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20 - MANCHESTER HERALD. Monday, Aug. 8. IHH.t BUSINESS Consumer counsel says Books Etc. has Judge ponders he’ll contest cable hike lost the ‘Etc.’ Coventry case How to save money on home furnishings ... page 9 Business ... page 3 ... page 11 In Brief Home furniture — a $17.6 billion industry that If you can’t get this warranty, be on guard and go ripples out to affect industries ranging from synthetic elsewhere. fabrics to wood carving — is undergoing a dramatic • You should be able to wash off the everyday Cash dividend declared turnaround. After three grim years, it has been riding Your variety of dirt quickly with mild soap and water, but the coattails of the surge in sales of new and existing this will not recondition the vinyl. For stubborn dirt, a STAMFORD — The board of directors of homes in '83. •srj Money's cleaner/conditioner applied with a soft bristle-brush Citizens Utilities Wednesday declared a third- Sales of new homes through May were 67 percent should be effective, says Zima. And if you buy quarter cash dividend on its Series B shares of 41 ahead of a year ago while sales of existing homes were Worth high-quality synthetics, you should expect years of Clear tonight; Manchester, Conn. cents per share, payable Sept. 9 to stockholders of up 35 percent. The National Association of Furniture Sylvia Porter use with minimum maintenance. record Aug. 18. Manufacturers anticipates a 15 percent rise in • Nor should you anticipate fading if you have sunny Wednesday Tuesday, Aug. 9, 1983 The current annual dividend rate was in- furniture sales this year, representing a $3.7 billion bought high-quality vinyl-coated fabrics: they are ereased to $1.64 per share in the first quarter from increase aver 1982. fade-resistant and, unlike leather, do not scuff and — See page 2 Single copy; 25<t the $1.54 per share paid in 1982, adjusted for an The decade of the 1980s is scheduled to be the best tear or require regular polishing. Their durability Mpralh intervening 2-for-l stoek split and represents ever for the furniture industry. dropped 32 percent while leather prices have shot up cannot be matched by such soft fabrics as cotton, Citizens' 38th consecutive annual inerease in Most, if not all, of the fundamental demographic 274 percent from 1964 to 1982. Current federal policy is rayon or nylon. dividend payments. factors point to this optimistic prediction. While the pushing leather prices even higher. The utility's board is to meet in the fourth general population rises 9.6 percent, the number of But buying vinyl upholstery is not nearly as easy as A MAJOR PO IN T is that 60 percent of furniture nrviMi.v aeK/ioMwtew6*i’i«m i#ws-.'.».v;AW HBL- quarter to consider the appropriate second-half households is expected to jump about 21.5 percent. buying leather, admits Marvin Zima, business buying is done on the installment plan. So shop around dividend on the Series A shares, on which only (More households mean more furniture sales, of manager of Uniroyal Inc.’s coated fabrics division. for the lowest rates on a loan. Go the installment-plan stock dividends have been paid. course.) Consumers have been deferring payments on He suggests several guidelines: route rather than making a one-stop cash purchase. The Series A first-half declaration of 82 cents big-ticket items during the recent recession, are • Visit your local furniture dealer and closely A long-term, quality-of-life purchase such as per share was paid in stock at a 3 percent rate on furniture demands your most cautious attention. Reagan frets clearly in a more liquid position, and with the rate of inspect chairs, couches, other items with styling and He owns June 30. inflation down by an impressive percent, are chalking coloring that appeal to you. Then ask which is Study all types of upholstered furniture. Do not be Citizens Utilities co. and its subsidiaries up real income gains. upholstered in vinyl and which in leather. You may be biased by the purchases of your parents. provide telephone, electric, gas, water and But while we're obviously in a buying mood again, surprised: sometimes experts can’t' tell the Make sure you’re getting the advantages of lower wastewater utility service to more than 390,000 we're also obviously looking for savings — along with difference. cost and easy maintenance along with the versatility a canine connections in more than 500 communities in style, quality and durability in our furniture • Ask about the backing. The strongest and most of materials emerging in this era of great areas of the 10 states of Arizona. California, about Chad, purchases. And this suggests renewed momentum durable are non-woven backings consisting of spun technological chapge. Colorado. Hawaii. Idaho, Illinois, Indiana. Ohio. behind the trend toward synthetic fabrics in polyester fibers of selected lengths and sizes, ("Sylvia Porter’s New Money Book for the 80s” Pennsylvania and Vermont. upholstering — quality vinyls that have the feel, look combined for consistency and strength. 