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Show Utah Woman's Review Mav 1973 Mother's Dav Issue Page 11 BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF GREATER SALT LAKE 10 EAST 200 SOUTH ST. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84111 521-440- BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND LEAGUE OF UTAH CONSUMERS SCHEDULE PROGRAM FOR CONSUMER INFORMATION WEEK For at least one woman the Virginia Whitney Cancer-Detectio- n held Program, To get the facts on what consumers think, the League of Utah Consumers, the Deseret News and the Better Business Bureau have planned a Consumer Alert Program on May 5, 1973. The event is being held in conjunction with Consumer Information Week, April 30 through May 5. The theme of Consumer Information Week is "Get Your Money's Worth... Get the Facts!" "We are staging this special program to inform the Utah residents on how to be well informed consumers,'' said Better Business Bureau manager, Mr. Gerald B. McAllister. The Consumer Alert Program will be held at the Salt Palace on May 5, 1973 from 8 AM. to 3:30 P.M., and tickets of $1.00 will be available at the door, which will include a snack lunch. The Consumer Alert program will feature Utah Senator Frank E. Moss, Elisha Gray, Chairman of the Board, Council of Better Business Bureaus, Dr. Mildred Kamine, Lawyer and Consumer Advocate, and Lewis Engman, Chairman of the Federal Trade recently at West High School, The a lifesaver. was Pathology report of the Pap test showed cancer cells. She was alerted immediately and urged to see her physician for further examination, ac- cording to Dr. W. Knox Jr., Chairman of this free cancer check sponsored by the Utah Division of the American Cancer Society. By now, Mrs. X has had more complex tests, surgery and medical care. He cancer was detected at an early stage which offers the best chance for a complete cure. Of the 281 women attending the clinic, another 21 had abnormal conditions, all of which were significant enough fitz-patric- to warrant immediate k, Commission. Attendees will be provided an opportunity in small group sessions to discuss specific areas of interest such as credit, clothing, foods, health care, furniture, appliances, insurances and warranties. Experts in these areas will be available to meet with the specialized groups. follow-u- p Suspicious symptoms noted by the team of volunteer' doctors and nurses ranged from ovarian cysts, skin cancers, enlarged thyroid glands, breast lumps or thickening; sores that wouldn't heal, to vaginal disorders and other normalities. Seven Pap tests ab- indicated a typical findings, and those women were urged to see their physicians for further testing also, How did Mrs. X happen to go Cancer CONSUMER INFORMATION WEEK FILLS A NEED The 1970s are called the era of the information explosion. Why, then, the need for a Consumer Information Week from April 30 to May 5? Gerald B. McAllister, Executive Vice President and Manager, of the Utah Better Business Bureau, explains the seeming contradiction by quoting Richard H. Holton, Dean, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of California, Society's program for' finding her Berkeley: cervical cnacer in time. "Now I'm going to tak better care of myself," she said, "and I tell all my friends and Pap to have a check-u- p test every year, too. I had not been to the doctor for five years." In addition to the physical examinations, it was explained that the Virginia Whitney Program features and breast "What is needed in many consumer markets is a more efficient information system. Consumers may complain that not enough information is available, while the businessman complains in turn that consumers don't use the information already at hand." The dilemma is a real one," the Manager of the BBB said. "There is a vast amount of consumer information much of it provided by business in existence. The media, including consumer-report magazines, do their part. There are several nationally syndicate consumer columnists, and many newspapers, radio stations and television channels have consumer reporters. Government agencies and consumer-intere- st groups make their contributions. "Still, if there is one thing that all segments involved with the consumer are agreed upon," Mr. McAllister continued, "it is that the typical citizen simply does not know how to choose the best products, how to get the best buy for the money he has to spend or how to achieve the most satisfaction from his uterine cancer films and cancer of discussions problems by a physician. This examining clinic has