Junk mail is Mount Pleasant’s gold mine and jobs driver
Mount Pleasant Iowa hosts Metromail Corp a large employer with 325 workers processing advertising mail. The plant handles millions of pieces daily and 20 million dollars in revenue for the post office while advertisers prime targeted lists from a Lincoln Nebraska database.
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Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Metromail Corp
Metromail
Keith Koch
Koch
George O’brien
Mail Advertising Service Association
Washington
Gene Abe Oh
O’brien
U.S. Postal Service
The
Post
O’brien and
Slight rebound in market ends losing week on rally
The Dow rose 4.97 to 1247.24 and the NYSE volume eased to 487 million shares. The week’s Dow loss narrowed to 27.94 as unemployment held at 7.3 percent and rates slipped, boosting long bonds and sparking rate-cut talk. The composite index edged up 0.55 to 104.17.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Treasury
Federal Reserve
April Auto Sales Rise Sparks Record Domestic Demand
Domestic car sales jumped 5.1 percent in April from a year earlier, the strongest April since 1978, as GM Chrysler and Ford extended financing deals. Japanese imports climbed 15 percent, taking 14.8 percent of the market, with European share at 5.3 percent. Overall foreign share reached 20.1 percent. The seasonally adjusted annual rate stood at 2.5 million for domestics and 2.3 million for imports, with a 10 day period slightly weaker than the month’s peak. Nissan began selling cars from Smyrna Tennessee.
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Detroit
U.S
David Healy
Dreger Burnham Lambert Inc
Nissan Motor Co Ltd
Japan
Smyrna
Tenn
U.S. auto sales in April show mixed gains and declines
Chrysler up 24.6 percent and Ford up 12.1 percent led April increases while GM fell 0.6 percent amid flat overall. Honda rose 11.3 percent and AMC dropped 23.8 percent. VW fell 13.2 percent. GM held 57.2 percent of U.S. car sales, with Ford at 24.3, Chrysler 14.3, Honda 1.8, AMC 1.5, VW 0.8, Nissan 0.2. Total U.S. cars sold: 788,282 in 28 days, daily rate 30,319, up 5.1 percent from last April.
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Chrysler
Ford
U.S
American Honda Motor Co. Inc
AMC
Volkswagen of America Inc
Honda
Nissan
Hughes condemns airport transfer plan as unfair to Maryland
Gov. Harry Hughes says federal plans to transfer National and Dulles airports to a regional Virginia dominated authority would disadvantage Baltimore-Washington International Airport. He cites a low 47 million fee, land giveaways, and limited Maryland representation, urging strong opposition while not opposing a locally controlled transfer.
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Annapolis
Harry Hughes
National
Dulles
Maryland
Baltimore-Washington
Hughes
Virginia
Washington
Congress
Transportion
Elizabeth Dole
Linwood Holton
BWI
Baltimore- Washington
Baltimore
Washington Area
Jobless Rate Drops in Frederick County March
Frederick County unemployment fell to 4.4 percent in March from February, with 8,839 of 73,237 workers jobless. The state rate was 5.1 percent, and national unemployment stood at 7.5 percent, while neighboring counties showed declines as well.
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Frederick County
Terry Mauzy
Frederick Community College
George Ann Fay
Wade Manning
Chamber of Commerce of
Sterling E. Bollinger
Richard L. Grossnickel
Galen R. Clagett
Charlies C. Smith
J. Anita Stup
Jeff Taylor
Department of Employment and Training
Carroll County
Howard County
Washington County
Montgomery County
Graphic designer Robert Scharf opens Bethesda studio
Robert G. Scharf, former owner of a construction cost consulting firm, opens his own graphic design business in Bethesda. His work was shown at Morgen-Keller Inc.'s facility opening where he presented silhouette sketches on project evolution. He plans serious paintings and musical compositions.
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Robert Scharf
Bethesda
Scharf
Morgen- Keller Inc
Robert G. Scharf
Woodmont Ave
John de Fabbio
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General Motors
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Sam Yu
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the News
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Toledo, Ohio
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CSX Corp
Comsat
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DuBois Chemicals
Betty Storke
Bill Watson
Mid-Maryland Restaurant Association
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Church Seog
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