24 - MANCHESTER HERALD. Fri., Dec, 17, 1982 Even Santa Claus |25 years a Santa Dristan recalled Town joins and still at it |fn tampering scare IfesY law foes would be offended '■■"Y ...page 3 ... page 11 ...page 4 The "pornography of s u m Though a stiff recession has put nearly 12 million excesses” — which include h Americans out of work — the likes of a $150 gold < 1 ; I the highest jobless rate in toothpick with retractable SALE 31 years — it’s holiday gift­ Dan Dorfman point — is something most giving as usual by the of us laugh about. But rather, it may be nouveau riche, the Syndicated tasteless and the show-offs something to be concerned Increasing clouds Manchester, Conn. about. It defines even (the folks who have it and (Columnist Saturday, Dec. 18, 1982 want to flaunt it). In fact, more, as DeVoe points out, star* SKCUL Sunday afternoon the rapidly growing, line judging from the slew of — See page 2 Single copy 25cp newspaper ads and between the haves and thr M a n r h fH tr r catalogs geared to the lofty have-nots . and that's Free 5 yr. picture tube income bracket, retailing's what class frictions are all pitch to those with a yen • Your own personal cost in '81. about. Warranty on ALL for the ostentatious — or home computer consultant BY THE WAY, if you mo.e aptly called the who will not only teach you haven't made your New Color Televi$ioR • '•tl obscene — is as great as it how to become the com- Year’s Eve plans yet, has ever been. puter whiz of your DeVoe tells me there’re It's an unmistakable neighborhood, but will still a few seats left for a ($100 value) sign, not that one was design and program the ul­ p a rty a t New Y o rk ’s needed, that there are few timate system based on Congress misses Waldorf-Astoria at $450 per if any signs of a recession your personal lifestyle, couple which includes a among the sizable "I’ve requirements and desires. filet mignon dinner, one FREE got money to burn” frater­ The cost for the works: champagne cocktail, •LOCAL DELIVERY lONC TERM nity. $500,000, though there’s a noisemakers and hats. starting rate of just $2,000 Donny Osmond will be on •REMOVAL OLD APPLIANCE U' IF TH.AT’S your bag — if you want to penny-pinch. BANK if you'd like to impress (or hand to entertain. •SERVICE funding deadline • Sterling silver collar so you think) your friends Part of the affair will be I stays: $13 a pair. •NORMAL INSTALLATION or family with something televised on CBS, giving FINANCING ' ,' H'- ‘ T. ^ ^ h ' X, t • 'M • The ultimate "gold you the opportunity, DeVoe (Except Built mil) , . was no chance of stopping the outrageously expensive card” — a 24-karat likeness WASHINGTON (UPI) - The a $1.2 billion jobs program he said a * (and often frivolous) — points out, to make a AVAIIABLE he might veto. TTie Senate jobs machinery aimed at furloughing of the American Express 1 FOUND-WEM UNDER lame-duck Congress, growing weary how about his-and-her gold jackass out of yourself on ^ TYPICAL BUYS ... of wintry Washington, failed Friday amendment was far less than the hundreds of thousands of civil ser­ card for only $3,000. 'PETB. HOUSEBROREN*. watches for your favorite national television. to produce a multibillion-dollar $5.4 billion House Democratic ver­ vants. • An electronic massage Administration officials said, couple? The price: A mere table; $1,800. SAVE ON AMERICA’S VIDEOTAPE RECORDERr -spending measure in time to keep sion. $10,000 each. most of the government from going The House-passed resolution, with however, the government would • Executive car TOP NAME WE HAVE THEM ALU close up only if no action is taken by There's also a crocodile washing. Your car is technically broke at midnight. dozens of amendments added in the attache case, including BRANDSL Senate, must go to a joint con­ Tuesday. 1. 