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PHOENIX, Page ThirteenShenanigans On St. PMarch 17 CBED WORE THE GREEN at a St. Patrick%u2019s Day Party held at Dixons MEMBERS OF THE UNITED SOCIETIES of St. Mary Star of the SeaPalace on Union St. last weekend. Members of the reform club%u2019s on Court St. celebrated St. Patrick%u2019s Day with a party. Seated are (leftexecutive board pictured (left to right) are Beatrice De Sapio, Joseph to right) Rose De Crescenzo and Dorothy Griffin, and standing, SalMontalto and Dick Ayers. (Francois Dumaine Photo) Scognamillio and Father John Dierks. (Francois Dumaine Photo)Consumer, Judicial Reform Bills IntroducedRetailers who take more than 30days to reply to questions ordisputes from buyers concerningbilled charges would have to omitservice charges on installmentaccounts if legislation introducedby Sen. Carol Bellamy is adopted.The bill, No. 2353, entitled %u201cAnAct to * Amend the Persona)Property Law, in Relation to RetailInstallment Credit Accounts,%u201d isreceiving the strong support andbacking of the Citizens UnionCommittee on State Legislation.%u201cAnyone who has everquestioned a charge on his monthlycredit card statement will realizethe vital importance of thism easure,%u201d Senator Bellamystated. Explaining that itsometimes takes as long as sixmonths to achieve satisfactoryresults when dealing with retailersconcerning questionable charges,Senator Bellamy said that the billwas designed to prevent thesituation in which a buyer becomesso frustrated at watching themounting interest charges whilereceiving no reply from theretailer that he pays the bill simplyto avoid the extra interest.%u201c This legislation,%u201d SenatorBellamy said, %u201cwould provide astrong incentive to sellers to settlecustomers%u2019 inquiries promptly andwould also tend to prevent billingabuses which commonly take (daceunder the present system.%u201dSenator Carol Bellam y alsoannounced that she and Assemblyman Tony Olivieri have introduced an amendment to theconstitution which would providefor the establishment of a felonysentence review court. SenatorBellamy said that the bill wooMprovide for the correction ofsentences which were set for excessive or too lenient periods oftime while taking into consideration the nature of the crime,the offender%u2019s character and thepublic welfare.Supporting the legislation wasLawrence H. Cooke, AssociateJustice of the Appellate Division,who proposed the action in May,1972, before the Young Lawyers%u2019Section of the New York BarAssociation in Albany. AlsoThe Department of ConsumerAffairs has proposed a newregulation which would sparebargain-hunting shoppers thefrustration of rushing to a store foran advertised item only to find thatthe sale hasn%u2019t started or that it hasalready ended.The new rule, known as Consumer Protection Law Regulation25, would make it illegal formerchants to advertise a salewithout stating the days on which itwill begin and end, and theduration of the sale.%u201cOne of the most annoyingproblems consumers face is theadvertised sale that isn%u2019t on whenyou get to the store,%u201d said Commissioner Bess Myerson. %u201cThisrule will end that source ofaggravation.S I M Mmm.C ILliA M SFire Sale..All pants & shirtsyk PRICE100 MONTAGUE ST.backing the bill was William J.vanden Heuvel, chairman of theNew York City Board of Correction.%u201cThis amendment,%u201d SenatorBellamy said, %u201cwould require ajudge to state for the record thebasis for his sentence, with thelikely result that each judge would%u201cWhen people read an ad thatsays %u2018spectacular sale%u2014visitJones%u2019 Department Store forbargains galore%u2019 they assume thesale is already in progress,%u201d saidCommissioner Myerson. %u201cWe havehad complaints from customerswho made a special trip to the storeand then found that the discountswouldn%u2019t be available for anotherweek.%u201dUnder the new regulation, astore could omit the starting dateof a sale only if the sale werealready in effect on the day the adset up consistent principles onwhich he would base hisdecisions.%u201d She added that theUnited States is the sole country inthe free world in which criminalsare sentenced by judges who arenot only not called upon for explanations of their sentences, butalso are not subject to any higherappears. The merchant would stillbe required to tell how long the salewill last.%u201cIf you%u2019ve waited for months foryour favorite store to hold itsannual white sale and you know thediscounts will only be available forthree days, you%u2019ll make a specialeffort to get there at once,%u201d saidFirst Deputy Commissioner HenryJ. Stern. %u201cIf the sale will last threeweeks, you can take your time. 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