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Show tflifolVfr jljlgJiWl,ih jinniij! The Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, I' I Marc h 30. 1978 ft cfmwri J3LUiSk CVAlO- - mc Xo.s fpL n IN YOS bones Vt Your Response Prices Effective March 30th Thru April 5th tio our Ml hiss been so owerwhelbninQ (ulom Auction (Sldmjs Is Big. Full of Niceties By Malcolm Gibson U.S.D.A. Choice Associated Press Writer If Janies T MIAMI Townsend were to place a classified ad, it might - FOB SALE : One 20 to 40 a pound on SAVE read 311-fo- general cargo ship, 300 bras, a DC-assorted boats including a sailboat, a crate of shin's left foot only, one wooden coffin, one beehive, liquors and much, much more. Pest offer. Actually, Townsend dees advertise the above items for sale, but his ad is cloaked in government legalese. Hes Miami district director of U.S Customs At least once a year, goods confiscated by his office are auc- many 3, items . IV 1 In BladeCut chuck STEAK Drumsticks or Thighs y FRYERS tioned off It runs the full gamut, from a wooden coffin to a i Center Cut German command car," said Jim Dmgfel-der- , spokesman for the agency. There are so many reasons why the goods fall into our hands. Customs auctions are held throughout the country, but Miamis generally is one of the biggest, partly because of the large number of lioats and planes confiscated for trafficking m di ugs Almost daily, seizures of cocaine, marijuana, heroin or other illegal drugs are made, and the boats, planes oi other conveyances used in the operations are taken by Customs. Boats on Hand We seized 122 boats last year," Dingfelder said, though not all from drug busts "Thats 35 percent of all boats seized nationwide We has e 90 to 100 boats under seizure now. "But all our seizures " are not 1938 HAM SUCES U.S.D.A. Choice Large End MB STEAK .. I ' I yp a- - Smoked PICNICS 12 Oz. I Hormel Little SIZZLERS drug-related,- stressed, Dingfelder especially not items like the 300 bras or a carton one undesignated known machine or 104 crates of squeegees valued at about $20,000 Most of the seizures involve property abandoned on docks or at airports by people who refuse to pay duties on goods or as the result of a v lolation of federal law . "And some are done by design" by individuals hoping to buy back their seized items at the auction at less than the amount of duties due Dingfelder said Most merchandise on the auction blink is rela tively small and v alued m the hundreds of dollars two car doors, or less 125 cartons of Bingo sheets or a damaged wall plaque listed in the am t ion brochure as ' no i lassified v alue There are larger items like a "DC-- Converted 3 19.pt. 24 Oz. Airliner o Seats Bid $5,000 " It Minimum went for $21 .500 at Oc toller's auction, which netted a total of $133 0o0 Other Action All seized merchandise doesn't go to auction Some of It is listed by the General Accounting Of fice, which gets the mer chandise or funds from the sales Any agency wanting or needing an item can ask for it Bixize is a big item, so much so that customs officials often hold a separate auction of just alcoholic spirits. "At one recent auction, we sold about 12 000 ounces, which is close to 500 fifths, and it went for an average of $3 55 a fifth," Dingfelder said But that doesn't count the additional federal and state liquor taxes that must lx paid. I 6 Oz. lift a irtMf 9 HfciilfniiT,iii rtiiitfl Folgers Instant ri COFFEE 10 Oz. Folgers Instant COFFEE I iifri : iHtjmflUji iii'iiiCrif ff I'lHiifdli if infft A ti.wft nrinr. rt, ill I ' I |
