Banner Graphic, Volume 10, Number 97, Greencastle, Putnam County, 27 December 1979 — Page 5

People in the news Ace no place for Suzanne Somers CHICAGO (AP) Ace Hardware Corp. will call a halt to its use of Suzanne Somers in advertising because Playboy magazine is publishing 9-yearold photographs of the actress in the nude, it was reported today. Miss Somers, who stars in the ABC television show “Three's Company." will appear nude in Playboy’s February issue in photographs taken in 1970 by a photographer who submitted them to determine her suitability as a Playmate. "This article includes photos that could be potentially embarrassing" to Ace dealers and the company, Arthur H. Krausman, president of Ace. was quoted by The Chicago Tribune as saying in a letter to dealers. "We have therefore decided to cease using any advertising featuring Miss Somers and to review ail our advertising options for 1980,” the letter quoted Krausman as saying. The action of the company based in suburban Oak Brook was reported in today's editions of The Tribune. “It is regrettable that Playboy chose to exploit Suzanne to boost its curculation by publishing 10-year-old pictures,” an Ace spokesman said. However, the spokesman, who was not named, was quoted as saying the company would honor its contract with the actress. The Tribune said the contract expires in March 1981 and reportedly pays Miss Somers $700,000 to $750,000. The paper also quoted the spokesman as saying that Ace was pleased with the response to Miss Somers and, “it’s possible we will use her in the future.” pending a review of 1980 advertising plans. • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) One of Sen. Howard Baker’s Christmas gifts was strictly for the birds. The Senate Minority leader received 120 pounds of birdseed from his wife for Christmas. But the gift wasn’t a gag. Baker is an avid photographer, and birds are one of his favorite subjects. “The seed will bring the birds in and I can get a bird’s eye view of them,” the Republican presidential hopeful said. Baker’s birdseed was one of several unusual celebrity Christmas presents turned up Wednesday. Singer Brenda Lee’s husband gave her a year’s supply of socks. Miss Lee said, “I wear socks to bed. My husband, Ronnie, accuses me of wearing everything but a pair of gloves when I sleep. Guess I’m not too romantic.” But she also got a bracelet decorated with diamonds and rubies. Songstress Loretta Lynn said her husband, Mooney, gave her some carrot cake and two loaves of whole wheat bread. “Just good ol’ down-home gifts,” she said. • Charges against the Rev. Daniel Berrigan and 14 others who took part in a protest last month at a nuclear research facility were dismissed Wednesday in Criminal Court in Manhattan. They had faced up to 90 days in jail and SSOO in fines on charges of disorderly conduct and trespassing. The charges stemmed from their arrest on Nov. 13, when they chained themselves to a fence at the Riverside Research Institute. An assistant district attorney, Michael Cherkasky, asked Judge Rose Mcßrien to dismiss the case on the ground that no injuries or permanent property damage had resulted and that therefore the cost to the public of a potentially lengthy trial was not justified. “We want to prevent these defendants from using the Criminal Court as a forum for their views,” Cherkasky told the judge. The Roman Catholic priest had planned to use a trial to elicit information on the institute’s research activities. “They are so determined to keep that stuff classified they would rather dismiss the charges than have a public trial,” Berrigan said.

Supermarket Shopper

Resolutions for coupon clippers

By MARTIN SLOANE It is time to do some thinking about how we as couponers and refunders can make the new year more productive and enjoyable. Here are my 10 New Year’s resolutions for coupon clippers: -1 will take no more than two refund forms from a pad so that other shoppers will have an opportunity to enjoy refund savings. - I WILL MOVE MY 34 cartons of box tops and labels out of the den and into the basement or garage where they won’t be in ' everyone’s way. -- I will start trading refund forms by mail with friends in other cities. I will even try Aunt Ethel in Omaha! - This is the year I’ll start a swap session or join a coupon club. (More about this in a future column.) - I will try to get the whole family involved in clipping and filing and in enjoying the rewards of couponing and refunding. And I won’t forget the friends and relatives who help me. --I’LL TRY TO SHOP no more than once • a week. I’ll try to do my shopping without ; the children. I’ll try to shop for specials at several supermarkets. And I won’t shop . when I’m hungry. - I will put more effort into making a shopping list using coupon and refund discounts as well as supermarket specials. And I will try to stick to that list! - I will be friendlier to store managers, but I won’t let them forget that we refunders want to see refund forms on every supermarket shelf. - I WILL HELP THE cashier by underlining the expiration dates on my cashoff coupons and by putting all coupon items at the front of my purchases. --1 will try to be more modest when other shoppers ask me where I get all those

