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THE NESTERS found that sales improved last weekend. “But not that much. Looking toward the summer season, when the tourist shops do their heaviest business, Curtis Nester is dismayed. “Either tire gas crisis or the Blue Law is gonna kill us.”
Elmer Atkins, proprietor of Elmer’s 66 and Antiques, has also felt the pinch. “Sure, you look for the winter to be tough. But before, you always did business!” He shook his head. Atkins has owned his antique shop eight years.
“I could feel this thing coming on back before they started talking about closing on Sunday. Things had dropped off by November 1.” Atkins kept his Phillips 66 station closed the first few Sundays after Nixon’s request, but now he says, “If I’ve got it, I’m going to go ahead and sell it.”
Atkins noted that things picked up “slightly” last Sunday, but “compared to November, December,
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