better at the political process than damn near anyone else too! he concluded, "Its just a waste of talent not to have me in office. According to Unruh, the state Legislature was "a great place to serve . . . exciting, stimulating and challenging. But he has no desire to return there. The best Legislature has its limitations, he says, because power is primarily in the executive branch of government. The executive has attention, focus, the ability to move things much more rapidly than theLegislaturecan, he feels. Unruh said he decided to enter the mayors race because he believes Los Angeles is one of the few big cities left in this country that still has a chance to settle some of its problems in a better if Utah our most pressing problems are to be solved. And everyone seems prepared to and admit that inflation is one of our most every other developed nations pressing problems. The President seems ready to make the cuts stick, especially with a federal budget already predicted to be a shocker. It may not be lower than last years in fact, it will probably be $246 billion around $250 billion (if hes lucky), but with pay increases already written into law, along with inflation, that $250 billion will buy a lot fewer government employes and a lot less subsidy to all sorts of beneficiaries. The President thinks the voters want this kind of budget instead of big proand tax big grams increase-budgetA great many in Congress will think otherwise. The fight may raise a constitutional crisis over spending that will dwarf the crisis of the last four years over the use of military authority by the President. In the end, of course, the voters will have to decide whether their own personal brands of sweeteners are worth the price. The outlook in Utah is for some pain in reclamation and agricultural programs and some possible benefits in defense employment. It ought to be a dilly of a fight in Washington. deficit-inflatio- n D Watergate Defendants Want Help By JACK ANDERSON WASHINGTON Some of the defendants in the Watergate trial are sending quiet signals to the Nixon Administration that they may start talking before theyll go to prison. Sources close to former White House advisers G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt say both men have dropped hints, , tLr Mr. Anderson intended for White House ears, that they have some embarrassing revelations they could tell. They want to get across the message that they dont intend to take the rap for the who directed the Republican higher-up- s espionage-sabotag- e operations. Bernard Barker, who recruited the wiretap crew that broke into Democratic headquarters, tas also let it be known that he is preparing to write a book about his experiences. Sources in touch with him have passed the word that the book could be highly embarrassing if he is left to rot in jail for carrying out orders. Gne of Barkers boys, Frank Sturgis, has also sounded out publishers through an agent about doing a book after the trial. Defense sources say that Henry the attorney for four of the men caught at gunpoint inside Democratic headquarters, is also unhappy. He is quoted as complaining that the higher-up- s havent delivered all the money they promised for the defense. Roth-blat- t, d One problem, say these sources, is that congressional investigators are subpoenaing the bank records of everyone involved in the Watergate caper. This makes it necessary for the secret benefactors to deal strictly in cash. The $10,000 in greenbacks, found on the body of Hunts wife after she died in a Chicago airliner crash, was part of the secret defense fund, the sources acknowledge. None of the defendants would make a statement for the record. Rothblatt has refused to discuss where the money for the defense is coming from. While ordinary narcotics agents risk in shootouts with smugglers around the world. President Nixons favorite drug fighters are having fun in the sun at San Clemente, Calif. their lives The lucky few are the bosses of the Drug Abuse Law Enforcement office, 'which the President set up personally to fight narcotics on the street level. They flew down to San Clemente at considerable expense to the taxpayers to discuss the narcotics problem. But much of their time has been spent frolicking in yachts, fishing boats, bars and heated swimming pools. A private note to the conferees and their wives not only describes the fun to be had but tells them how to dress for it: For dinner with Attorney General Kleindienst, gentlemen will wash to wear their best business suits such as might be appropriate for an appearance in federal district court. For meetings on Western White House grounds, the appropriate dress will be suits, or sports jackets with ties. The ladies will be at liberty with their husbands on Tuesday and Wednes- day afternoon. Swimming in the heated pool will be popular, rain or shine. |