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...attacks on Air Force bases in the U.S. that have authorities puzzled and worried. Saboteurs first struck last May when they cut the electrical conduits and hydraulic lines of three C-130 Lockheed Hercules transports at Willow Grove Naval Air Station, Pa. It took 3,000 man-hours to repair the aircraft at a cost...
...community. In reaction to the Fascists in World War II, artists held shows of protest. The artist's subject matter has often changed in protest, and in contemporary society political awareness has been seen in exhibitions for peace. This awareness has also extended to projects like that to repair the damaged Italian flood areas, and now to national presidential campaigns...
...financial or otherwise. In recent years, however, as consumerism has grown into a potent political force, officials at every level of government have got into the act by creating their own consumer offices. Many of these tax-supported agencies have been increasingly effective in guarding the public against television-repair gyps, cheating furniture dealers, heavy-thumbed butchers and other unscrupulous businessmen...
...state's most active agency largely because of its director, John Kehoe, 42, a former legislative aide to Governor Ronald Reagan. Kehoe, who gets along well with the state's lawmakers, helped guide through the legislature a law creating the nation's first bureau of auto repair. Every auto-repair shop in the state must adhere to such basic standards as making all cost estimates in writing and clearly noting if the parts used are rebuilt. They must also post prominently the bureau's telephone number, which consumers can call toll free if they believe that...
...Minnesota's Consumer Service Section, headed by Director Sherry Chenoweth, 29, a former television news reporter, is the state's key consumer guardian. In the first seven months of this year, acting on complaints about auto-repair overcharges and pushy door-to-door selling tactics, the section has helped persuade businessmen to return $60,000 to cheated consumers. Recently a promoter came into the state promising big earnings to people who bought distributorships for Mini Meal candy bars, which he claimed were developed for astronauts. Section investigators wangled an invitation to a closed sales presentation and decided that...