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Idaho State Journal from Pocatello, Idaho • Page 8

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PAGE 8 SECTION A-JOAHO STATE JOURNAL POCATELLO, IDAHO, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, W5 YOUR MONEY'S WORTH Checklist on Your New Consumer Rights Staying Late Is Fun Jennifer Bailey demonstrates clay modeling techniques to Barbara Brown, one of many after-school activities sponsored by Community Education at Bonneville Elementary School. Students do not have to leave when school is out because Community Education keeps the school open until 4 in. Monday through Thursday, according to Allen Collier, director. A variety of after-school activities include tutoring, tumbling, games, and sports activities both inside the building and on the playground. There is no fee for the after-school activities.

Collier said volunteers are important, and additional volunteers are welcome to participate either on a regular or part-time basis. Horse Groups Protest Limit on Tax Break The Idaho Arabian Horse Association has joined other horse groups to protest the so- called LAL provision, under consideration in Congress to limit the tax break allowed on horses. The IAHA, affiliated with the I a i a Arabian Horse Association, voted to become a member of the Idaho Horse Council. Council President Troy Lacey, Pocatello, encourages members to write congressmen to protest the LAL provision, which he said would severely affect the raising of pleasure horses. The Idaho Arabian group also voted to support an Idaho State bill which will require a negative Coggins test to prevent equine infectius anemia (EIA)infected horses from entering Idaho.

There is no vaccine protective against EIA, an incurable horse disease. Pat Denny, Blackfoot, is secretary-treasurer of the Idaho Arabian group. Board of directors include Dr. Jay P. Merkley and Dr.

Elaine Jorgensen, both Pocatello, and Estelle Hook, Carolyn Bjorrson and Hal Johansen, all Idaho Falls. Speakers at the most recent meetings of the IAHA were Jerry Smith, Blacktoot, and Ed Techick, trainer from Arco. Lincoln Students Elect Officers Student body officers have been elected for the 1975-76 school year at Lincoln Elementary School, according to James Liday, principal. The officers are: Jackie Jorgensen, president; Carol Armstrong, vice president; Natalie Bergendorf, secretary; and Brenda Eaton, treasurer. Room representatives are: first grade, Heidi Jo Stumbo and Rodney Ackroyd; second grade.

Barry Eaton and Becky Jolley; third grade, Scott I Bogert and Cammie Hall; I fourth grade, Brian Underwood I and Roxie Stewart; fifth grade, I Debbie Hall and Brian Eaton; sixth grade, Paula Williams and Gil Pedersen; Patty I Pagelkopf's room, Julie I Firkins; Belva Adolphsons'l room, David Hereford; and Rebecca Nelson's room, Olivia I Salas. Student Council is Pam Chandler. Be a Sanitone dryclean them. Neat-knits know the best way to keep today's great looking new knits store-window sharp is with our Sanitone drycleaning. That's because we know how to give them the care they deserve.

Here's how: 1. We recognize today's new libers and fabrics, and know how best to safely care lor them. 2 We are experts in removing spotsandoily stains. Incorrect stains permanently. 3.

Our drycleaning eliminates that "washed out" look and makes'your new-type knits softer, more luxurious. 4. We reshape and put the newness back into garments with our professional finishing and pressing facilities. By Sylvia Porter Are you aware of all the following new rights that belong to you, America's consumers, as a result of recent laws, rules, regulations? MOVING DELAYS; If a moving company fails to pick up and deliver your household goods on the dates agreed upon, and if as a result, your family incurs motel and dining expenses, the moving company is obligated to pick up the bills. If you find yourself in this situation, says the Interstate Commerce Commission, save your motel ana restaurant receipts and submit copies of them to the moving company when it sends claims for reimbursement.

If there is any disagreement, contact the ICC's Section of Household Goods, Bureau of Operations, Washington, D.C. 2W23. While the ICC is not authorized to settle dispute claims, it will assist you EXPLANATIONS: As part of its final regulations prohibiting discrimination in the granting of credit on the basis of sex, the Federal Reserve Board now requires that creditors explain to you, upon request, why they have denied or ended your credit. The rule was dropped (his fail but reinstated in response (o an uproar from consumers and women's groups. The new rules also bar creditors from asking applicants about birth-control techniques or childbearing intentions ana from ignoring a woman's earnings from part-time work evaluating her credit worthiness.

HHAII.I.KGHAMS: The Federal Communications Commission now permits Western Union to offer braillegrams for sending messages to someone who is blind or suffers from impaired vision. Your message, either enlarged into H-point type or transmitted into braille, is mailed from a Western Union terminal in New Jersey, to reach the recipient about two days later. This unique, if not speedy, service costs $2 for the first 25 words and $1 for each additional 25 words or less. HANKS PAY YOL'K BILLS: Under a Federal Reserve Board regulation, effective Sept. 2, banks have the authority to offer bill-paying services using money from your savings account (which of course, earns you interest I.

You and your participating bank sign a contract which lists the names of the companies or persons to whom funds shouldI be transferred, the amounCand the frequency. You make changes in the list by phoning or writing the bank. AMTKAK'S VISITORS PASS: As of Nov. 1. any foreigner visiting the U.S.

is eligible for Amtrak's new Bicentenmal ISA-RAIL pass. The passes-offered to anyone except OS Mexican and Canadian citizens-are designed to make trait travel cheaper. A regular coach round-trip fare between Los Angeles and New York, for instance, costs S304. a M-day pass, $250. These passes are sold abroad by Am raK- appoi'nted agents.

Foreigners must show them, meir passports and their regular tickets (which they obtain at an Amtrak office in the U.S.) when they ride the trains HEIltlNG MD RULE: American consumers waste an estimated 510 million each year on useless hearing am devices-one reason being that as many as 500,000 aids are fitted each vear without the help of a physician or trained hearing aid'specialist. The Federal Trade Commission has thus proposed a trade regulation rule to require, among other things, that the industry offer a refund. minus a return fee. to any customer who is dissatisfied witn a purchased aid within 30 days of the sale. The FTC invites you to comment on the rule by writing the Special Assistant Director for Rule Making, FTC, Washington, D.C.

CARE I ABELS ON YAK!) GOODS: When you buy a bolt of fabric, you should get a care label giving you directions for washing, bleaching, ironing or dry cleaning. If you do not get this label ask for it and make sure that this label matches the information on the bolt's label. A bolt label indicating, say, -Care Label 2," means the salesman should give you the care label marked "2." If this label is not available, complain to the store manager. If he fails to assist you, complain to the FTC, Care Labels Division, Washington, D.C. 20580.

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