Billy Carter souvenir push boosts Plains tourism
Plains Georgia merchants urge Billy Carter to attract visitors with keepsakes from T shirts to toilet seats and dirt from Plains. Hugh Carter Sr. says Billy could drive more tourism and perhaps even win the mayoral race, while Billy pursues more privacy away from the town’s glare.
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Plains, Ga
UPI
Plains
Billy Carter
Georgia
Billy
Hugh Carter Sr
Hugh
Carter
Hugh Carter
Public Hearing Planned Over Union Oil Lompoc Facility Issue
California Regional Water Quality Control Board will hold a public hearing August 30 1977 in Santa Maria to assess possible violation of waste discharge requirements by Union Oil Company of California at its Lompoc facility. Panel may recommend Cease and Desist order civil penalties or action to Superior Court. Public testimony and written evidence welcome. Public file open at 1122-A Laurel Lane San Luis Obispo weekdays 8 am to 4 pm. Kenneth R. Jones executive officer. 1T-August 11 1977.
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California Regional Water Quality Control Board
Central Coast Region
E. Cook Street
Santa Maria
California
Union Oil Company of California
Attorney General
Laurel Lane
San Luis Obispo
World's biggest curtain call opens at Great America park
At Santa Clara Great America a two day schedule features 400 youths in 20 shows with audiences up to 1600. Terri Homberg and Steve Scott discuss demanding rehearsals and timing while Gene Patrick oversees auditions and a park wide show system to entertain families.
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Santa Clara
Calif
UPI
Great America
Terri Homberg
Sunnyvale
Annie
Terri
Steve Scott
Huntington Beach
Scott
Portland Trail Blazers
America
Gene Patrick
Patrick
Houston Astrodome
Payless Car Rental founder grows network from Spokane
Les Netterstrom 46, a Chicago native, built Payless Car Rental System from Spokane headquarters into a chain with outlets in over 100 U.S. and Canadian cities. The private firm recently secured a Pontiac advertising pact, pledging dollar-for-dollar matching of national and regional ad spend. Netterstrom foresees growth possibly taking the company public but plans to keep headquarters in Spokane.
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Spokane, Wash
UPI
Les Netterstrom
Chicago
Portland
Ore
United States
Canada
Netterstrom
Pontiac
General Motors
Payless
Over Counter Drug Info Highlights Spending Trends
The California Department of Consumer Affairs published Drugs a pamphlet on purchase and use of over the counter and prescription drugs. It notes over eight billion dollars are spent annually in the United States on drugs and prescription spending has nearly doubled in a decade. It explains generic drugs savings how to choose a pharmacy and price variations up to twelve hundred percent.
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United States
California Department of Consumer Affairs
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Don Lowe
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Olympics
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Sawtooths
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Lompoc
Kenneth R. Jones
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Department OF Health
State Department of Health
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Hickory Avenue
Saleem A. Farag
Vandenberg Federal Credit Union
Minuteman Loans
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Collectors’ Gallery West
Kenneth H Shields
Ceramic Factory
Cups & Planters Miniatures Factory
West Maple
North H St
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SertaLock A
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