Parachute Prank Survives Idaho Lodging Scam
In a late 1940s tale two movie stunt workers flee financial trouble in Idaho. Gene arranges a parachute trick for a county fair to pay hotel bills, while the narrator improvises a toilet paper parachute landing to win crowd cheers and recover the missing partner's money.
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Gene
Fair Grounds
Fairgrounds
Army
Arizona
Readers debate frontage buffers and city policy
A reader urges urban design with shade buffers between arteries and storefronts, favors walkable neighborhoods, and cautions city manager interviews. The letter also recalls local journalism history and critiques a Venice Chamber stance on adult magazines and local business norms.
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States
Dale Rieth
Venice
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By Fred Farris
Idaho
Council
Mike
Sinclair
Franklin Roosevelt
Enquirer
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Venice Newstand
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Don) Bellefleur
Alene Anderson
Jacaranda Aza Branc
Brickyard Branch
First National Bank of Venice
Osprey
Bird Bay
Complete Trust Services
Nokomis Avenue
Brickyard
Federal Reserve & F.D.I.C
F.D.I.C
First National Bank
Douglas E. Wiliamson
C.R
Board of County Commissioners
State OF
Florida
County
Sarasota
Jack Clark
Sarasota Couny
MacKay
Orrie
Nyore
Hackney
Ny “Ae
Sarasota County
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State of Previde
Lange
Commission Expresson
Boone
Overlook
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James W. Coward