.Wednesday, October 15, 1980
daily nebraskan
page 9
Refund of $50,000 will be
given to Levi jeans buyers
By Steve Miller
Approximately $50,000 will be distrib
uted to Nebrskans who bought Levi's
jeans between April 1974 and December
1975, who file a claim form with the Ne
braska Department of Justice.
Attorney General Paul Douglas announ
ced earlier that he had received $55,000
from the Levi Strauss and Co. in settlement
of an antitrust action.
Douglas said he also distributed some
2,000 claim forms to all 93 Nebraska
County Attorney's offices. He said the
forms must be completed and returned to
his office no later than Dec. 26.
Douglas estimated that claimants will re
ceive from $1 to $4 for each pair of jeans
purchased during the time period. An ac
tual amount will be determined when all
claims are received and verified by Douglas.
In filing the claim, people are asked to
state the number of jeans purchased, the
approximate price paid, the type of jeans
purchased, the store or stores where pur
chases were made and the number of per
sons in the claimants household.
No specific receipts or documented
proof are needed to file a claim. Ihe val
idity of each claim will be reviewed by
Douglas.
A final district court hearing is sched
uled for Jan. 12, 1981 to approve the set
tlement distribution, people who filed
claims could be paid in late January of
1981.
According to an assistant attorney gen
eral, the suit was brought against Levi
Strauss and Co. for controlling retail
prices.
Robert Bartle explained that retailers
are free to sell products at whatever price
they want. Levi Strauss and Co. was forc
ing retailers to stick to the company's
suggested price.
Not only did the company send out
suggested prices Bartle said, but they had
salesmen check retailer's prices and attach
ed tickets with suggested prices to the
jeans.
Bud Johns, vice president of Levi
Strauss Co. said his company has reached a
settlement wiih the Nebraska attorney
general's office with "no admission of
He said the company doesn't think they
broke the law but that it wouldn't be
prudent to fight the case because of court
costs.
'The alleged practices were all 1975 or
before and that's ancient history," he said.
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as memorial to worker
Contrary to what some may believe, the graphite
memorial embedded in the grass behind Hamilton Hall is
not a grave marker.
Instead, according to Assistant Groundskeeper Jay
Fohde, it is merely a tribute to a now-retired worker who,
one employee said, is still "alive and kicking."
"John Harris worked here on the campus for over 40
years," Fohde said. "He was in fact the campus super
visor, or I guess that would have been his position till he
retired (in 1977). He must have seen a lot of changes dur
ing those years."
Although information on why the Hamilton site was
chosen and who decided on the memorial in the first place
is scant, Fohde figures that the business office, in conjunc
tion with the Department of Grounds, was responsible for
the decisions.
"There are others," Fohde said, "A plaque on East
Campus in honor of Chip Billings (the campus' first land
scapist) comes to mind. But no, the Harris memorial is
definitely not a grave he said .
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