Disney World boosts Florida tourism and stock surge
Orlando sees tourists exceeding expectations as Disney World draws large crowds since November. Hotels booked solid, diverting guests to Daytona Beach Cocoa Beach Ocala and Tampa. Disney stock climbs with a planned 2000 new hires by January and officials defend pacing during the holiday season.
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Iowa bars Huntington firm over auto lease fraud
A Polk County judge issued a permanent injunction against Leasing Systems International of Huntington West Virginia, barring operation in Iowa and ordering restitution with interest to three Iowans who paid for leases. The firm and its president Selwyn Van derpool faced $600 awards for Morgan Brinker and Max Rath and $500 for Karis Maneks after misrepresentative sales. The company allegedly never provided any cars in Iowa or other states.
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Oelwein
Karis Maneks
West Des Moines
Alty
Douglas R. Carlson
Crouch
Iowa
New Volga Officers Elected in Community Club
The Volga Community club elected Clarence Fuhrman as president Kenneth Moats as vice president Mrs Eugene Ieeland as secretary and Albert Parker as treasurer for 1972 The club will sponsor a Santa Claus visit this afternoon for children and holds monthly meetings.
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Volga Community Club
Clarence Fuhrman
Kenneth Moats
Eugene Ieeland
Albert Parker
Santa Claus
Shoplifters plague Oelwein merchants at Woolworth stores
Oelwein police report ongoing shoplifting woes as crowds hinder arrests. FW Woolworth reported two juvenile thieves last weekend and a 6-year-old girl nabbed for stealing earrings at the Woolworth on North Frederick this Tuesday.
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Woolworth
North Frederick
Stock Market Dips Amid Profit Taking In New York
The New York stock market faced further round of profit taking with moderate activity. The noon Dow Jones Industrial Average stood around 8110, as declines led gains on the NYSE by almost two to one.
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New York Stock Exchange
Illinois man critically injured by aircraft propeller at JeMars airport
Laurence W. Hammond 37 Glencoe Illinois suffered a near amputation when he walked into a running propeller at JeMars airport on a Wednesday afternoon. He remained in critical condition in a Sioux City hospital with multiple abrasions. The investigation was described as a jigsaw puzzle by a Plymouth County deputy. Hammond was reportedly there for a business transaction in a car with a private Mooney twin engine plane whose left engine had not started. The pilot Jack Webb from Waukegan Indiana was said to have warned Hammond but could do nothing as Hammond moved to the propeller side. The plane is believed to be affiliated with Ideas Industries Inc of Chicago. Hammond was transported from LeMars to Sioux City for surgery.
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Laurence W. Hammond
Glencoe
Plymouth County
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Jack Webb
Waukegan
Harmmond
Ideas Industries, Inc
Chicia
Hamond
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
LeMars
Longtime Clayton ASC chair retires after 36 years
Stephen G. Donlon, after eight years on the Clayton County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee, will retire in January 1972. He has served as chairman for the past 36 years and notes farmers’ problems have changed little since joining the ASC board during the low mood of the Ho era. He cites ongoing issues of low product payments and rising production costs.
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Eleader
Clayton County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Stephen G. Donlon
Donlon
ASC
Witt resigns I C C post in Iowa
Gov. Robert Ray begins search for a Democrat replacement to Dick Witt after his resignation from the Iowa Commerce Commission amid a controversial rate case involving Iowa Telephone Co Witt cited illness as the reason for stepping down and noted his hospitalization since October 11 The move comes as part of a broader turnover on the three member panel with former legislator Maurice Van Nostrand and Howard Bell named to replace others, all Republicans while Witt remains a Democrat.
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Howard Bell
Ames
Benda
Witt
Des Moines
Commission
van Nostrand
Ray
Bell
Ost
Santa Letters From Mazleton Area Children
A collection of holiday letters from Mazleton area children asking Santa for toys and gifts. Among notes are requests for dolls, trains, a Viking, a baking organ, a Show n Tell device, and a Christmas tree. Also included is a plea to reopen Sacred Heart Jr and Sr high school with a suggested funding amount.
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Angela Leo
2Nd Ave
Santa Claus
Sr. High School
Sacred Heart
Peace
Iowans to gain 13 week unemployment extension
About 6,500 Iowans will qualify for an extra 13 weeks of unemployment benefits starting Jan 2 under new rules. Governor Ray said the state must cover the federal share as federal funds are exhausted, potentially costing Iowa up to 14 thousand dollars monthly in interest. The extension could add about 680 thousand dollars in additional compensation monthly for at least three months.
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Iowa
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Department of Labor
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