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11.	Thank You, Jimmy, for Our 'Flushing' Funds / Rico, John [932] [RICO-1979-932] UNCLE HAS A PROBLEM - Uncle Sam, faced with inflationary problems, seems to have been backed into a rather controversial corner. While everyone is screaming about government spending, the race goes on throughout the country for state and federal handouts. Detailed record - Similar records
12.	The 'Hill' That's Always in the News / Rico, John [931] [RICO-1979-931] PARK SITE, A CONTINUING CONVERSATION SUBJECT - Perhaps no other geographical area in Vacaville has received more attention throughout the years than has Andrews Park. Detailed record - Similar records
13.	Vaca Fire Dept. Began as Bucket Brigade / Rico, John [930] [RICO-1979-930] THE INEVITABLE CHANGES - Vacaville has had firemen ever since the town was founded far prior to the turn of the century. The bucket Detailed record - Similar records
14.	Rain in Our Pipes, and in a Bottle of Bud / Rico, John [929] [RICO-1979-929] A SUBJECT CLOSER TO HOME - Now that President Jimmy Carter has solved the Israel- Egypt controversy, at least for the time being, it may be enlightening to put into print a subject which should be of concern to every Vacaville resident. Let's review our rainfall situation. Detailed record - Similar records
15.	Kid Stuff - Cutting Cots, Picking Prunes / Rico, John [927] [RICO-1979-927] THE GREAT SOLANO FACE-LIFT - The annual crop report for Solano County has just been released by the office of Agricultural Commissioner Richard Lawley. Although the gross volume in production for 1978 fell about $2 million below the 1977 figure, the $98.3 million for 1978 was impressive. Detailed record - Similar records
16.	Vacaville's Three Worst Times of Turmoil / Rico, John [926] [RICO-1979-926] DAYS OF TURMOIL AND HEARTBREAK _ Perhaps never in the history of Vacaville have there been three controversial problems which affected the lives of the people, as were those which occurred in 1932, 1957 and 1942. Detailed record - Similar records
17.	The Days of No Gasoline Shortage / Rico, John [928] [RICO-1979-928] OUR CHANGING TRAVEL HABITS - Now with gasoline in short supply it may be wise to turn back the clock and review some of our traveling habits. Perhaps we have all become "gasaholics," and need to be reminded that the billions of gallons. of gasoline we are now recklessly consuming cannot ever be replaced. It's not like a wheat crop failure in one season which can be rectified by a bumper crop in a following year [...] Detailed record - Similar records
18.	A Few Quirks of Interest About Vacaville / Rico, John [925] [RICO-1979-925] WE READ WHAT WE WANT TO READ - All of us are oriented in our thinking, and find I enjoyable reading in those topics which fit smugly into our pattern. It was Will Rogers who said: "All I know is what I read in the papers." Detailed record - Similar records
19.	A 'Wet' Vacaville During a 'Dry' USA / Rico, John [924] [RICO-1979-924] "STUFF" THAT CAME TO PASS - In the early days of the fruit industry in Vacaville, ranchers took advantage of the virgin soil and planted some of their acreages to vineyards. From these vines came luscious sun-ripened, sugar-sweet grapes which found their way to fresh market. But, many of these ranchers preserved their annual ritual of pressing some of these grapes into a quantity of wine. Detailed record - Similar records
20.	We Conquered Recession - Now It's Inflation / Rico, John [923] [RICO-1979-923] IT COULD NOT HAPPEN HERE - Back in the period between 1920 and 1930, economic conditions in the United States were at boom stage. In fact everything was hunky-dory. Detailed record - Similar records

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