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Show The Salt f 1 I sko 1 rihiinr, UediPsriav iunst , 17, l''T State Farm Insurance He said that if the lirrcut trend continues in Illinois, f n examph, props rty dam ige tlanns on a projected Iasi, would be down 2,2"(i from the M 390 the (ompany reci ived last year Nationwide, the number of all State Farm claims, lie said would be down ulxjut 51 90 I "ewer Accidents? We have to assume if we aren't pi Umg as m.,ny claims, we arent having as many ao, idents said Ron Arnold, an assistant vi e piesident He could not explain the apparent di op in accidents By JoMph It lylx'r Assk laUxf Press Writer BL'XJMINGTON, M 111 .rm auto I Insurant o, the nation's largest insurer, said Tuesday that alter two years of rate hikes it will refund $15 million to jxiliry holders in T2 states and the District of Columbia The company said it earned windfall piofits m the first half of the year, H2H million compared with a $ 15 million loss for the same period in r7u A okesman said the profits were due to rate increase', averaging about 21 tier cent nation. dl since lio, as well as to a det reuse in the number ol (..urns durum the first sis months o( this year "Thats the great mystery No one around here seems to be able to put their finger on it," rnoldsaid "A lot of m- - m J $45 Million I ITT) sr. jOk 8 S 1 mk JLU.Va'JLOaCLJLB.TUL t 1V Florid i and Illinom St rite Farm be, had two or tir e rate increases since P'75, Arnold said are guessing that may tie the higher pru e of gasoline is c uttmg down on automobile1 trayel, and henie, acei dents, but wc just don't know jieople why we just arent wilbng to concede this is the beginning of a trend It doesnt mean auto insurance rate increases aie at an end The refunds will he in the form of dividends ranging from $2 to $8 per obey, although youtliful diners in big c im s could lei tuve niviuends of $25 or $H) Utuuse of then lugln1 rates, Arnold said "When we were asking for rate mere isos we were looking at 17 1, '75 and 75 which were er bad years We all projected at inflated costs and of a sudden you find yourself getting a lot of extra dollars you dont need The rta- t- and the 12 Di-t- 1 1 of nf the company made profits in excels of operating costs in those states, Arnold said The amount of refunds will vary from state t stole basic! on a perein tage of the premium State Farm insures 17 8 million cars nationwide and won premium increases in all 50 states m the past two years In some states, including California, It. Mississippi 3 8, W isconsin 5 Missouri 3, The Salt Lake Tribune. 4 1, Montana 13, Nebraska 5 2, North Dakota 2 8, Ohio 18, Oklahoma 3 2 Oiegon 4 1, South Dakota 3 5, Texas 7 8. I'tuh 4 1, Virguua 3 8, W ashn pton base d on whe re f olurnbia were chosen 1 1 Inflated Costs "That's tribune Business H re ls a l.st of the stubs .mu tbs refund pen entege Alabama 3 9 Alaska 10 3, Arizona 1, C..1 I!, Arkansas 5 5, t ahionua or..do 13, Connecticut 8 2, Delaware I 5, District of Columbia 6 5, Flori la 6 1, Idaho 0, Illinois 1 7, Indiana 5 3 Iowa 4 2, Kansas 0 4, Louisiana 0 0, Maryland58 Michigan 4, Minnesota There are 162.000 State Farm policy 8oMors in Utah where the comnany has about 10 per cent of the market , V 4 Group Requests Officials Ouster letter In a I'tah Public Service Commission to Chairman Milly 0 Remind, Bill Diggs, chairman of Utah Community Action Assn , has called for the removal of a key official m the Div is ion of Public utilities Mr Biggs raked Ray Pruitt, head of consumer i omplumts about public utilities for the state agency , for testimony Mr Pruitt gave to the commission regarding ptoposeef rules and regulations for utlli'y customer serv ic e Mr Pruitt, in testimony last week, called the proposed rules worthless Mi s Bernard, as chairman of the commission and in a totally separate entity from the Division of Public Utilities, has no direct authority over Mr Pruitt Mr Riggs did, however, send copies of the letter to Fugene S lumber!, executive director of the Department of Business Regulations, Gov Seot M Matheson, Assistant Utah Atty Gen Janies L Barker Jr , and Utah Reps Jeff Fox and Stephen Holbrook, both Salt