El Paso Herald-Post from El Paso, Texas • 8

Section A EL PASO HERALD-POST Saturday February 22 1975- Laws Paso Top company officials will be on hand for the grand opening Tuesday of the million dollar facility NEW International Harvester win officially open one of the most modern track sales and services branches In the UJ5 with a week-long open house at 1341 Lomaland in El repealed fair trade laws without problems he said LEWIS A ENGMAN Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission said Fair trade laws must be abolished because they protect inefficient retailers discourage new technology and keep prices inflated The staff of the Senate Antitrust and Monopoly subcommittee has had a hard time finding opposition to repeal although they were told confidentially by several of the largest trade organizations that they hope repeal fails An aide to Sen Brooke said groups told me they oppose our bill but were afraid to testify at our hearings for fear of being branded $1650 in a fair trade state and $990 in a non-fair trade state aspirin sells for $148 in a fair trade state and 99 cents in a non-fair trade state The Senate has held hearings on a bill introduced by Sen Edward Brooke R-Mass to repeal federal laws permitting states to have fair trade laws Identical legislation has been introduced in the House at the request of the Ford Administration ALBERT A REES Director of the Council on Wage and Price Stability said President Ford wants the laws repealed as soon as possible Thomas Raupoer Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust said repeal would help the fight against inflation Other countries such as Canada Great Britain France Sweden and Denmark have Hawaii Kansas Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada Rhode Island Texas Utah Vermont Wyoming plus the District of Columbia Such laws were authorized by Congress in the 1930s as an exemption to the Sherman antitrust act because prices were sinking so low that profits disappeared and businesses were failing Supporters say the laws still work to keep small retailers from being undercut by larger ones But critics argue the laws are outdated and anticompetitive A Justice Department survey of 119 consumer items indicated consumers in fair trade states were paying an average of 19 per cent more for those goods than in other areas FAIR TRADE items mainly include liquor drugs automotive parts books sheet By ANN McFEATTERS Scripps-llotard Maff Writer WASHINGTON Congress appears likely to kill Depression-era fair trade laws that force consumers in some states to pay an average of 19 per cent more than consumers elsewhere for some goods The national cost to consumer is $21 billion Fair trade laws permit manufacturers to contract with retailers to fix prices of their products In 13 states if one retailer signs the contract applies to all retailers When enforced this eliminates price compeition OF THE 46 states that passed fair trade laws 11 have repealed them but there is no major move to do so among the 25 that still have them States without fair trade laws are Alabama Alaska Arkansas Top School IH Truck Division music clothing electrical appliances home furnishing housewares hardware paint jewelry watches silverware stationery textiles toys and sporting goods Some examples compiled by the Consumer Federation of America and Senate investigators include: General Electric iron with a fair trade price of $1595 sells for $1275 in a non-fair trade state Johnson baby powder with a fair trade price of 73 cents sells for 59 cents in a non-fair trade state PARKER 51 pen sells for To Open EP Branch other local officials include Jim Spurr business coordinator: Carlos Rosencrans service manager and Eli Martinez parts manager STORAGE JARS cTisl Officials Sentenced CORPUS CHRISTI (UPI) Two Duval County school superintendents were sentenced to one year prison terms yesterday for tax evasion and fined a total of $17500 Former Superintendent Bryan Taylor San Diego Tex was fined $10000 Freer High School Superintendent Eunnice Powell was fined $7500 TAYLOR PLEADED guilty Jan 13 to a charge of attempting to evade $12302 in taxes in- 1968 Powell also pleaded guilty Jan 13 to attempted evasion of his 1966 income taxes which amounted to $4783 Both were indicted in June 1973 Also sentenced yesterday in Duval County was George Parr a county politician known as the of Duval" Parr was convicted in March 1974 of tax law violations He was sentenced to a five-year prison term and a $14000 fine The conviction is being appealed Five additional tax violations against Taylor were dismissed along with four counts against Powell by request of assistant US Attorney George Kelt The two will remain free on cash bonds until a scheduled March 22 surrender to US Marshalls BERMUDA GRASS SEED a If BOYS WESTERN CUT FLARES ires 0 Keith Maxurek president of International Harvester's Truck Division will be host Tuesday at 5:30 when the company marks the grand opening of its new million dollar sales and service facility at 1341 Lomaland The grand opening will be followed by a week-long open house at the new 28000 square foot facility located on five acres just north of 1-10 THE NEW BRANCH replaces the operation at 410 South Cotton and includes the latest design in showroom sales center and work area The interior of the building design in showroom sales center and work area The interior of the building uses the landscaped" approach to create a center