Consumers Still Buying Despite Slower Economy
Washington officials say consumer wants and purchases remain high compared with last year. Fed and Commerce data show retail spending near record levels, with services rising and goods expenditures easing slightly. Prices and product variety influence stock levels and the pace of purchases in late year.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Herle
Department of Commerce
Department
Federal Reserve
Off-Season Typhoon Ophelia Hits Ulithi Atoll
AP reports Typhoon Ophelia with 161 mile center winds strikes Pacific atolls. Ulithi atoll is reported ruined except for a concrete Coast Guard station, and all 16 Coast Guardmen are uninjured. The atoll lies 400 miles from Guam and is under two feet of floodwater. No word of injuries among 450 natives.
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Tokyo
Pacific
Philippines
U.S. Administered
Ulithi Atoll
Coast Guard
Pacific Stars and Stripes
Guam
Ulithi
UN iJder
U.S. Coast
Road fund grab bing charged by officials in Pa
Harrisburg AP reports the phrase road fund grabbing is used by municipalities to describe highway fund issues in Pennsylvania. D P Clark notes the cry for more money while urging wiser, more effective spending and allocation of state highway revenues among local units.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania
D. P. Clark
Pennsylvania Highways Users Conference
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Col HO
Indiana
McGaughey Home Improvement
CARE
Food Crusade
America
U.S
Care Food Crusade
First Ave
New York
N.Y
Bobble Brooks
Hong Kong
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