Prices still going up in London economy report
Washington based Lens dispatch notes economists warn inflation not yet tamed amid broad price hikes. Aluminum up 2 3 percent and steel near 4 percent. car prices rising with 1976 models about 206 dollars more than 1975. extras costly and margins squeezed. July inflation hints at ongoing demand risks with gasoline rising and consumer prices up 1.2 percent. Industrial index at 110.8 percent of 1967 average signals fragile recovery ahead.
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London
Economist News Service
Washington
LENS
Federal Reserve Board
Flexible hours at Pitney Bowes show productivity gain
Pitney Bowes in Stamford expanded its flexible work hours program from 250 to over 800 employees. Workers set start times after 7 a.m. and must be on core hours while meeting weekly hours, with no clocks counting hours. The aim is reduced absenteeism and higher productivity through self scheduling amid Ocean City political activity and Maryland campaigns.
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Pitney-Bowes
Stamford
Conn
Blair Lee II
Francis B. Burch
Ocean City
Louis L. Goldstein
Baltimore County
Ted Venetoulis
Venetoulis
Capitol Hill
Executive Branch
Robert E. Bauman
Easton
Maryland
Royden P. Dyson
Bauman
Ocean City briefing signals new political ball game
Democratic and Republican luminaries gathered in Ocean City as Md politicians including Victor Crawford and Marvin Mandel showcased campaigns. The event highlighted county officials rising in influence, breaking from state machines, and signaling a shift to grassroots, with observers predicting Maryland’s next senator and governor may emerge from the shore.
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Marvin Mandel
Lady Democrats
Mandel
Ocean City
Maryland
Middletown meeting weighs water supply expansion
At Memorial Hall Middletown citizens plan to boost the town water supply as current reserves barely meet needs. County Agent Peter W. Chichester will take 12 purebred dairy calves and owners from Frederick County calf clubs to the State Fair at Timonium. Six Holsteins three Guernseys and three Jerseys are entered by Middletown Walkersville New Market Liberty and Lewistown clubs with listed owners.
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Middletown
Memorial Hall
Leslie N. Coblentz
Peter W. Chichester
Frederick County
Timonium
Leslie Shearer
Robert Keller
Amos Hotter
Charles Ifert
Margaret Titus
Middletown Club
Kenneth Baker
Carl Stauffer
Walkersville Club
William J. Smith
New Market Club
Alton Kemp
Liberty Club
Jewett Orth
Third Frederick Club
Glenn Stull
Lewistown Club
Frederick County News 1955 Homemaker Clubs Begin September
September marks the resumption of activities by 33 homemaker clubs across Frederick County with demonstrations on the Eat a Good Breakfast Start a Good Day theme. Leaders were trained by Beatrice Fehr and county committee members in August. Thirteen police won trophies, 17 officers qualified as expert marksmen in the Frederick City Police pistol qualifications at Barracks B. Clifford Stiles and siblings from Bartholows Road enjoyed a big day at the Timonium Fair.
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Frederick County
Beatrice Fehr
Russell Young
Robert Marsh
Haden Hoffman
Niemann Brunk
County Foods and Nutrition Committee
William A. Boone Jr
Frederick City
Maryland
Clifford Stiles
Bartholows Road
Timonium Fair
Washington law on civil service favoritism questioned
Washington phase reveals pressure by Congress members on GSA to place friends in civil service jobs. Confidential Civil Service Commission files list 36 Senators and 32 Congressmen involved in urging political referrals. GSA created a unit to handle patronage referrals and eight officials faced charges after years, while no actions against the lawmakers.
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Washington
Congress
General Services Administration
Civil Service Commission
GSA
Senate
Hugh Scott
Scott
Bob
Robert Rung
Ronald Smith
Pitsburgh
Harold Kitchen
Federal Protection
Wilkes-Barre
Passerther Smith
Kitchen
Strath and
Raicen
Smith
Louis Wyman
N.H
New Hampshire
John O'Malley
Frank Schiappa
Wyman
Schiappa
John Tower
R-Tex
Barney Sanders
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Tom Steed
Fred Harris
Gerald Ford
Capitol Hill
White House
Les Arends
R-Tl
Joseph Lawless
James Pearson
Jack LeMay
Footner
LAW WORKS AGAINST BIKE RIDING PLEASURE
A Frederick reader writes that bicycle registration and inspection rules hinder adult cyclists. He argues registration is unnecessary and costly, noting long travel to inspection, lost work time, and limited hours. He urges voluntary registration with serial numbers and police records.
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Law and Order
City
Frederick
Tom
Tor
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Lesale Ces
Jas Lund
Potomac
Maryland Association of County
United Democratic Women
Oil Jobbers Association
J. Glenn Beall Jr
Paul Sarbanes
Don and
Val Hymes
Victor L. Crawford
Beall
Baltimore
Annapolis
News-Post
Les Whitten
Jack Anderson
Sen
Ford
Mare
Linden Avenue
Shappan Point
Long Wend Sound
Theodore Roosevelt
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