Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 46, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 24, 1980 Page: 7 of 24
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THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Sprmgs ',>xas. Sunday, Feh 94 1980-SECTION I -7.
Supermarket shopper: The item-stamp question
The case
for price markings
By MARTIN SLOANE
In a previous column, I asked
for readers' opinions on the
proposed removal of individual
price markings from most
cans, boxes and bottles.
Here is a sampling of letters
from those who support
removing price markings. My
next column will feature letters
from those who are opposed.
The first of today’s'letters
comes from the board chair-
man of a North Carolina
supermarket chain.
Dear Supermarket Shopper
— When our stores put in-
dividual price markings on
items, the clerk must look up
the price of the item on a price
list, select'the correct pricing
stamp and hand stamp each
package.
Two errors are possible: The
clerk may misread the list and
take the price fOr whole-kernel
com instead of creamed style.
Or the clerk may use the wrong
stamp — 99 cents instead of 66
cents, for example.
When the item price is picked
up by a scanner attached to a
computerized cash register,
these problems are eliminated.
We recently introduced this
new equipment and made a
pledge to our customers. We
offered to give them free, any
artide on which they found a
mistake. During the first week
of scanning, we gave .away a
little less than $10 worth of
merchandise.
Dear Supermarket Shopper
— Computerized cash registers
will reduce labor costs because
they will eliminate the need for
all the clerks weWe. pririnv
and repricing merjmandise in
the middle of crowded
supermarket aisles,
. I feel that the savings to the
stores will be passed along to
the consumer because the
supermarkets are in a very
competitive business and must
try to keep their prices as low
as possible — Carter C. from
Connecticut.
Dear Supermarket Shopper
— At the supermarkets near
me, I am forever tieing over-
charged on sale items This
happens because the cashiers
don’t always remember the
prices on sale items and
"because the items aren’t
always marked for.the reduced
price.
1 recently purchased my
groceries for the first time at a
store that uses computerized
cash registers. I was im-
pressed. The service Was
quicker and I didn’t feel guilty
about having to watch the
cashier for fear she would ring
up the wrong' price, — Martha
H. from Victoria, Texas.
Dear Supermarket Shopper
— I am a cashier for a major
supermarket chain. We expect
to have computer scanners
installed in our store this year.
I feel that shoppers could
easilyverify prices even if they
are not. on the individual items.
All they have to do is jot the
price down next to that item on
their shopping list.
The computerized T__ca$h
register makes it easy to check
because it prints on the register
tape the name of the product*
next to the price. Compare this
to the ordinary register tapes
that are almost impossible to
check. — Gail C. from Berkley,
Mich.
Write to The Supermarkt
Shopper in care of this
newspaper, Volume of mail
prevents individual replies, biit’
questions and comments --of
general interest will be
published in future columns.
Refund ot the Day
Write to the following address
to receive the form necessary
for this refund offer worth up to
$3: ALL 10 Percent Refund
Offer, P:0. Box. NB-764. El
Paso, Texas 78977. This, offer
does not expire until-Dec. 31,
1981, but do hot-delay writing to
request the refund form.
Clip 'N' File Refunds
(Weekof Feb. 24)
Cleaning Products, Soap
Paper Products, Bags
Wraps (File 10)
Clip out this file and keep it
with similar cash-off coupons —
beverage refund offers with
beverage coupons, for example.
Start collecting the needed
proofs of purchase while
looking for the required refund
forms at the supermarket, in
newspapers and magazines,
and when trading with friends.
Offers are subject to
manufacturers' geographical
limits and local laws. AllowTft
weeks to receive each refund.
'Arm and Hammer Refund
Offer. Receive a $1 refund. Send
the required refund form plus
three box tops from King Size
Arm and Hammer Laundry
Detergent. Expires Dec. 31.
I960.
Charmin Test .Offer. Receive"'
a 50-cent refund or five 20-cent
coupons. Send the required
refund form plus the picture of
the baby on one package of
Charmin. Include the name of
your store. Select either the
refund or the coupons. Expires
June 1,1980.
Glad Free Garbage Bag
Offer. Receive a Free box of
Glad Large Kitchen Garbage
Bags. Send the required refund
form plus the Universal
Product Code bar from one 16-
count box of Glad I>arge Kit-
chen Garbage Bags. Expires
April 30,1980.
Miracle White 75-Cent Cash
Refund. Receive a 75-eent
refund. Send the required
refund form plus three front
labels from any size of Miracle
White Super Cleaner. Expires
Oct. 1,1980.
White Cloud Book Cover
Offer. Receive a 13-by-21 inch
disco book cover. Send the
required refund form plus the
words "to open pull here" from
the back of one package of
White Cloud. Expires July 31,
1980.
Ziploc Free Family Pack.
Receive a free Ziploc Storage
Bags Family Pack. Send the
required refund form plus the
'Universal Product Code bar
from one box of Ziploc Storage
Bags Family Pack. Expires
April 30,1980.’
Copyright, 1980
United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
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Tricycle Tractor Dolly
Cultivator, IH, 3-Pt, 4-Row
Bedders, John Deere, 4-Row
Mower, John Deere No. 8
Rake, Side Delivery, John Deere
Frisnee, Rotary, Drag Type
Breaking Plow, 2 Disc, 3-Pt,
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Grain Drill, John Deere
Front-End Loader, John Deere
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Cultivafor, 2 Sets, 461, 4-Row, International,
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Bustees, 1 Set, No, 51, 5-Row
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Two 5-Row Double Tool Bar, Back Bedder, 3-Pt.
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Four-Row International Hipper
International 4-Row Back Mounted Planter
TRACTORS and Combines
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Tractor, 520 John Deere
Tractor, Super M, LP, All Equipment
Tractor, International 966M
Tractor, International 1066
Tractor, A Farmall with shredder, cycle mower,
planter, cultivator, disc, breaking plow, bedder
Tiller Tractor
Bailer, New Holland, Square Bale
Combine, John Deere 4400
960 Case Combine, 14 ft. header, cab, air
conditioner, power steering, automatic header,
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PICKUPS, Trailers and Campers
1966 Chevrolet with camper, 283, 4-Speed
1967 Chevrolet, V-8, 3-Speed
1968 Ford, 2'/; Ton, Grain Bed w/boards
Camper Shell, Short, Wide
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1955 Chevy Bobtail Grain Truck, 16 tt. grain bed
1955 International, 15 ft Hobbs grain bed w/dump
1965 Dodge C/800 series, 16 ft. grain bed with
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1975 F-600 Ford, 16 fl. steel bed
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The movies
'Cruising'
just plain
offensive
By BOB THOMAS
Associated Press Writer
CRUISING might be
classified as a raw exploitation
film except for its star, writer-
director and production values.
Its basic aim is shock — male
bodies writhing in Dante-esque
gay discos, sadists in leather
and metal, knives plunging into
flesh, cops'using terrorist
tactics. William Friedkin
T'The French Connection,"
"The ExorcRF') knows how to
create visual excitement and a
sense of impending horror as a
director, but his script is
confused and confusing. Plot
points are left dangling,
mysteries unsolved. A1 Pacino
as the young cop gone un-
derground to catch a killer of
homosexuals seems as much in
a quandry as the audience.
Obviously he is transformed by
his ordeal. But how? Why?
Friedkin fails to provide the
answers. The film contains
much to offend everyone,
especially homosexuals,
parents and those who ap-
preciate well-crafted movies.
The R rating seems mild in
view of the content.
Motion Picture Association of
America rating definitions:
R - Restricted. Under 17
requires accompanying parent
or adult guardian.
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 46, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 24, 1980, newspaper, February 24, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823763/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.