Lake City Dcinoc rats r rankly , 1 uiiiJ feel uiu J on i as the chairman for the Public Service Commission to have Mr Pruitt handling utility related inquiries for the commission after such testimony, Mr Biggs w rote Mrs Bernard said Tuesday that Mr Pruitt does not handle utility-relatecomplaints for the commission. he handles them for the Division of Public Utilities The proposed rules would set guideline's for the1 handling of problems between utilities and their customers the d Do You A primp Need office space LEGAL SERVICES AT VERY REASONABLE RATES STRATEGIC LOCATIONS Does your office your spice reflect professionalism AUCTION 250 00 plus 1 00 00 court fee Divorce or Legal Separation Uncontested filing Office etc filmg to 1,000 00, 300 00 of 25 Amount Collected, ,000 00 or over 1 of amount col 20 lected Client advances cost Information regarding other types of cases furnished on request DICK CALBSD attorney at law Suite 1014 Kearns Bldg 136 South Main Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84110 Phone (801) 531-141- 1 ' , Paintings Registers, Machines, Chaus imaginable, but too numerous to list For Brochure Call 272 4134 Every-tnm- Sat., Aug. 20, 1977 12:30 p.m. 9th W. & N. Temple Ex. 2 S.L.C. g O t: N K o ' f i ' . ixv- Mr i T -v v sw I I p Iv t s "Theic is just no way to determine the extent of damages at this tme, he said Defendants are StanOil Co , of Califor- nia, Texaco lne , LTmon Oil Co , of California, Atlantic Richfield Co , Exxon Corp , Getty Oil Co , Gulf Oil Corp , Mobil Oil Corp , Phillips Pet roleutn Co and Shell Oil Co conspired to restrain n and monopolize the pro-dutin- transportation and distribution and marketing of refimd pet- roleum products such as gasoline and fuel oil It also contends that tlie defendants created an artificial scarcity of oil and refined products in W ashmgton and the rest of the country In addition, the defendants were charged with engaging in antitrust violations which artificially raised the prices paid by Washington, local governments and citizens for gasoline and other refined pi (hIuc ts f. i " 'ft , MS S - , ' Sales to t, Halt inU.S. J A. By Own Ullmann Associated Press W ric r DETROIT The Volksw age n Beetle, k2S- - lliTbJ? -German car which g that of youthful a generation captivated Americans, is sputtering to tlie end of its road in tlie Uni'c-- States The Beetle sedan, tlie most successful v 'r' 7k import in U S hirtory, will not S. r ' ,( to this country after the current i.. ends model year 1 : VW K spokesman Baron Bates s.nd t K, Tuesday the dis ,non was made be. , cause sales declined wl.dc prices rose ov er the past d( cade HI, ' . i & ' ,v v--- : v j - funny-lookin- d 'fi ' f rr ' M vi. .52241 f?r solve dard G S.V " ' f ashmgton Atty . Gen Slade Gorton, se ks treble damages Gorton said the suit involves millions of dollais and may take as long as six years to and refining of crude oil and Store Furn , Desks, Mirors, ' W Tile complaint alleges the companies and un- E 7r by Hawaii Repossessed (both spouses sign papers) 175 00 plus 25 00 fee Collections district Page 5 3 , uit, filed in U S named Wife and Husband - against 10 maor oil com panics Tuesday, (barging they con pired to monopolize the prod uc turn and marketing of petroleum products in si western states court w rv WASH -OLYMPIA, The state of Washington field an antitrust suit Oregon, California, Arizona, Alaska and ZEST 9 Interna Washington, CAPITOL INDUSTRIES 486-840- s tuin.il ? CALL Bankruptcy norv bosirross, no contested proceedings 50 00 Individual plus 50 00 court filing fee Oil Firms Th'1 ii. m I VW Beetle Gorton said the suit involves practices engaged in by the companies in what is known as "petroleum admrnis a trativc district 5 marketing area that for lease Lawyer? 'V Filrs Suit A gainst Unite Press 17. 1977 gust Wednesday. 