been set up in many towns and rural areas throughout .Utah during the past four years. More than 8,000 women have been reached with cancer check-Up- s and information. The program is part of a nationwide effort to wipe out uterine cancer. "Let no woman be overlooked," said Dr. Fit zpa trick, "A Pap test for every woman in Utah by 1974 is the goal of the Utah v purchases." Hence the theme for Consumer Information Week, "Get your money's worth... get the facts!" The theme is bolstered by eight cautionary buying points: read USE and CARE instructions, check SELLER'S reliability, read CONTRACT before signing, ask who SERVICES it And there are two final suggestions: ask questions and take your time. The focal point of Consumer Information Week is the Na-- . tional Consumer Referendum. Consumers across the country are being asked to fill out and return a questionnaire to help bus-neget the information it needs to serve consumers better. The questionnaire is divided into three sections, headed: (1) How I Shop, (2) How I Use Credit and (3). How I Get Service. - ss Divison." 4---- MOTHER'S DAY MESSAGE Mothers are very special people and all the members of the Better Business Bureau of Utah are pleased to honor these devoted ladies on Mother's Day . Gerald B. McAllister MOTHER They were lovely, all the mothers of the days long ago, With their gentle, quiet faces and their hair as white as snow. . But I love the modern mother who can share in And who understands of her growing "She may and boys. boast that she is older glorious who our joys, the problems girls but her heart is My all bright-eye- d is keeping twenty-thr- ee mother young with me.11 Anon services," said Mr. McAllister. to the Cancer-Detectio- n Clinic? She felt fine, she said, but her daughter-- a student at West High School-urg- ed her to attend the progra, saying it was specially, important for women over 40. Mrs. X is grateful to her daughter and to the Utah Gerald B. McAllister These local activities are typical of what is happening throughout the country during Consumer Information Week. The Utah Better Business Bureau and 133 others like it are sponsoring this program to insure maximum consumer satisfaction in the marketplace. Throughout the week, all Utah residents are invited to participate in a nationwide "Speak Up to Business!" Consumer Referendum. Printed questionnaires are available at the BBB office, 19 East 2nd South, Salt Lake City, Utah 841 1 1. The questionnaire is also to be printed in many Utah newspapers. The computerized results of the survey will be released to the nation's leading businesses as guidelines for improving consumer services. "I urge everyone to answer the Consumer Referendum's questions on experiences with shopping, credit and attention by their own physicians. 5 v When the responses are analyzed by computer they will provide a profile which will reveal consumer attitudes as well as areas of consumer knowledge which need reinforcing. Consumer Referendum questionnaires may be obtained at the Office of the Better Business Bureau, 19 East 2nd South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. The Better Business Bureaus have unique qualifications for sponsoring Consumer Information Week. Established 60 years ago, the BBB has by far the longest service to the consumer. With some six million contacts with the public each year, the Better Business Bureaus are used by more people than all the other consumer agencies combined. "Unfortunately," said Mr. McAllister, "many of the calls the BBB gets are complaints. If Consumer Information Week does nothing more than encourage people to call us before they make an important buying decision, it will have done its job well." Finally, worthy of note in the 1970s, or any other decade, is the fact that the Better Business Bureaus among the largest public service agencies in the country-- do not cost a cent of tax money. They are entirely supported by business. Daughters of the Nile plan bazaar, carnival Temj&e No. 32, Lybia Daughters of the Nile, has scheduled a bazaar and carnival. Temple,' Daughters of the Nile. This is an organization that works for, the benefit of the Shriners Hospital, for Open to the public, it will be held Saturday at the Fraternal Orderof Eagles Han, 1104 W. 21st Sduth, I a.m. to 5 p.m. .Proceeds will be used for a lupreme session to be held in Salt Lake City next year. At that time, Mrs. Pete L. Carlston will be crowned Su preme Queen of the Supreme Crippled Children. Chairman of the supreme session will be Mrs. 0. J. 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