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Daily Nebraskan
Monday, September 12, 1033
Chinese ambassador blasts Soviets
The Chinese ambassa
dor to the United States
said Friday the downing
of a passenger airliner by
a Soviet warplane was
"entirely unwarranted
and that the Soviet
Union should assume full
responsibility for the In
cident Zhang Wenjin said the
Chinese government was
shocked, and deplored by
the Soviet attack that kill-
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Zhang was in Lincoln
on a study tour of UNL at
the Invitation of NU Pres
ident Ronald Roskens.
The 63-year-old ambas
sador told about 200 stu
dents and faculty memb
ers the Soviets have demon
strated a'domineering at
titude in the world. He
cited Soviet intrusions in
Afghanistan and Cam
bodia as examples. .
He said Soviet expan
sionist policy concerns
China and suggested that
the Russians reduce by
one-third the number of
troops deployed along the
Chinese-Russian border.
He said about one million
Soviet troops are station
ed there now.
He also called for the
withdrawal of Soviet
troops from Afghanistan
and an end to the sup
port the Soviets have
given to Vietnamese for
ces in Cambodia.
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Citizen awareness is aim
of Better Business Bureau
By KclU KcUczl
Before possibly falling prey to dis
honest advertising or unethical bus
iness claims, Lincoln buyers can
protect themselves by checking with
the Lincoln Better Business Bureau
first
"We urge consumers to call us
before they get invovled with a com
pany they know nothing about," Lois
Tefft, Lincoln's BBB president said.
In 1032, the Lincoln bureau saw
40,660 cases. Tefft said that number
should increase this year.
The services for which the BBB Is
best known complaints handling
and arbitration comprise only
about 3 percent of all calls received,
she said. Other areas of assistance
include advertising reviews and com
pany report requests.
One possible explanation for the
publicity received by the bureau's
handling of ensumer complaints
may be its 78 percent success rate.
Also, the office does not charge for
its services. Infact, Tefft said, money
can even be saved if consumers con
sult BBB before becoming involved
with unfamiliar businesses.
Mail-order complaints, 22.5 per
cent of the caseload, are most com
mon nationally and locally, Tefft
said.
"Ads are placed for a company
that gets your money, and you get
nothing," she said
"Home-work schemes" like letter
stuffing are also notorious for their
deception, she said
"It's definitely not legitimate," Tefft
said. "You end up spending more
money than you take in."
Signs of such dishonest businesses
arent very specific, she said. But if a
consumer finds an advertisement to
be false, he or she should report it to
the bureau, Tefft said
Not every type of complaint will
be handled, however. Labor griev
ances and tenant-landlord problems
are not handled by BBB, Tefft said.
Pricing matters when a con
sumer buys an item and then finds it
for a cheaper price somewhere else
are also off-limits, she said
"We tell them (consumers) they
should do their shopping first,"Tefit
said.
Conflicts in prices are common to
Lincoln businesses. But unscrupu
lous advertising is not
Donald Hamann of Sartor Hamann
Jewelry is one of 33 members of the
BBB's board of directors. He said
most Lincoln businesses practice
ethics codes for advertising.
"Sometimes we have to reprimand
members (businesses that sponsor
the bureau)," he said. "But we have
no real power to do anything to
anybody. We can only recommend."
However, neither TeCt nor Hamann
believe tougher laws are the answer.
"Nobody wants more laws," Ha
mann said "You make laws, and you
make a bigger mess."
"Consumers making themselves
aware is the real solution," Tefft
added
Belief in such a solution is why a
group of businessmen formed the
BBB in 1933, she said Today, people
from the business community still
fund the bureau, but most help
comes from volunteers, Tefft said.
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