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Trading Stamps Back n English Scene Draw Protest
Thirty S. Md H, represcnla-1 cleaning establishment and a .Britain 23 per cent of the, tailing and
lives recently fired the first bakery, all clustered around a i adult population now save I "Customers
shots i the "war" when they super - market in a shopping trading stamps,
begaa operations in Northeast ; district surrounded by apart- j Now Under Fire
LRdon. i ment houses. I In recent months, trading
Ai S. and H. spokesman said ! Although S. and H. represen-, stamps have come under fire
the general strategy was to i tatives are now approaching re-1 m the House of Lords, news-
tauers, mere win not oe a major i papers ana at we mui annuai-
stamp distribution until alter i co-operative congress.
Nov. 21.
I A recent poll taken by social
surveys (Gallup Poll) showed al
most one out of four persons in
create a group of non-competi
tive traders within a marketing
area, all distributing S. and H.
stamps.
The group would include a gas
station, a hardware store, dry-
The schemes have been at-
: tacked by two diverse groups of
critics those who object to
1 any form of competition in re-
who usually say
always pav the
full price in the end," and those
who say other forms of retail
competition, such as direct price
cutting, would be much better.
The biggest firm in the trad
ing stamp field in Britain so far
is the Greenshield Trading Co.,
which now claims about two
thirds of the market.
The second biggest scheme is
the "gift coupon" group which
GOP Asks Where
Crisis Will Occur
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPD
The Oklahoma Republic a n
State Committee announced
Wednesday a contest "to find .
out the crisis that will occur
just before the 1964 elections."
State Republican Chairman
Bill Burkett said the contest
winner will receive a $50 bond.
"Just two weeks before the ;
1962 elections. President Ken
nedy suddenly discovered the ,
presence of Russian missiles in ;
Cuba, the same missiles that i
Sen. Keating of New York had j
been talking about for several j
months," Burkett said. ;
"We think there will be a
similar crisis just before the j
1964 elections," he said. j
Predictors should address
their letters to "Crisis Editor," I
Republican State Committee,
1300 N. Broadway, Oklahoma'
City, Burkett said. I
The letters will be opened :
Nov. 1, 1964, just before the!
election.
Medford
Tribune
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MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1963
accounts for about 20 per cent)
of the market, and the rest is
split among smaller units j
about 30 companies in all. !
A price - cutting war almost'
became inevitable recently
when Pricerite, a group of gro
cers in southern England with
27 stores, became the first mem
ber of the National Association
of Multiple Grocers to start is
suing stamps.
Breaks Agreement
In introducing Green Shield
stamps in certain shops, they
allegedly broke a "gentleman's
agreement" among association
members, which already had
been preached by the decision
PAGES 1 to 10 of Garfield Weston's Fine Fare
group a large store chain
to introduce S. and H. stamps
next month. ;
A majority of association
members remain firmly against
trading stamps. But there are
signs some of them may be
weakening.
Price cutting in certain com
modities is being planned as a
counter to shops offering trad
ing stamps. But one multiple
store director said: "You can't
price-cut forever. It could be a
short and vicious war and the
housewife will benefit from it,
while it lasts."
At the recent annual co-operative
congress which met on the
Isle of Man, J. H. Jacques,
chairman of the Co-operative
. union s trading advisory torn-)
; mittee. advised his group '
against becoming responsible
(or starting a gift stamp ar!
i because it would eventually lead
.to rising prices. i
j Lists Arguments ;
I Jacques listed three main ar-j
gummts against stamp trad-1
; ins: 1
Of the amount spent by a
I trader on stamps, too little goes
to the customer. The value ot
jthe "gifts" received by cus
J tomers is approximately half
(what the trader pays for the
stamps.
There would be a big in
crease in administrative work
in retail branches, and this
could net be done without some
reduction in the standard of
sen il e to the customer.
To meet the cost of .stamp
trading, a retail branch would
need to increase its business by
between 15 and 20 per tent or
sock the customer.
But J. Murphy, vice president
of the Carmarthen Society,
which is the only society in
Brita.n that has started its own
stamp trading scheme, said the
co-operative movement should
get in on the ground floor of
stamp trading by starting its
own schemes.
