Santa's Helpers keep Christmas spirit alive in Santa Idaho
In Santa Idaho, Bill and Terry Rogers run the Santa Mercantile a year round shop and post office. Each Thanksgiving they write handwritten replies to hundreds of letters from children nationwide as ghost Santa. They avoid promises, warn of coal fear, and tell kids their presents are wrapped. Local volunteers pitch in during peak letter times.
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Santa, Idaho
Bill
Terry Rogers
Santa Mercantile
Santa
Idaho
Santa Maria Creek
St. Nick
Rogers
Santa Claus
Seattle
Lebanon
Family Killed In Texas Blaze Near Fort Worth
Five members of the Varrowx family died in a mobile home fire at Pecan Acres in Rendon near Fort Worth. Victims were Michael Kevin Varrowx 26 Ingrid 26 and children Marco 7 Stephen 3 and Sandy 1. Texas Electric Service Co. spokesman said a bypassed electric meter wiring stapled to the trailer likely caused the blaze.
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Rendon, Texas
Fort Worth
Pecan Acres
Michael Kevin Varrowx
Ingrid
Marco
Stephen
Sandy
J.B. Stringer
Texas Electric Service Co
Scranton Student Quits TV Bet Changes Life
Scranton University junior Peggyanne Reilly, 20, quit watching television for a year on a $200 bet with associate professor Roger Wallace who argues TV addiction is real. She says giving up TV boosted self esteem, reduced shyness, and increased interest in people and hobbies, with plans to work in WNEP-TV graphics after the bet.
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Scranton, Pa
Scranton University
Peggyanne Reilly
Westtown
N.Y
Roger Wallace
Miss Reilly
Wallace
Wnep-Tv
ABC
Administration Seeks Over $3 Billion for SBA Loans
The Reagan administration plans a 1985 budget request of just over $3 billion for Small Business Administration loan programs, higher than this year but below 1984 Congress approval. A separate jobs program may receive about $500 million for the agency, with direct loans contested on Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Reagan Administration
Congress
Small Business Administration
Capitol Hill
SBA
Fers
Agency
James Sanders
Auditors Probe How School Aid Recipients Spent 42 Million
Education Department inspector general says auditors challenged 42 million dollars in school aid spending in the last half of fiscal 1983. James B. Thomas Jr. reported 105 indictments and 54 convictions in six months to Sept. 30, citing ripoffs in Guaranteed Student Loan and Pell Grant programs and fraud by aliens.
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Washington
Education Department
James B. Thomas Jr
Congress
Roslindale
Maine
LaJean
Duncan
Okla
Thomas
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WELCH
Mcdowell ST
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Woodland
DSA SK SK A
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Boys’ Boots
Oxfords
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Oxford
Cee
Blue Prince Plaza
Oonr
Bluefield Avenue
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Hitan
Sport Oxford
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