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Show Grand Bond Sales Listed For January January Savings Bond sales Rot off to a brisk start ac-fording ac-fording to figures released today by Grand County volunteer volun-teer Bnnd Chairman Robert A. Dalton, Manager, First Security Bank of Utah at Mo-;.!. Mo-;.!. "iBond sales in January for Grand County came to $3,21G and according to David L. Bigler, l'J72 Utah State Savings Sav-ings Bond Campaign Chairman Chair-man total state sales reached reach-ed $2,027,227 or 9 4 percent of the 1072 quota of $27,800,000. Nationally, Bond sales figures fig-ures reflected the same upward up-ward trend as sales of Series Ser-ies E Bonds alone amounted to million 21 percent alxive sales for January 1971. and a 25-ycar record for a"ny January. II. Bond sales came t. $23 million - a 25 percent 'increase. Further, with the inclusion of Freedom Shares withdrawn from sales on Ju'y 1. 1970 - holdings now exceej $.")3 billion, another all-time biglL County Bond buyers were, reminded by the chairman that now holders of Freedom Shares can exchange them for Scries II Savings Bonds, an option that previously has been available to holders of Series E Bonds only. Owners of Freed -m Shares may exchange ex-change them, cither alone ir In combination with Series" E Bonds, for Series II Bonds without regard to the $5,000 annual limitation on Series H Bond holdings. |