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Show Holiday Sale Celebration #1 in Quality & Value One Carat $1499 A total carat weight of diamonds, set to sparkle magnificently in contemporary rings for men and women. What a buy! IN wt Reagans Give Toys to Children of Diplomats order for 600 playthings. The toys were Don Olney, 36, ownerof the Toymaker,a Rochester N.Y., craft firm specializing in handcrafted wooden toys, filled an given by President and Mrs. Reagan to children of foreign diplomatsat aparty this week Exxon Doesn’t Own The Alphabet,, Says U.S. Court CHICAGO (UPI) — Exxon,the world’s largest corporation, can lay claim to a lotof things, but not the alphabet. Theoil monolith claimed virtual monopoly on the letters ‘*Exx’’ — that wasuntil William Warmackset it straight. The giant. $108 billion-a-year, top-of-the-Fortune 500 conglomerate sued Warmack’s dwarfed-bycomparison, $1 million-a-year company for trademark infringement because its name, Exxene, had one ‘‘e’’ and two ‘‘x’s’’ too many. Ina classic David vs. Goliath move, Exxenefiled a countersuit and one jury, nearly six years and thou- JEFF DINSDALE Dangle a Diamond shining solitaire diamond with a 14 kt.gold setting and serpentine chain adds elegance to anyoutfit. 1/5 carat 1/4 carat 1/3 carat 1/2 carat $249 $299 $499 $999 sandsofdollars in lawyersfees later, 18 of Exxon’: trademarkregistrations have been declaredinvalid. US. District Court Judge Stanley Roszkowski ordered Exxon to pay Exxene $250,000 dollars in damagesand court costs, which will go toward pay- DAN ALDRIDGE Little Giant Industries ing Exxene’s $300.000 in attorneys’ fees. Roszkowski issued his decision last July 9, but ordered it embargoed until Dec. 10. Warmack. 56. inventor. chemist, financer, lawyer Gets Two Vice Presidents and entrepreneur said his companydoes notevenin- Harold R. Wing of Provo's Little long association with the firm, coupled Giant Industries announced advance- with his education and workexperience ments this week for two management brings the knowledge which has seen Little Giant productivity increase team members. Provo native Jeff Dinsdale was rapidly in the past year. Dan Aldrige of Springville was named vice president for manufacturing at the firm’s new plantin the old named vice president in the marketing Ironton area. Dinsdale has served the division. Aldridge came on board at company as shop foreman and plant Little Giant following his discharge managerprior to being called to his from the U.S. Armyservice in January new role. He and his wife, the former of this year. He has had broad exEmilyTuckerof Springville, reside in perience in the marketing division at Payson with their three daughters. His Little Giant First Security Gives Money To Both Utah Tech and BYU directly compete with Exxon. He manufacturesan anti-fog plastic coating that he developed in his Wayne,Ill.. basement in 1974. The operation has since moved to Corpus Christi, Texas. His wife. Marilynn, devised the name as a shortened version of ‘‘excellent scene’ — the view they claim you get looking through a product coated with Warmack’s formula Warmack said the whole thing could have been avoided if Exxon would have just been a bit more pleasant. and he even offered to change the name to Exene, or Exzene. But Exxon said no “T tried talking to them butthey said they wouldn't permit any namethat even had the ‘hollow echo’of their nameand that's what lly got me,’ Warmack said. “If they had been nice about it, I would have changed the name andjust walked away. But they hadto prove that they wereso big. and I wassolittle, andpoor, and powerless andcouldn't possibly defend myself.” Exxene couldn't afford to hire its own experts, so of the Foundation are Burton, Ralph J. Com- the company’s Chicago lawyer. Thomas Juettner, called Exxon's owntrademark counsel to testify and Spencer F. Eccles, Wil- stock, Jr., and Robert T got him to explain how some of the Exxon lard L. Eecles, R.H. Heiner. trademarks were no longerlegally valid. 7 *Total Weight. DiamondEar Appeal Makeyour earsirresistible with diamond stud earrings. Set in 14 karat gold. 1/2 carat* 1/3 carat* 1/4 carat* 1/5 carat* 1/10 carat* $699 $399 $249 $199 $149 First Security Foundation is currently distributing $36,900 in scholarships and faves to colleges and universities in Utah, Idaho ail Wyoming. According to George S. Eccles, presi- dent, the Foundation will continueits supportin the coming year of 4-H and Future Farmers Clubsin the Intermountain region. OPEN: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m. til 9 Saturday 10 a.m. til6 with the holiday coming and moneytight the Toy Center wants to say MerryChristmas. 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