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nan, sections of the country. The ,facts and figures were lerived principally from a rational survey of retail bust lesses, conducted by the Derartment of Commerce. The survey lists a total of 17 retail stores in the county that employs one or more persons. There are also a large number of smaller stores, family owned and operated, with no employees. Their total is estimated at 10. In general, throughout the nation as a whole, there has been a steady decline in the number of small businesses, the reports show. The butcher, the baker and the candlestick mak er are getting scarcer and the chain stores and self-service supermarkets more numer
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