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Santa letters and a Christmas wish list mix with a USDA food study
The page blends handwritten Christmas letters from children in Santa tradition asking for toys such as a Sno-Cone Dispenser Talking Football Game and a GI Joe with a computer with a regional note from Tripoli. It also reports that U S food expenditures accounted for 16 percent of disposable income in 1971, with higher shares for lower income families and 12 percent for those earning about $15 000.
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Santa
Jimmy Buenger
1St St. S.E
6Th Ave. S.E
U. S
USDA