European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 9 the stars and strips saturday. January toc group Calls for attack on High credit card Washington Fapio a National coalition of consumer groups called on americans thursday to launch a fight and switch attack on High credit card interest Rales. Fight through legislation and switch id lower postcards they urged. American Are sick and tired of the Highway Rob Bery of excessive credit card rates said Bic Holstein executive director of bankcard holders of America. Consumers do have a Choice you can find Low interest credit cards around the country added Ala Fox of the consumer federation of America. Currently americans have More than $84 billion in credit card debt Holslin said and interest Rale charged on such debt by Moit Banks have remained relatively High while most other interest raid have plummeted be said. Nationally credit card interest rates average be tween in percent and 19 percent Holstein said. But some Banks offer less costly cords and he urged con Sumers to shop for them. Fox suggested Consumers with High interest cards should takeout a Low interest personal loan to pay of the cards and switch to cards with a lower Cost. The groups issued a list or 10 Banks i tic Law inter est rates that accept card applications from an wherein the country and urged Consumers 10 Check their local areas for lower Cost local cards also. Fox. Suggested that in addition to the Banks uttering Low interest cards members of credit Union Shouin Check those institutions since Many credit Union softer excellent card rates to their member. And some membership organizations have1 also begun issuing credit cards .11 Good rates to their Mem Bers such As the Al to and the american association of retired persons. There is no one Best card for everyone. Fox said. People who pay off their balance every month will Bemore interested in the Grace period and annual. While those maintaining an unpaid balance will need to find the lowest interest rate. When shopping for a credit card Consumers should ask about the interest rate annual fee Grace period before interest is charged Penally charges for late pay ment or exceeding the credit limit and the amount of the charge fora Cash Advance. The worst cards with High fees and interest rates air the area of 20 percent Are often offered by the largest Banks which can advertise nationally Fox said while shoppers May be unaware of the smaller tanks with lower Rales. So the consumer groups Are urging people to Contact their stale legislators and members of Congress to encourage Laws requiring full disclosure of All credit can coils. And setting an interest limit also could became possibility Holstein said. Consumer groups participating in the news Confer ence one of several held across the nation were the bankcard holders of America consumer federation of America Consumers Union. National. Con Sumers Public it Nam inn Ion Lisl ii Una the groups liar of to atm Fri icon dec Iii jul wide nation nest interest rate and  Union National Hani Liuch , . Simmons first Mau Onat Beinli phut aug \1  percent.  fee. People s Hanic Butedge Poco a bpm. L_i.i2q annual Fet Highland Federal savings . L cent. Noran Nunlee. Banks of new England Ofil Octan p ill. 1 1 Percey s2q Annert the Security saving of limit Jackson. Tiu. 1cent. Is 2 annual fee Tevy Chase savings Iruk lome. Lil 14perccnt,.sls Arama fac. Republic National sonic. Miam. I dime savings flow Lunew Yock frat a Ersbo  eci Euclin of percent s15 annual Fer 5 Kinsmen indicted m Raleigh  up five members of to eau jux Kiin were indicted thursday on charges of conspiring to steal weapons and explosives from the . Military in an elaborate plot that was to include the murder of a top Anu Kjan Leader. A three cd uni indictment was returned in . District court and unsealed thursday after the arrest of one of the defendants Stephen Samuel Miller a Lender of the Kjan organization and chaplain of it Suc Csur the White Patriot party. The five men were charged with planing to obtain military weapons army missile and rockets plastic explosives and a 6 automatic rifles from the us. Armory at Wadesboro. N.c., by whatever Means Nec Essary including robbery and murder in order to maintain train and equip paramilitary armed Force Sand to further the goals at the White supremacist movement the 12-Page indictment said a member of the . Army. Stephen Howard Burns also was named As an a indicted co conspirator in the indictment. 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