1,328 pages of down-to-earth advice on personal hearing aid and even elegance of real leather at much lower cost. • Ask your furniture dealer for a warranty in which money management, is now available through her the manufacturer of the vinyl-coated fabric (not the column. Send $9.95 plus $1 for mailing and handling to Bv Adele Angle New airline to small ports PRICES OF V IN Y L have remained stable in recent dealer or furniture manufacturer) agrees to repair or “ Sylvia Porter’s New Money Book for the 80s,” in care Guatemala Focus Editor years due to the oil glut (which holds down the price of replace directly any part of the fabric that may of this newspaper, 4400 Johnson Drive, Fairway, Kan. WARWICK, R.I, — Rhode Islanders will soon the raw materials from which vinyl is m ade). develop problems. Uniroyal offers a warranty from 66205. Make checks payable to Universal Press It was a big day Friday for Ray McLean. have a new low-cost way to get to some of the Meanwhile, however, the production of leather has three to five years on its Naugahyde upholstering line. Syndicate.) By Helen Thomas were on the agenda. He and his dog Trish drove over to smaller airports around the country. United Press International In a letter Monday, Reagan ■ McDonald’s on West Center Street for a bite People Express the "no-frills” air service, is formally informed Congress he to eat. expected to schedule flights to and from Green WASHINGTON — President has sent two Airborne Warning and When a staff member told him no dogs Airport, possibly within six months, said Donald Newport, Rhode Island Reagan stayed in touch today with Control System surveillance were allowed, Ray explained that bis mixed E. Hoydu, a spokesman for People Express in. the situation in Chad where a planes and eight F-15 fighter breed sheltie was a guide dog. Newark, N.J. The airline had hoped to begin the spokesman said Libyan forces and planes to Sudan in response to an "Then she said, ’Well, OK,’ said McLean service this month, but now expect at least a IJbyan-backed insurgents are urgent request from the belea with a great big grin. six-month delay due to delays in aircraft delivery poised to attack the northern oasis guered governent of Chad. A small incident, perhaps, but a huge and the airline's decision to first increase service Tourism changes town after Navy leaves of Faya-Largeau. "The government of Chad has in existing markets. victory for the hearing impaired 23-year- Deputy press secretary Larry requested the governments of old. Flights from Green Airport will go through Speakes said the White House had France and the United States to Newark to the 18 American cities served by By Steven W. Syre Newport helped arrange the construc no specific reports of ground assist in its self defense against People Express, and also fly to London, he said. United Press International tion of several projects. One was the McLEAN IS ONE of perhaps 2,000 fighting, and added that, the two armed aggression by Libyan for V - S i - - On a flight customers pay extra for such things as Brick Market Place, a group of about 30 hearing Impaired persons in the U.S. and AWACS and eight F-15 fighter jets ces and Libyan-supported insur baggage checking, coffee and tea, and snacks. NEWPORT, R.I. — It’s noon on a small, owner-operated stores. the second in Connecticut who uses guide sent to the Sudan to help Chad keep weekday and the streets around This was ready by the Bicentennial gents in Chad,” Reagan wrote. dogs. The dog is a graduate of the pn eye on Libyan planes had Newport's colorful waterfront are year in 1976, when the Tall Ships and seven-year-old Red Acre Farm Hearing arrived. As r^uired. President getting crowded with visitors in shorts Queen Elizabeth came to Newport. It Notification he sent the assist Dog Center in Stow, Mass. She acts as a pair Reagan complied with the War Film industry optimistic and summer shirts. was a great tourism year for the city, ance to a war zone is required of ears for her master by alerting him to the On the weekend, the waterfront will Powers Act and notified Congress under the War Powers Act. sound of the telephone ringing and knocks PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A state economic spawning the growth that continues be packed with tourists, an interna today.