AAA survey shows higher vacation costs for families
New York based report notes Platte County households will spend about 39.60 dollars per day on summer auto trips, up six dollars from 1965, with a two week trip costing around 550 dollars. The AAA study also details annual car ownership costs, gas, tires, and maintenance, and cites local gas station revenues of 4.75 million dollars.
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New York
Platte County
American Automobile Association
AAA
Private health policies boost elderly benefits under Medicare
Americans 65 and over receive more health insurance benefits from private insurers, the Health Insurance Institute reports. About 20 million have Medicare protection with roughly 11 million holding supplementary private coverage. Benefits rose in most categories, except hospital expenses, with the largest gain in disability income. And seniors are urged to carry Medicare IDs at all times to avoid processing delays.
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Health Insurance Institute
Oider
Major New York catering firm runs mobile restaurant trucks
PLAINVIEW N Y UPI One of New York's major establishments with zero sealing capacity and a kitchen 30 miles from Times Square reported a 1969 gross of 2 million according to the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association. The firm uses 190 mobile catering vehicles to serve industrial workers across four of the five NYC boroughs and all of Long Island. Each truck acts as a traveling restaurant carrying hot and cold foods and drinks with propane heated ovens keeping soups meals and dinners hot on the road.
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Plainview
N. Y
UPI
New York
Times Square
Kiel Canal to be widened to handle more ships
The Kiel ship canal, already the world’s busiest, will be widened and deepened at a cost of 600 million marks to carry more vessels between the North Sea and the Baltic. In 1969 about 87,001 ships from 50 countries carried roughly 60 million tons of cargo through the canal.
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BOM
UPS
Suez
Kiel Ship Canal
North Sea
Baltic
More cars used in Scandinavia in 1999
UPI reports over 500000 new passenger cars registered across Finland Sweden Denmark and Norway in 1999. Swedish Valvo led with 82416 units, followed by Volkswagen 71064 Ford 70793 and General Motors at 6494 units.
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Helslinkt
UPI
Finland
Sweden
Denmark
Norwa
Finnish Motor Vehicle Association
West Germany
Volkswagen
Ford
General Motors
First two sons of Adara and Eve named Cain and Abel
The fragment notes Cain meaning possession and Abel meaning vanity as the first two sons of Adara and Eve.
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Adara
Eve
Cain
Abel
Junior Growth Stocks Offer Long-Term Gain Prospects
Babson's reports highlight junior growth stocks like Angelica Corporation Capital Cities Broadcasting Kelly Services McCulloch Oil Pridgirts Building Maintenance and Rollins Inc as undervalued bets after a bear market. Despite risks, diversification is advised to capture longer-term appreciation while acknowledging above average price-earnings ratios and uncertain durability.
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Wellesley Hills
Mass
Wall Street
Babsot’s
Angelica Corporation
Capital Cities Broadcasting
Kelly “Services
McCulloch’ Oil
Pridgirts Building + Maintenance
Babson
Tese Securities
Nebraska Patrol Urges Slower Speeds Near Kids Playing
Good weather brings more children outdoors and Nebraska State Patrol asks drivers to brake quickly and reduce speed when they see kids in or around parked cars. Darting from between vehicles can prove deadly.
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Nebraska State Patrol
Mark Sipple Joins Walker Tackey Whitehead in Columbus
Mark M Sipple a University of Nebraska College of Law graduate has joined the Columbus based Walker Tackey Whitehead law firm He and wife Pamela have three children Martin aged5 Steven aged4 and Adan aged2 They reside near 1809 27th Street Sipple is a Grand Island native who earned a BA at Nebraska and has worked as an insurance adjustor and Lincoln police investigator
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Mark M.’ Sipple
University of Nebraska College of Law
Walker- Tackey-Whitehead
Columbus
Sipple
Pamela
Martin
Steven
Adan
27Th Street
Grand Island
University” of Nebraska
Lincoln
Law Student Association
Lincoln Police Department
IRS Q&A column answers common federal tax questions
Taxpayers are directed to the IRS for a public service Q&A on frequent tax questions. Topics include handling bills already paid, self employed retirement plans, deductions for hosting students, house hunting deductions, and the 1970 changes in withholding rates and exemptions.
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Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Permits Issued For 2 Dwellings In Columbus Boom
Building inspector Allen Eggert notes a midsummer surge with 21 permits issued for two single family dwellings valued at 412000. Additional permits include two business structures totaling 76150, three garages 3400, four additions 12350, and four remodelings valued at 12.
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Columbus
Allen Eggert
Cal-Way Meadows
New tire spending tops $4.5 billion in year
Goodyear reports Americans spent over 4.5 billion dollars last year on new tires about one for every 25 people. Replacing worn car tires accounted for about 3.23 billion, 16 million truck tires added 1.14 billion, and farm equipment tires totaled about 138 million.
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Akron,chio
UIT
Goodyear
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