The Fayette Citizen-Business Page
Wednesday, March 8, 2000
Consumer group advises consumers who owe taxes: Act Now!

You've reviewed your personal financial papers in preparation of filing your tax return on April 15. You get a sinking feeling in your stomach when you realize you owe money to the Internal Revenue Service. Consumer Credit Counseling Service recommends that consumers owing money act quickly in determining a plan to pay their 1999 taxes.

An American innovator
By GREGORY SMITH
Business Columnist

During a blistering summer evening in 1937, Fred Jones sat in his car near a lake in Minnesota. The heat was unbearable. He rolled down a window for a breath of fresh air. To his dismay, when he rolled the window down his car filled with mosquitoes. Up the window went to keep mosquitoes out. Down the window went for some air. This cycle of opening and closing the window continued until he reached a point of total frustration. “Why doesn't somebody make a gadget to aircondition a car, like they do in theaters?” he said.

Prince Phillip sets Coweta visit

Dust off the red carpet, Coweta County... royalty is on its way.

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