Poge Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, April 19, 1973 Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, April 19, 1973 GAS STATIONS COMPLY Aid for higher education passed WEDNESDAY, April25 7-8:40-10:20 p.m. PIRGIM fights ad d 0 (Continued from Page 1) T states that the advertising gim- micks used by filling stations are1 "so diverse ,that it was virtually1 impossible for a motorist to com-1 pare prices without actually driv- ing into each station and observ- ing the pump prices."1 PIRGIM brought a previous1 study's findings before the Attor- ney General on March 5, asserting! "the stations did intend the de-1 ception, and the gasoline industry, was incapable of policing its own unlawfulness." As a result, Kelley instituted thes guidelines, and informed the Re- tail DealersaAssociation that they had three weeks to comply. In the survey that led to the new standards, out of the 119 state1 stations, 78. percent posted price signs, and . of these, 58 percenti used "misleading and deceptive ad- vertising." There appeared to be "no state-wide consistency in the pricing policy," according to the PIRGIM report. PIRGIM contended in this report that the most common price mis- representation was failure to in-' clude the one cent sales tax on their signs. Half of the time, the pump price was higher than the one advertised. On occasion,PIRGIM had claim-! ed, the station attendants over- charged for tax. According to the state Treasury Dept., the sales tax is one cent on gasoline having a retail price of 34 cents a ,gallon, but for the gas costing less than 34 cents, the tax is less than one cent. Station managers argued that calculating fractions of one cent would place an "undue burden" upon them. Another cogimon practice, PIR- GIM had said in thiA report, was1 that service stations omitted frac-i tions of cents on signs, or the let- tering of the fraction on the adver-1 tising sign was too small to beI noticed by passing motorsts. Signs also allegedly misled cus-] tomers about grades or blends of gasoline. The report said 38 per- cent of the stations advertised only one type of gas with a third post-l ing a price only for sub-regular orc low-lead fuel. The most consistent: offender was Sunoco.1 Ol liver (Continued from Page 1) "But they also do all sorts ofa (Continued from Page 1) gram can be operated at so low a educational payments to veterans, figure. and $268 million to pay subsidies' The Senate originally voted to PIRGIM plans to push further for small airlines. Both sums are raise the money for the new pro- far protection of the consumer. in the budget. gram to $385 million, but in con- Telschow said, "We hope that The administration had planned ference with the House the higher there will be a strong bill passed to inaugurate this fall a new basic figure was dropped in favor of the like the Deceptive Trade Bill that grant program designed to assure' died last year. The state must all students financial aid if they die lstyear Thstartec t -need it to attend college. S-h o have strong laws to protect s.The program was established by S sumers." PIRGIM's Consumer Protection Congress last year, but it also (Continued from Page 1) Act, soon to be before the state authorized the continuation of ed themselves inside the bank and legislature, would allow individual existing grant, loan and campus- held hostage about 10 employes citizens to bring legal actions work programs to provide a wider and 20 customers. The bandits ne- against gas stations using decep variety of student aid. However, gotiated with police while about tive practices. the administration proposed the 200 lawmen surrounded the bank. elimination of two of the programs. Polite using bullhorns urged the The $872 million for student aid bandits to give themselves up, and is the same amount Nixon re- police also talked to the gunmen, ;,quested, but the bill provides only from a pay telephone across the $122 million for the new basic| street. and wrapped in corn leaves-or grant program instead of the $622 CBS newsman Chris Borgen en- better still if available toilet million asked. Some doubt the pro- tered the bank to talk to the rob- House version. Sen. Claiborne Pell (D-R.I.) who originally proposed the new pro- gram, objected strongly to the con- ference agreement but let it go through because of the urgent need of the colleges aves Victm. bers, who told him they did not want anyone to get hurt. After police assured the gunmen they would not be shot as they emerged, some officers 'entered the bank and soon came out with the two gunmen handcuffed to them. Police put the gunmen in an un- marked police car and drove them away through some of the estimat- ed 3,000 onlookers who crowded the area as the drama unfolded. EVEN THE DEAD CAN+ r LOVE. the horror "sleeper" of the last few years an erotic nightmare! ( $1.25 cont. Friends of Newsreel ULG Ow, 1 v 11~ , L CL' things that they shouldn't do, ac- paper. Meals are frugal, mostly a cording to western ways. They sort of vegetable soup and fruit. smoke too much and they drink too much, for a start. And they "Hypertension, heart disease and only eat about an ounce of meat cancer are comparatively uncom- a week." mon. - Death is usually the result The drink is unrefined rum and of an accident or of catching in- the cigarettes are made from to- fluenza from the few outsiders who bacco grown in their own gardens visit the place." 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