Economists See August Defying Recession Fears
Private economists say August shows the economy strengthening with a 1.9 percent retail sales rise to 116.1 billion and a 0.3 percent production gain amid a 0.2 percent drop in wholesale prices. Jobless rate fell to 7.0 percent, inflation cooled, and auto sales surged, signaling endurance of the expansion despite high dollar pressures.
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New York
Labor
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve Board
Allen Sinai
Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc
David Wyss
Data Resources Inc
Lexington
Mass
Labor Department
Feder Reserve Board
Fed
Wyss
Sinai
C and P Delivers New Directories in Frederick County
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co begins delivering the 1985 86 directory through September 23 in Frederick County. The cover shows strip cropping by Carroll County farmer, photo by Tim McCabe. Customers have until October 23 to report errors, with a corrected list to follow.
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Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Frederick County
Carroll County
al Boyer
C&p
Tim McCabe
U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service
Boyer
C&P’s
Understanding program trading and the stock market volatility
New York reports explain how program trading arbitrage uses index futures and stock positions to lock in profits and hedge risk. The method can amplify volatility as computers trigger rapid buy and sell actions, prompting debates over its impact on prices and investor protection.
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New York
Wall Street
Standard & Poor
Coal miners willing to be cold miners in Kentucky strike
McCARR Ky AP nearly a year into the United Mine Workers strike against A T Massey Coal Co pickets shiver at another winter outside the mines but vow to stay until a contract is signed. UMW Local 1440 president Bill Davis says they will remain.
UMW Strike Hits Massey Subsidiaries Across Three States
About 1,200 United Mine Workers members are on strike in eastern Kentucky southern West Virginia and western Pennsylvania mostly against Massey subsidiaries. Some 700 workers in UMW District 30 in eastern Kentucky are striking Massey firms as coal trucks continue on Kentucky 1056 near seven Massey mines along the Tug Fork border with West Virginia.
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UMW
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Massey
Tug Fork
Big Sandy River
Key Financial Services moves to 509 S Market St Frederick
Key Financial Services expands as Donald L. Schilling and Gery E. Zimmerman outline growth in universal life insurance and tax planning. They stress independent broker services for middle class clients, client contact twice yearly, and the firm’s rise from 5 to 25 million in force. Open 9 to 5 with evening by appointment. contact 663-1328 or 831-4400.
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Key Financial Services
S. Market St
Frederick
Gary E. Zimmerman
Donald L. Schilling
J. Anita Stup
Frederick County
Ronald N. Young
Rick Miller
Frederick Fennty Youn Bank
Robert Dickman
Educators Mutual Life Insurance Co
Richard Meagher
Gona Ke Auuye Wao Mule
Universal Life Insurance
Gery E. Zimmerman
Schilling
Montgomery County
LUTCF
Frederick County Life Underwriters Association
Maryland Ctare Tifs Underwriters
Life Underwriters Training Council
Zimmerman
Mount St. Mary's College
USA Today circulation tops 1.35 million in year
USA Today reports its circulation reached 1.35 million, up 100000 from the prior year. Chairman Allen H. Neuharth noted a 15 cent price rise three weeks ago did not trigger a major loss, and cited past price changes followed by brief dips and recoveries. It remains in a tight race with The New York Daily News for second in daily circulation.
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Washington
USA Today
Gannett Co. Inc
Allen H. Neuharth
Gannett
Neuharth
New York Daily News
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Blackberry Creek
Tanners
Don Blankenship
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
NLRB
Lanier Business Products
Western
Maryland
ING
Washington St
Hagerstown
First Trust
Arne Pal Teu Yes Ofe
IRA
eBele
Yrum Invest
STS Ae
al Deguel
Nance
Cheney
Fixe
Ferris
Ferris & Company
S. Market St. Frederick
FCNB
FDIC
Frederick County National Bank
North Market
Rosemont Ave
Patrick St
Cutter
Thomas Johnson Dr
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