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Show institution Makoff is. People count on we count on them. stance, if Mrs. A . . not here faithfully on and Friday wed be because we know she would be ill, she said pointing to one of Salt Lakes notable matrons, now in her 80s who, with her companion, was entering the Makoff Tea us, and For in. . were Monday alarmed room. The old Makoff under Sam and the new Makoff under Richard and Sidney are there changes? We used to be so intimWeve idating and stuffy. tried to change that. Weve worked to change the personalities of our employees. And I am committed to have every woman look her Some women dont best. know how... and thats where Makoff can help. Its a service to improve them. It takes winning their confidence. And if the truth makes us lose a sale, its better than the wrong thing. What drives Makoff? selling Sidney A neurotic need to achieve, please, and do better. I'm the daughter of an Idaho rancher and I always thought myself a strong person. Well, one day a woman customer threw a dress in my face. She was angry at the price. Thats when I saw the business woman retreat and the protected daughter of the rancher come forward. devastated. I was Dual career marriages? driven to work in the same car. I always have to ask myself of Dick: Is he talking to his wife or his buyer?. But I throw fewer tantrums in board meetings than I used to. So much has happened, Makoff said, and unlike e retailers where she said problems can be solved and assuaged by the bigness of dollars, Sidney Makoff says she has learned high-volum- to run a good business. have respect for myself, I was wrong. Makoff is here to stay, she vows. She tells a story about a lady who just returned with a coat purchased 20 years ago at Makoff s. She wanted new foxfur cuffs put on it, which Makoff gladly took care of. You see, were like Forest Lawn. We give perpetual care. I for 1 can admit Retailers beware: DWR prowling Utah sporting good retailers arc being checked by the Division of Wildlife Resources for violations of laws requiring hunters to have completed gun-hunt- safety courses. er Don Louis Lorangc, manager of Sunset Sports Center, 3500 S. State, was fined $180 and sentenced to 50 days in jail after being cited for allowing issuance of incomplete hunting and fishing licenses. The jail sentence was suspended. While its a class B misdemeanor carrying up to $250 fine and 50 days in jail, retailers are most fearful of losing their authorization to sell hunting and fishing licenses, since they generate traffic flow. Utah DWR Conservation Officer Michael Coffecn said a number of stores selling licenses arc being investigated. He expects to issue more citations. The scope of the investigation has been amplified by the death of a Bountiful youth which officers Husbands and wives in business? Sidney Makoff says they were never able to give the Fashion Place branch the ambience a Makoff store should have . The marriage would never have survived if we'd Phone companies socked with city tax installations including those similar to the competing companies (under its definition of local exchange service). Bell attorney Kenneth Madsen had earlier told the Enterprise the city faced a loss of about $1 million. But according to the independent companies' attorney Bruce Saypol, the loss would amount Companies in competition with public utilities will be taxed six percent of gross revenues, according to a Salt Lake City ordinance which became effective this month when Mountiain Bell finally complied with a city request to provide certain information. Commissioners earlier threatened not to impose the tax, which primarily impacts sellers of complex telephone equipment, if the telephone utility didnt provide a breakdown of which services it was levying an eight percent city tax on and how much revenue the city stood to lose. But Bell came through. According to assistant city attorney Walter R. Miller, Bell told the city it assessing the tax to only $21,480. Miller said he didnt know who was right, but the Bell officials had expressed a willingness to discuss the issues. The law became effective because city officials Arrow Press Square Associates, Ltd, a limited partnership. the tax on companies as un- necessary because, in his words, their customers have already paid personal property tax on their purchased phone equipment something isnt true of the utility customers. 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