Middletown Campus Miami University Honors 29 Sophomores
Twenty nine sophomores at Miami University's Middletown Campus will receive leadership service awards at a second year students picnic. About 200 students and faculty attended. Awardees include Wesley Adamson Steven Anderson Michael Avery James Bachus Barbara Bauer and many more for leadership scholarship and campus activity.
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Middletown
Miami University
Eugene Bennett
Bennett
Oxford
Wesley C. Adamson
Cincinnati
Steven A. Anderson
Brough Ave
Hamilton
Michael Avery
James A. Bachus
Todhunter Road
Barbara Bauer
Thomas Road
Margaret E. Brehm
Poppy Drive
Marilyn S. Clendenin
S. Sutphin St
Robert C. Cordray II
Fulton Lane
Rita L. Denlinger
Farmersville
Higher Discount Rate Signals Looming Loan Rate Hikes
The Federal Reserve raised the discount rate to 5.5 percent for New York Philadelphia and Minneapolis banks with nine others to follow, signaling higher loan costs nationwide. Mortgage rates near 8 percent in parts of the country as the economy fights inflation and the dollar strengthens, while savings rates adjust to attract deposits.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Board
New York
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Federal Reserve
Commerce Department
Vietnam
Viet‘nam
Bankers and Builders Optimistic Amid Higher Money Costs
A nationwide AP survey shows most bankers and home builders expect 1968 to be better than 1967 despite rising interest rates and higher building costs. They cite tight mortgage money and costs, with some foreseeing price increases and labor concerns, while a few warn of a grim year ahead.
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New York
Associated Press
Tallahassee
Fla
al Albert
Sam Teague
Leon Federal Savings and Loan Association
Teague
Detroit
William E. Stewart
Detroit Association of General Contractors
National Association of Home Builders
Washington
Federal Reserve
Tasha the Tiger Refuses to Leave Moat at Philadelphia Zoo
After nearly two weeks in a dried moat beside the lion house the Siberian tiger Tasha resists capture. Zoo officials used tranquilizers ropes and a lasso to coax her back to her cage amid fears of a possible heart issue as she growled and pawed in the moat.
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Tasha
Tiger
Philadelphia
Lion House
Frederick
A. Ulmer
Ulmer
Colorado law allows banning drivers on mountain passes in snow
A new Colorado statute empowers the Highway Department to bar vehicles from mountain passes during snow season unless the vehicle carries snow chains or tires with at least one eighth inch of tread.
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Denver
Colorado
Highway Department
Ousted Sierra Leone Leader Amid Army Split
General Andrew Juxon-Smith head of the military government in Sierra Leone reportedly toppled by a factional split within the army. The British Commonwealth nation gained independence in 1961.
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Juxon-Smith
The
Sierre Leone
Rural electric coops seek funds at quarterly meeting
Ohio rural electric cooperative managers heard a call for more investment capital at their quarterly meeting. Charles A. Robinson Jr. warned that rural electrification relies on a shrinking funding source, highlighting the need for additional money. A separate note mentions Hawaii's Iolani Palace as the only royal palace in the United States.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Rural Electric Cooperative
Charles A. Robinson Jr
National Rural Electric Co-operative Association
Hawaii
Iolani Palace
United States
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