Volcker exits as Fed chief in tough act to follow
Washington notes a staged farewell as Paul Volcker leaves the Federal Reserve amid tension with the Reagan team over deficits and inflation. Alan Greenspan takes over, with questions about his toughness and appetite for restraint as oil prices, inflation, and deficits rise.
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Castle Entertainment Plans for George Washington Visit
In Schuylkill, The Fishing Company of the State’s Castle hosts a June 14 social gathering inviting Washington and selected gentlemen. Luther Martin sits in at the Convention Today as Elbridge Gerry proposes weighted state votes, opposed by Edmund Randolph. Paterson and Brearly urge proportional representation, Wilson and Williamson push for it. the vote is postponed to tomorrow. Maryland’s Luther Martin arrives amid the debate.
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Delaware
William Paterson
N.J
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Paterson
Brearly
James Wilson
Hugh Williamson
N.C
A Sailor's Memory of the Delaware River Vista
Bob Finucane recalls a quiet view from Sacred Heart Medical Center across the Delaware River toward Commodore Barry and St. Hedwig's, then shifts to his first seafaring job aboard the Delaware Sun. He relives the loneliness of youth, a rough deckhand life, and a remembered mishap with officer Mike Lebischak while pondering a young sailor leaving home, ending with a chocolate shake.
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Neumann College
Willard Rouse
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Port Arthur
Texas
Cape of Good Hope
Chester's
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