RV Owners Reflect Diverse Mobility in American Life
New Brunswick based essay cites Rutgers professor Dr. Michael Rockland saying nearly 10 million U S families own RVs. Owners span economic levels ages and backgrounds sharing a restlessness with fixed homes. Notable figures and everyday people alike are profiled, from Edison and Presley to Walter Casey Jones and Mick O Bird, illustrating mobility as a defining American trait.
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Michael Rockland
Department of American Studies
Rutgers University
RV Brotherhood
Rockland Reports
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Harvey Firestone
W. K. Kellogg
John Wayne
Elvis Presley
Beach Boys
Neil Diamond
Merle Haggard
Barry Manilow
Loretta Lynn
Rockland
Rutgers University Press
Walter Casey Jones
Tacoma
Wash
United States
Ernie Beem
Bella Vista
Calif
Motor homes gain year round purpose and uses
RVs no longer for vacations alone as motor homes serve as mobile offices stores and living spaces. Buyers cite convenience for shopping, business travel and site work while entertainers drivers and farmers use them year round. Dealers report rising sales despite rates inflation and slow chassis deliveries.
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Don Sedlacek
16Th Ave
Carnival
Johnny Ketelsen
Marion
Cloyce Hutton
Hutton
Vinton
Vernon Petersens
Tipton
Petersen
Keith Holub
Prairieburg
Merlyn Brown
Monticello
Macbride
Holub
Nebraska
Wisconsin
M. R. Schmitt
Marion Heights
Schmitt
Des Moines
Omaha
Norman R. Staub
First Ave
Cedar Rapids
Elkhorn
Wis
Cordova
Sedlacek
Kinnick Stadium
Motor Homes
Malicious phone calls shake New York residents
The piece describes the fear caused by crank calls and obscene messages. It cites the New York Telephone Annoyance Call Bureau handling 58,000 complaints last year and AT T network complaints nearing 1.5 million. Most issues are resolved without prosecutions, with about 2,000 convictions annually.
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New York
Gus Ruesch
New York Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Ruesch
Harassment arrests in Cedar Rapids average weekly
Northwestern Bell reports rising crank call complaints while Cedar Rapids police coordinate with the company to curb harassment. Lt Denton Schultz leads the crank call detail noting victims often know the caller and that perpetrators range in age and gender.
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Cedar Rapids
Northwestern Bell
Denton
Dutch” Schultz
Schultz
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Mobile America
By Harvey Trabb
Newspaper Enterprise Association
New Brunswick
N.J
America
Mick O'Bird
Ceres
Ann Arbor
Bradley
Mich
Mobility
Gazette
Tom Merryman
University of Iowa
UCLA
Warren Holden
Dorothy
Andy
Glenn
Dorothy Horton
Waterloo
Holden
Dan McGuire
Holstein
U of
Hawkeye
Davenport
Petersens
Lake Macbride
Ed Lion
United Press International
By Kurt Rogahn
Gezelle
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