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Show Iron County Goes Over 1966 Savings Bond Goal J; Iron County reached 134.5 J percent of its 1966 quota in the sales of Series E and H Sav- g ings Bonds, it was reported this week by Francis W. Bet- enson, Manager, First Security Bank, and county bonds chair- man. i Iron County residents pur- I chased $3,907 in bonds dur- ?, ing .December to bring the to- ! tal for the 1966 year to $94,- j 151, he stated. On a state level Utahns in- vested more than $23 million in Series E and H Savings ) Bonds during the 25th Anni- versary Year of 1966, making i it Utah's biggest sales year i since the end of World War II, Betensen said, i Utahns purchased $1,807,662 during December, bringing the i 12-month total to $23,465,399, up almost $1.5 million over the S previous year, and represent- j Ing 104.3 percent of the state goal. i Utah set another record dur- I ing 1966 by achieving second J place in the nation in percent- : age of quota of new savers signing up to purchase bonds on the automatic payroll Sav- ings Plan. |