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MIKE DOUGLAS: Get serious! The plum of the TV talk show circuit, of course, would be somehow getting the Ayatollah Khomeini as a guest. At least that’s what video gift-of-gabsman Mike Douglas thinks. Douglas really isn’t pursuing the notion, but he has several ideas of what might happen if the Iranian leader would show up on American television. ACCORDING TO DOUGLAS: - Johnny Carson would schedule Buddy Hackett, who would yack too long and bump Khomeini off the show. - Dick Cavett would begin the broadcast by saying: “That’s a nice-looking turban. I wore one like it at Yale.” 1 - Merv Griffin would also invite Santa Claus and Orson Welles to share the stage and do a theme show on beards. And Douglas himself? THIS IS THE WAY he’d handle it: “I’d have Don Rickies as co-host and bring on the Shah as a surprise guest. If that didn’t work, I’d hit both guests in the face with pies - which they richly deserve.” • LONDON (AP) Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was rated No. 10 in a British poll to determine the 1979 Personality of the Year. Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher easily won the award Wednesday given by two British Broadcasting Corp. radio programs whose listeners name the year’s leading figure. - Pope John Paul II was voted No. 2. • BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasser Arafat says Billy Carter, brother of the U.S. president, has been bought by Libyan leader Col. Moammar Khadafy, Beirut newspapers reported today. Without mentioning Khadafy by name, Arafat was quoted as describing the Libyan leader as a political midget who “may be able to buy beer merchants or Billy Carter. • NEW YORK Elsie The Cow, one of the world’s leading advertising symbols, will reappear early next year helping Borden, her sponsor, move some of its dairy products after a decade’s absence. “There is some magic in that Elsie, some whimsy and humor,” said Stephen M. Tart Jr., who has gotten very close to the 950-pound, faun-colored Jersey on the agency side. He is senior vice president and management supervisor at Della Femina, Travisano & Partners. Bordon had Elsie with her garland of daisies as an advertising concept in the mid-30’s, but she really came into prominence as a star in the Borden Pavilion of the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Later she had an important role making personal appearances promoting War Bond sales.

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CLIP ‘N’ FILE REFUNDS Miscellaneous Non-Food Products Everready Alkaline Dollar Back Refund, P. 0. Box 30, Tarrytown, N. Y. 10591. Receive a $1 refund. Send one cardboard display card with the plastic removed from any size of Everready Alkaline Power Cells. Refund form required. Expires March 31,1980. Johnson’s Odor-Eaters, P. O. Box NB--209, El Paso, Tex. 79977. Receive a 50-cent refund. Send the back panel from any carton of Odor-Eaters plus the register tape with the price circled. Refund form required. Expires June 30,1981. Paper Mate Flair Pens and Paper Refund Offer, P. 0. Box 9388. St. Paul, Minn. 55193. Receive a $1 refund. Send any three back cards or pouches from Paper Mate, Eraser Mate, Flair, Write Bros., El Marko or Flair Fi Fo Fum pens plus a dated register tape with the price of any filler paper or notebook circled. Refund form required. Expires March 1,1980. Pet Products Bright Eyes Four Free Cans Offer, Box 640-A, Pico Rivera, Calif. 90665. Receive four free cans of cat food. Send 15 complete Bright Eyes labels. Refund form required. Expires March 31,1980. Friskies Dinners Free Offer, Box 110, Pico Rivera, Calif. 90665. Receive four free cans of cat food. Send 20 front panels or labels from 14-ounce cans of Friskies Dinners. Refund form required. Expires March 31,1980. Friskies Dinners Free Offer, P. O. Box 110, Pico Rivera, Calif. 90665. Receive four free cans of cat food. Send 20 front panels or labels from 14-ounce cans of Friskies Dinners. Refund form required: Expires March 31,1980. Purina Field V Farm Refund Offer, P. O. Box PL-49, Belleville, 111. 62222. Receive

$3 in cash or $3.50 in cash-off coupons. Send four weight triangles from 50-pound Field ‘n’ Farm Dog Meal. Refund form required. Expires June 30,1980. Cereals, Breakfast Products, Baby Products Bran Chex Offer, P. O. Box PL-14068, Belleville, 111. 62222. Receive a free 14ounce box of Bran Chex cereal. Send the box top from one of the following: AllBran, Bran Buds, 40 Percent Bran Flakes, Cracklin’ Bran, 100 Percent Bran Flakes or Raisin Bran. No form necessary. Expires Jan. 31,1980. Kellogg’s Character Calendar Offer, P. O. Box 2684, Reidsville, Neb. 27322. Receive a free Kellogg’s character calendar. Send the proof-of-purchase seals from * the side panels of three packages of Kellogg’s Rice Krispies cereal for each calendar. No form necessary. Expires Aug. 31,1980. Kellogg’s Back to School Bic Pen Offer, Box 9379, St. Paul, Minn. 55193. Receive four ball point pens. Send the proof-of-purchase seals from three packages of Sugar Frosted Flakes cereal. No form necessary. Expires Aug. 31,1980. Post Grape Nuts Yogurt Offer, P. O. Box 9162, Kankakee, 111. 60901. Receive coupons for three 8-ounce containers of any brand of yogurt. Send the proof-of-purehase seals from four specially marked packages of Grape Nuts. Refund form required. Expires Jan. 31,1981. Post Raisin Bran Free Offer, General Foods Corp., P. O. Box 1135, East Court St., Kankakee, 111. 60901. Receive a free box of Post Raisin Bran. Send two Post Raisin Bran yellow strip box tops. Refund form required. Expires Nov. 30,1980. (Clip out each flip and keep it with similar rash-off roupons-beverage refund offers with beverage coupons, for example. You can obtain required refund forms at the supermarket, in newspapers and magazines, and from trading with friends: do not write to manufacturers for them. Allow 10 weeks to receive each refund.)

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December 27,1979, The Putnam County Banner Graphic