2 1 Not Worth it "Were discontinuing the model be- cause it is not v o. ih it to keep up w lth the federal emissions and safety stan''A-'-'-dards on so low volume, said Bates He said 1977 Beetle sales through July were It ss than 15,000 'x Howev er, VW will continue to offer a VI 1 higher-price- s Beetle convertible here ,1"Bates said projected sales are about 9,000 a year at $5,000 each, about $1,300 Workers prepare for 1977 Parade of Homes Show I be featured in the show which is sponsored by more than the sedan at 90ih South and 40th West. Ten homes will Home Builders Association of Greater Salt Lake. Beetle The first arrived on American shores in 1949 Just two were sold that year But it began the import mv asion of the U S car market and helped create demand for the small, economy ear A home using solar energy, a fac tory-buia foot home which was Its Only a modest percentage of the 5 Million Beetles of home made crushed rock in a 125,000 or more foundation and built at the factory people attending the Americans have bought Since steel casing and a home offering energy home show is then, all actually in the market for He said that home took less than five an estimated five million Beetles savings of 40 per cent are among the a new home, so we try to present lots of of the 19 million features that will be presented at the ideas weeks to build, using an innovative more than people can use in existing 1977 Parade of Homes Show Aug 20 sold around the world since the Beetles e called material homes, Mr Featherstone said car was introduced m through Labor Day The homes m this years show range He said the show also is designed to It is the best selling model of all tune, and colonial to from contemporary The 2Hh annua! Home Show is present the latest trends in new home a variety of materials from and it will continue to be available ui feature designs as well as new building by the Home Builders Assponsort-redwood to traditional brick in different Germany and other countries outside sociation of Greater Salt Lake It is methods and materials and textures, Mr. Featherstone the United States colors a recreaat located Glemmior Village, added of uses this homes the "One In 18, VWs best year, 123,000 year tional) oriented development at Wtth solar energy to heat 85 per cent of tlie Admission for the show is $2 for Beetles were sold m the United States, South and 40th W est hot water used, as well as to provide Ah, those adults and $1 for children in the evening starting at $1,699 apiece of the heating for the home, Mr. with the pnee cut in half for afternoon were the days, recalled Bates "W'c Stephen E Feathci stone, executive part ruled the roost v lsits The show will run from 2 p m to vice president of the association, said FeatherMone said 11 to on and 11am But the henhouse was being torn tin show is oriented to give homeowAnother home is made of crushed weekdays 11pm ners ideas rock and an adhesive in a steel casing p m on Saturday s and Sundays apart by the rise of the W'est German mark against the dollar, which forced up the LIS prite of the car and triggered a massive sales slide Today . the car sells for $3,700 "Devaluation of the dollar killed us, said Bates Reuters News Agency Sherman Act by actions aimed at conduct But that case was dismissed Beetle sales even more in this past Feb 22 by the U S District 1975, after VWplummetedout the Rabbit A federal grand WASHINGTON impairing the ability of a third carrier. brought Southwest Airlines, to provide service Court in San Antonio, on grounds that and cut back Beetle jury in San Antonio Tuesday indicted production to step on the routes federal prosecutors engaged in up output of the new ear Braniff Airways and Texas InternaVW w ill begin If convicted. Rramff and Texas impermissible conduct tional Airlines on charges of conspiring building the Rabbit in this country next to monopolize airLine business between International would face a maximum The dismissal did not address the1 year fine of $50,000 each Houston, San Antonio and Dallas Fort of the case, but was based The Beetle's basic aopeal was a merits Worth An earlier grand jury had indicted largely on presence of an unautliorized reputation for dependability and. espeThe indictment charged that the the companies on Feb 14, 1975, based government attorney in the grand jury cially. a price lower than anything Detroit offered companies violated sections of the on tlie same allegations of illegal room -- ft-- ',1 M. 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