Folders in Icon view with overlapping icons (vertically)

I have folders with icon view and the icons move too close together vertically, but not horizontally. This is new behavior. I am using 10.6.7 and have already tried trashing finder prefs. It doesn't seem to be related to the slider for icon size. or even the view preferences for grid spacing. Somehow the spacing from left to right is fine, but up and down is too close. I don't want to sort them by name because I documents that are in groups of 3; an original Quark XPress document, and then two versions of it saved in PDF format; one with answers and one without (these are tests and quizzes for math classes.) I am still using an old version of Quark XPress (6.5.2) because newer versions can no longer use the PICT file format, which my equation program uses. Version 6.5.2 has become increasingly unstable as system software evolves, so converting into PDF format has allowed me to keep my old files in a usable form. I really like having these files in a folder with "icon" view so I can find what I need quickly.

I have the views set to "Arrange by" "None". This used to allow me to place the icons wherever I liked and they would stay put; I've done this for years. Recently the spacing became a problem only in the "up and down" aspect, not the "side to side" spacing. When I choose any of the other choices, I can't get the various files to appear the way I really prefer.
For what is is worth; once I discover a folder where they spacing has gone crazy; I can select all icons below the top row and lower them a bit, then all of the icons below my new "top row" and lower them, and so on, and the folder will look fine for a few days, Then,it will suddenly exhibit this strange compacting of only the vertical spacing.

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