Oldtime General Store Keeps Going Despite Slow Business
Lisbon Florida shopkeeper George Gastfield runs a 51 year old general store in a rural patch on Haines Creek. The store offers dairy cheese steer liver and Georgia style sausage with tanned goods dominant in the display. Gastfield aged 70 sits at a roll top desk and says he plans to keep going as long as able while locals talk and hang out in the shop.
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Gastfield
Toby Massey
Associated Press
Phatron Miller
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Willie Fail
Fail
Miller
George Gastfield
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Haines Creek
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Fringe Benefits Rise In Payroll Costs
A National Chamber of Commerce survey shows fringe benefits average 27.9 percent of employer payrolls, meaning more than a quarter of income may not appear in take home pay. The report notes huge differences among firms, with increases driven by pensions, insurance, vacations, and other voluntary arrangements amid 1949 to 1969 growth and rising collective bargaining influences.
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John Cunniff
New York
National Chamber of Commerce
Cave Rescue Squad Formed in Ozarks
The Speleological Society chapter at the Ozarks, initiated in Point Lookout Missouri, formed a cave rescue squad. Historical data show unemployment and workmen's compensation costs rose from $27 per worker in 1949 to $335 in 1989 within a 12 mile radius, reflecting a 1,141 percent increase.
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Lory Lookout
Clal Sry
Speleological ‘Society
School of the Ozarks Hagesse
Tab Toliat
Naand Workmen’s Compensation
Tional Speleological Society
Ann Corio Stars in This Was Burlesque in St Louis
Ann Corio, famed star of burlesque, returns to the American Theatre in St Louis on Monday night October 12 for a two week engagement in the 1970 edition of This Was Burlesque. Jerry Lester also stars as top banana.
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St, Louis
Ann Corio
Jerry Lester
Top Banana
This Was Burlesque at the American Theatre
The burlesque show This Was Burlesque continues at the American Theatre with Ann Corie. The New York Times notes its mix of innocence and sentiment, as Corie remains a landmark figure in the act. Performances run Monday through Thursday at 8:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m.
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Corio
New York Times
Corie
American Theatre
Newday
York
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