The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Page Fourteen
56TH LEGISLATURE
Thursday, May 13, 1971
1 of either written assurances or
injunctions against certain de­
ceptive trade practices. This
By Robert F. Smith, Speaker district attorneys would be given would include the authority to
of the House and Sen. Anthony greater authority to enforce the suspend business licenses for
Leah Moore, daughter of Mr.
Yturri
strengthened Deceptive Trade willful or repeated violations.
Home
solicitation
sales
come
and
Mrs. William Moore of Vale,
Consumers scored a major Practices Act.
has been chosen to receive a
victory in the Oregon Legisla­
These law enforcement offi­ in for special treatment under
Union Pacific scholarship.
ture last week with House pas­ cials would also be provided this legislation. One portion of
Miss Moore was among the
bill places restrictions
sage of a sweeping consumer with broader investigative po­ the
outstanding 4-H club members
against
home
solicitation
sales
protection bill which takes di­ wers. The Attorney General
in 14 Oregon counties served
rect aim at defective products would also be given the authority of consumer goods and ser­
vices.
by Union Pacific Railroad that
and deceptive trade practices. to establish by ruling that cer­
Another portion provides for were selected as recipients of
The bill, which was developed tain conduct is misleading, and
a three-day “cooling-off” pe­ $400 college scholarships given
after weeks of study by a spe­ therefore prohibited.
by the company, reports Lois
Individual citizens would also riod on home solicitation sales.
cial committee under the chair­
Redman, Oregon State Univer­
This
would
allow
a
consumer
manship of Rep. Robert Stults, be allowed to bring suit for
sity extension 4-H and youth
R-Roseburg, makes substantial damages against a company ari­ who has been victimized by a
specialist.
changes in seven different areas sing out of a willful deceptive high pressure door-to-door
This is the 50th anniversary
salesman three days in which
of existing law.
trade practice.
of the scholarships which are
to
cancel
a
contract
for
goods
The measure, which was gua­
Citizens prevailing in such
given to deserving members of
ranteed passage by virtue of suits would have the opportu­ or services.
The measure also includes a 4-H and Future Farmers of
its Republican sponsorship, re­ nity to recover their actual da­
defines deceptive trade practi­ mages, plus attorneys fees and requirement that telephone so­ America in 198 counties in the
Western United States. The
ces, plugs existing legal loop­ costs.
Present law does not licitors identify themselves and
the purpose of their call within scholarships are for use next
holes, and strengthens and co­ provide fcr this.
fall at a land grant university
30 seconds.
ordinates enforcement efforts.
The courts would also be
The bill also provides addi­ for study in home economics or
Under this new legislation, given broader authority for en­
agriculuture.
the State Attorney General and forcements against violations tional protections for buyers
who default on their contracts
or loans. Under present law,
a seller or lender can repos­
sess goods and still collect the
As listed in a booklet prepared by the Northeastern Forest amount due regardless of the
Experiment Station of Upper Darby, Pa., trees cut noise and amount involved.
dilute pollution.
Under the revision, a buyer
TREES help supply oxygen we need to breathe. Yearly, who defaults may lose the goods
each acre of young trees can produce enough oxygen to keep or automobile, but he would not
18 people alive.
be requiredtopay the deficiency
TREES help keep our air supply fresh by using up carbon if the balance due is less than
dioxide that we exhale and that factories and engines emit. $500.
Another protection is pro­
TREES use their hairy leaf surfaces to trap and filter out
vided with the provision which
ash, dust and pollen particles carried in the air.
TREES dilute gaseous pollutants in the air as they release would allow a buyer to assert
oxygen.
defenses against a bank or lend­
TREES can be used to indicate air pollution levels of sulphur ing institution which purchases
Miss Moore is a senior at
dioxide, just as canaries were once used to detect dangerous his installment contract or note Vale Union High School. She
methane gas in coal mines.
which has been secured by con­ has been active in 4-H for nine
TREES give us a constant supply of products - lumber for sumer goods or motor vehicles. years, carrying home eco­
House passage of this legis­ nomics projects, livestock and
buildings and tools, cellulose for paper and fiber; as well as
nuts, mulches, oils, gums, syrups and fruits.
lation—which should be followed horse projects, and she has
TREES slow down forceful winds.
by Senate approval—will gua­ been a member of Empire Buil­
TREES cut noise pollution by acting as barriers to sound. rantee that unscrupulous busi­ ders for four years.
TREES provide shelter for birds and wildlife and even for ness practices do not pay in
Miss Redman also announced
Oregon.
us when caught in a shower.
that Mary Jane Hibbard, Imbler,
Enactment
of
this
bill
will
TREES shade us from direct sunlight better than a sombrero.
has been chosen to receive the
TREES camouflage harsh scenery and unsightly city dumps, give a clear message to fast­ $250 O.M. Plummer scholar­
buck operators that they are not ship which is given annually
auto graveyards, mine sites, etc.
TREES break the onslaught of pelting raindrops on the soil welcome in Oregon—and that to a 4-H member participating
surface and give the soil a chance to soak up as much water legal machinery will be pro­ in the Pacific International
as possible.
vided to prosecute any viola­ Livestock Exposition.
Miss
TREE leaves decay and replace minerals in the soil and enrich tions of the Deceptive Trade Hibard is also a recipient of
Practices Act.
it to support later plant growth.
a Union Pacific scholarship.
TREES make great gifts!
Vale Girl Wins
UP Scholarship
Trees Are Pollution Fighters
Equal Rights!
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