"We cannot afford to ignore
it because it is definitely com
ing." he sail. "We should be the
last people to complain about
gimmicks. We already have
them with tea and cigarettes. It
. is true that stamps are another
'gimmick, but it is one that is
j here to stay."
NOW YOU KNOW
By l otted Press International
Hallowe'en, now chiefly
known as the eve ot the Chris
tian festival of AU Saints' Day,
long antedates Christianity with
origins that trace back to the
Druids of ancient Britain, ac
rnrdme tn Jhe Fjwvctotiapdia
I Britaimica,
Dr. Semler Dies
In Portland Home
PORTLAND (UPI) -Dr. Har
ry Semler, 67, died at his home
here Tuesday.
Semler was active in many
fraternal and civic organisations
and played a role in the estab
lishment of Pacific University's
college of optometry.
He was licensed to practice
dentistry in both Oregon and 1
Washington and was an honor
ary member of the California :
Society of Dental Surgeons.
A private funeral service will
be held Friday. I
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Ashland District
Viev G. Ferguson, violation of
basic rule S10.
Wayne D. Knouff. no Jtxed load
license, $5.
.John G. Doull. violation ol basic ,
rule, 28.
Lawrence L. Simpson, truck
perdmg, $10.
Wallace E Lone overload. S22.
RonaJd A. Wilson, excessive noise,
I0.
Dclmar G. Maloy, disobeyed slop
sign. 15.
Chester H. Golden, disobeyed;
stop si fin. 515.
Lloyd W Whi taker, disobeyed
stop sign. $15.
Richard E. Thomas, expired ve
hicle license, S3.
Lawrence W. Officer, no safety
chain. tlO.
Michael J. Savers, no rear view
mirror. $10.
Gary C. Gosha. no safety chain.
$1(1
William C. Bushman, violation
of basic rule. $25.
Albert Marino, failure to dim
headlights. $13.
Danny T. Aldrich. failure to
transfer title. $3. ;
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Cold Hill District
John William Kane, violation of ,
basic rule. $13
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batie rule. $23.
Eliza Dewain Armstrong, im
proper muffler, $23.
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obeyed stop sign. $10.
Johnic Esler Cook, violation of
basic rule, $10. I
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olation of basic rule, $10 i
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basic rule, $lu
Robert Lee Marshall, violation ;
of basic rule, $10,
MEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT '
Sandra Elizabeth Lee. failure to
obtain an Oregon operator's li
cense, $30 suspended, 19 hours !
of work in library. i
William Kykcr, disobeyed traf
fic signal. Sin
Raymond Ellsworth Craft, dis
obeyed traffic signal. $5.
William Lewis Chapman, defec
tive equipment, brakes. $10.
Kenneth Lynden Paschke, vio
lation of basic rule. $10.
Walter Allen Anderson, oper
ating a vphicie the wrong way on
a one-way street, $10; disobeyed
traffic signal. $10.
LaVone Vivian Roope. no oper
ator's license. $5 I
Phillip John Wilson, failure to I
leave information at the scene '
of an accident. $f0. i
Edna May Myers, expired ve
hicle license. $3.
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June Gallagher, divorre decree
Larry E Chartier vs. Iris Lee
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Sarah E. Fuller vs. Rohert Ste
ven Fuller, divorce complaint
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Arlene June Carsrm Bnvd
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Carmcla Constance Wheat vs.
Robert L. Wheat, divorce decree
Ruth F. Lippert vs. Joe P. Lip
pert, divorce decrep
Richard Walter Bnrrien v Bet
t" Faith Borden, divorce complaint
Edward J. Bergen vs. Evelyn
Jeanette Bergesen. divorce decree.
Raymond Dunne Roberts vs Ther
esa Grare Roberts, divorce decree
Dorothy Elizabeth Ruk vs.
Harold Alfred Rtcki, divorce de
cree. Frederick R. Howard v Virgie
Max Howard divorre decree
Wilton Stafford vs. Myra Staf
ford, divorce complaint.
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