and work area The interior of the building uses the I landscaped" approach to create a circular sales area Adjoining this is the showroom and the 8000 square foot parts display area Some 23 trucks can be han- died at once in the service area according to Royse Brown manager The service area is 16000 square feet and features the most modern tools and equipment available Brown -added The IH branch employes 53 people In addition to Brown Electrical Mishap Kills El Paso Man Lionel Gene Forti 36 4300 Broaddus avenue was killed by electrocution when the boom of a truck he was operating came in contact with overhead electrical wires late yesterday An employe of Featherlite Building Products Forti was delivering a load of cinderblock to an address at 9121 WH Burges drive As he started to unload the brick the unloading boom struck three wires over a driveway at the location A co-1 worker summoned help but by the time firemen and police arrived the victim was lifeless I and was pronounced dead on arrival at Eastwood Hospital An autopsy was ordered Survivors include his widow 1 Mrs Isela Forti and a sister Mrs Joe Loera El Paso LB COMPARE AT BULK SEED SO YOU CAN BUY ONLY WHAT YOU NEED NO-IRON SHEETS IN MOST WANTED CHECKS Super bold checked sheets look super on your bed! Easy care polyester cotton for extra crispness and extra strength' Save too Full Size Rat or Fitted Sale 377 Matching Pillowcases Pkg BIG ASSORTMENT OF STORAGE JARS Choose from many styles and shapes AH with tight-fit covers some with plastic seal tops 5 to 9 inches high COLORS Sizes 6 to 18 Rea and Slim Sale 241 M2 SUPER SPECIAL SAVE 149 M- SAVE ON MEN'S Long Sleeve SWEATSHIRTS 'AS 'YOUNG MISS' DENIM JEANS LITTLE BOYS T-Shirts AND BRIEFS 3 for Sizes 2 to 6x Reg 299 Limit Sizes 7-14 Hijackers Take Brazilian let RIO DE JANEIRO (UPI) A Brazilian Boeing 737 passenger jetliner was hijacked on a domestic flight today and flown to the national capital of Brasilia where it was surrounded by soldiers the company and police reported The airline Viacao Aerea Sao Paulo (VASP) said flight 224 with an unknown number of passengers aboard was seized and diverted on a flight from Goiania and Cuiaba two cities in central Brazil A VASP spokesman said he did not know who had hijacked the plane and for what reasons The plane landed at around noon in Brasilia and was immediately surrounded by heavily-armed troops witnesses said The Brazilian air force sealed the air field and diverted all other flights CREPE STITCH POLYESTER DOUBLE KNITS I Deg 450 S-M-L-XL Save $1 53 Reg 444 Rag 299 yd DUAL PLASTIC DECANTER SET WOOD LOOK BRUSHES AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC 5-10 CUPS (5 OZ) PERCULATOR PLASTIC ICE CUBE TRAY 3 FOR fWA ONE GAL SIZE ANDftGAL SIZE iecan Only while they last Reg 1396 Limit 1 Reg 3 for 88c Reg 1 57 set Limit 1 Set Motorist Injured In One-Car Mishap Mrs Cresencia Vasquez 40 7726 Hcrmosillo drive was severely injured early today when her car missed a curve of Hunter road at Hacienda drive and struck a rock wall Richard Hernandez 17 8405 Mt Latona drive was hurt late yesterday when his car missed a turn at North Loop drive and Zaragosa road and hit a utility pole Also injured in accidents were A Sylva 19 436 Huerta avenue: Flan-nagan 40 3221 Kilkenny avenue Mrs Donna Smith 44 3401 Frankfort avenue: and A Barajas 29 424 Alicia drive Charges Against Officer Dropped Conspiracy theft and forgery charges against former El I Paso police officer Harry William (Bill) Risley were dropped on a motion by the US Attorney signed by US I District Judge John Wood Jr Risley who in the mid-1960s exposed police undercover tactics in El Paso was originally I arrested on a complaint in late December 1972 He was not indicted by the Federal Grand Jury until September 1973 on the charge stemming from a 1970 Secret Service charge that Risley forged a US Treasury check in Okinawaw where Ris-1 ley was employed Takes Denver Job Baer formerly District Fire chief at the El Paso Station No 17 on Pershing drive has assumed his new duties as deputy chief in Boulder City Nev Baer retired alter 35 years with the El Paso Fire Department ORLON KNEE HIGHS SLIPPER Choose white bone black or brown in sizes 5-10 Manure STEER MANURE A MUST FOR YOUR GARDEN REG 149 Limit 6 Reg 249 BOYS' T-SHIRTS Durable colorful cotton knits with screen-printed novelty emblems Sizes S-M-L-XL ipoj Women's 9-11 Limit 4 Reg 299 50 lb bag 1 iMt 1 pr DO YOU KNOW? 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GMtSS FREEWAYi OVER $1 OFF! 1977 according to Robert Crandall senior vice president for marketing The Dallas-Fort Worth center which now covers Houston Little Rock Oklahoma City San Antonio and Tulsa will add El Paso Each local area served by American will continue to have its own locally-listed telephone number Calls will be relayed to the appropriate regional center at no additional expense to the customer El Paso reservations for American Airline flights will soon be routed through Dallas in a centralizing of the reservation system into four offices from the present 11 The centralization will be accomplished over a two-year period beginning with the Cincinnati center in the first quarter of 1976 The other three new centers will be New York Dallas-Fort Worth and Los Angeles The latter three will be operational by the early part of Beg 79V TWILL OR DENIM WESTERN FLARES Easy-care cottorvpoly-ester denims and twills with a really great lit New colors 29 to 40 LIMIT 6.