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Sugar boycott
catching on
By GERALD D. WOLFFE
ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich.
(UPI) — Charging that house
wives were being made fools of
by skyrocketing sugar prices,
Beverly Ribaudo has launched
a sugar boycott which is
beginning to catch on.
Mrs. Ribaudo, a housewife
and mother of two, went about
the business of running her
home in this Detroit suburb of
neatly-ordered ranch homes
quietly—until last Friday.
Then she exploded with
indignation at how she and
thousands of other homemakers
were being made “fools of” by
gladly paying more than $2 for
a five-pound sack of sugar.
So she started a boycott, now
in its 10th day, to protest sugar
prices which have trebled in
price from the 69 cents last
year for a five-pound bag.
Now a sign above the
Ribaudo home proclaims: “We
can’t afford to be sweet
anymore.”
The Ribaudos’ daughter,
Lisa, will celebrate her 12th
birthday Wednesday with a
watermelon, not a birthday
cake, to emphasize the cause.
But the boycott is taking
hold.
“The response has been so
fantastic that it is almost
unbelievable,” she said Monday
night.
“The American housewife has
come alive and she has got to
show she is one of the most
important people in the coun
try,” said Mrs. Ribaudo, 42,
who heads a consumers’ group
called “VIP” (Very Important
Persons).
“I guarantee at the end of the
10 days the American housewife
Kidnaper
seeks
$2,000
CINCINNATI (UPI) - A
kidnaper abducted blonde, blue
eyed Allison Mechem, 4,
daughter of the chairman of the
board of Taft Broadcasting
Inc., Monday and then demand
ed only $2,000 ransom.
The low amount of the
ransom demand worried police
about the mental condition of
the kidnaper.
Allison, the daughter of
Charles S. Mechem Jr., was
abducted from the front yard of
her suburban Mt. Lookout home
late Monday afternoon while
riding a tricycle.
A few hours later the $2,000
ransom was demanded of
Mechem from an anonymous
telephone caller.
Police imposed a news
blackout on the case. But an
executive of the local Taft
television station said police
told him that “only $2,000 had
been demanded for the safe
return” of the girl.
“I know that seems low and
there is some concern over it’s
being such a small amount,”
said Bob Gilmartin, news
director of WKRC-TV.
Gilmartin said police appar
ently were concerned about the
“potential mental instability”
of a kidnaper asking only
$2,000.
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will not be running to the
supermarket to buy sugar,” she
said.
She said she started the
boycott when she got tired of
complaining to other house
wives over the back fence or to
her husband when he came
home at night for supper. So,
she called her family, neigh
bors, friends, told them of the
boycott and made them all
promise to call five others and
tell them about it.
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Elderly man, wife join Peace Corps
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (UPI)
— Harold Soderquist is 80 and
his wife is 76, but they plan to
begin a new life soon —as
members of the Peace Corps.
The couple will be teaching
English and teaching methods
to persons in Apia, the capital
of West Samoa.
“I suppose because of adven
ture,” said Soderquist, who
retired in 1965 from the faculty
at Wayne State University,
when asked about the change in ■
lifestyle. i
“We rested long enough,” .
added his wife, Bertha, who
taught in the Detroit suburb of (
Farmington until her retire
ment in 1959.
The couple leaves next week
for a preliminary orientation
session with the Peace Corps in
Denver. In November, they
travel to Samoa.
The Soderquists, who have
traveled to 14 countries in
recent years, anticipate the
rigors of the new land.
“For the first few weeks we
will be going out in the villages
and living with a Samoan
family to taste the culture,” ;
said Mrs. Soderquist.
“Where we finally live we |
don’t know,” she added. !
They signed up for a two-year
stint in the peace corps.
“We have a 2 Mi month
orientation program and adjust
ment and training period. Then
we get started in our lan
guage,” he said.
“It will be a full load,” Mrs.
Soderquist said. “We’re not
going for fun and games.”
She will teach Samoans high
school English while he will
teach English and teaching
techniques in a college and
supervise practice teaching.
“We have the privilege—if we
get scared—to drop out,”
Soderquist said.
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.
(UPI) — A 23-year-old Cal Poly
student claimed a world record
by swallowing 436 one-inch gold
fish over the weekend to better
the previous record of 300.
Dave Lawry gulped the
bright orange fish in less than
two hours to claim first prize —
a 55-gallon aquarium —present
ed by the fish store that
sponsored the event. The
contest attracted over 16
entrants. Second place finisher
Duane Inglish downed 400 fish
before giving up.
Griffin Daily News Tuesday, September 24, 1974
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percent of appliances
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Power Company replace
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efficient in their use of
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tric bill?
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For example, baking in a
new, self-cleaning oven
uses one-third less elec
tricity than in an older
model. That's because the
oven has better insulation
to hold the heat inside. A
modern dishwasher can
use less energy than wash
ing dishes by hand while
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doing to save energy?
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waste, keep systems in
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and fundamentals, by keep
ing the arithmetic of energy
in mind every day.
Here's a basic reminder
to start with: Set the ther
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of all the energy your
household consumes.
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