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before the Gagne organizations began arranging for the air
travel.
The Gagne organizations often arranged air travel for the
wrestlers through a travel agency known as Adventure Travel, Inc.
Mary Ellen Marxen (Mrs. Marxen), who was the office manager of
MBWC during the years here in issue, generally made the
arrangements for the wrestlers' travel. She would contact a
representative of Adventure Travel, Inc., to advise him of the
wrestling dates, the number of wrestlers who would be traveling,
and the names of the travelers. The travel agency would then
make the necessary arrangements and obtain commercial air travel
tickets for the wrestlers. When petitioner and other wrestlers
were to travel by regular scheduled commercial flight, the
airline tickets would be delivered to the Minneapolis office of
MBWC prior to the scheduled match, and either the wrestlers would
come and pick the tickets up at the Minneapolis office of MBWC,
or on some occasions the tickets would be mailed or otherwise
delivered to the wrestlers by a representative of MBWC. The bill
for the wrestlers' air travel expenses where air travel was
arranged by the Gagne organizations was sent directly to and paid
by MBWC or another Gagne organization. The bills submitted to
MBWC by Adventure Travel, Inc., identified each wrestler by name,
or show name, and listed the ticket price associated with the
trip. When petitioner traveled by chartered plane, as he and
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