'if <7 picked up. washed and im­ Your newspaper carrier depends on ■M i s n A u t e i t By mid-afternoon, the Senate had business card holder, been in session 30 continuous hours ference committee to reconcile the In an all-night session lliursday \ I f T peccably cleaned for a full R C A M O n a night, Senatq GOP leaders shelved ballpoint pens and a day and then returned with his collections each week to pay his MTMHI and still had not approved the $425.8 differences. That is not expected un­ lighter, for $25,000 . a 7- billion continuing resolution. There til Saturday, however. After that, it Reagan’s 5-cent-a-gallon gasoline f ’■ • v'* J. a rose on the dashboard: bill, whether or not he has received tax increase to fund road im­ foot-tall stuffed giraffe, Price: $119. T hat’s up Mina was no chance it could be law by the has to be reapproved by each only $1,5(X) . a Remy midnight deadline, and the session chamber, possibly in a special provements. Reagan, angered by a • w more than 21 percent from payment from his customers. When mMa filibuster that forced the action, Martin Louis XIII cognac the previous y e a r's /$98 faced the real prospect of extension Saturday or Sunday session. h i in Baccarat crystal at $430 into the holidays. Since it takes alMut nine hours to vowed to do whatever is necessary price tag. I he doesn't get paid, he has to dip into to revive the legislation and it could . and a shiny gold-plated • Rolls-Royce skin-care NEW The GOP Senate set up a clash get the final version ready for a •I toothbrush with malachite with president Reagan by retaining presidential signature or veto, there still be voted on. treatment. You’re picked his pocket to make up the difference. Color TV The typical year-end legislative handle for just $325. up in a Rolls, given an LOW Interesting, you say, but pandemonium did not entirely eight-hour grooming from You can help make a small COSTI KOchenAld Custom dampen the Christmas spirit. not exclusive or expensive head to toe, served enough. OK, then, how big businessman from going under If .Rulfi-ln Dishwasher From Lebanon Despite round after round of yawns, refreshments, given a bot­ parties went on as scheduled and is your back yard? If it's tle of liquor, and felivered big enough, here's one of you pay your carrier SALE PRICE workmen were in the corridors home in the same Rolls. delivering poinsettia. those ultimate gifts that’ll Price: $325, up more than when he calls to collect. Thank you. •4 7 8 YOU PAY enable you to not only out­ 60 percent from the $200 .4 0 jgMMnAld Senators and aides sported yellow do the Japanese, but outdo — 3 L - % £ bs- Reagan VOWS ceramic duck lapel pins to mark the % the Rockefellers, as well. session that was first scheduled to The gift, offered byi end Friday but threatened to extend Sakowitz Inc. of Houstin, is into Christmas and even New your very own full-sized •438 Year’s. wooden roller-coaster $298 Feb. pullout The Senate was tentatively designed and built to fit your site. It's replete with M in ia tu re ZENITH scheduled to complete the con­ a train with four six- OPEN SUNDAY .VAJ tinuing resolution at 8 p.ni. EIST. passenger cars, skid ^CASSETTE 28” CONSOLE By United Press International talk$ with Lebanese leaders., 'niat would make the continuous brakes, covered loading S te re o _Cla8slc cabinet jWHabUr and Drtp«''W«* *•** ■ session 34 hour* and 15 mimites 15 platform and mechnical WItti UghtwtlgM lo J 1N% President Reagan has assured' Lebanese President Amin Gemayel, minutes longer than the longest re­ Lebanese Foreign Minister Elie cent session in 1978 but still short of lift. The ride covers 2,700 StaraoHeao* new violence erupted in areas con­ Herald photo by Tarquinio linear feet at a cost of $900 DEC. 19th p h o n M Salem that the first phase of the trolled by both Syrian and Israeli the 125hour all-time record during 12-5 withdrawal of Israeli and Sj^an the 1960 civil rights debates. a foot. The total price; $2,- troops. 430,000. troops from parts of Lebanon will be Stocking staffer completed in two months, a In Washington, an administration By missing the midnight deadline. THE B.ACKGROl;^U Lebanese government source said spokesman said Reagan sent Israeli Congress let its self-imposed $60,662 i r COLOR T.V Prime Minister Menachem Begin a information in this article • ir a M i aia iiM Friday. pay cap expire, giving itself a $17,- Weston Jay Brand fills up a Christmas stocking made by Belle W. Hawkins of the $50REBATE S an yo letter emphasizing his call for the 000 raise — at least on paper. Unlike Manchester Memorial Auxiliary. The comes from an old friend— I The source said Reagan told stocking held by his parents. Dorothy and Ray DeVoe Jr., the 53- ' Salem the United States would troop withdrawals to get under way federal judges, whose salaries can­ Thomas Brand. Weston, who weighed 9 stockings are a 5-year-old tradition at the year-old silver-haired in­ i $ 3 g s i • 3 2 8 a lR a r m ilW guarantee the fjrst withdrawals quickly. ‘ not be reduced. — congressmen will pounds, 8 ounces when he was born last hospital.