Savings Bonds Drive Growth Through 1978 First Quarter
Savings bonds sales rose to 2.1 billion in the first quarter of 1978, up 4 percent from 1977, with Series E and H bonds offering discounts and face value redemptions. A Treasury study shows 36 percent of families own bonds while only 15 percent know the 6 percent annual interest. tax advantages and purchase venues are outlined.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
U.S
Treasury Department
Survey Research Center
University of Michigan
Federal Reserve Banks
Bureau of the Public Debt, Securities Transactions
Washington, D.C
Grocery Clerks Approve New Pact Amid Meat Cutter Strike
Retail Store Employees Union Local members ratified the contract 2,417 to 191 by a wide margin, with 16 votes voided, amid a walkout that started April 30. Clerks may resume work but face potential reentry to picket lines as meat cutters continue their three-store strike at Milgram, A&P, and Safeway.
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Kansas City
James R. Willard
Retail Store Employees Union Local
Milgram Food
Safeway
Milgram’s
A&p
Jim Miller
Retail Clerks Union
United Supers
Tehran Under Wraps As Riots Widen Across Iran
In Tehran troops and anti riot police patrolled streets after shopkeepers were ordered to close and motorists stay off the roads. Rioters damaged property in outlying areas but casualties were not reported. Across 34 cities last Tuesday nine people were killed in anti government unrest. Negotiations and strikes involving meat cutters and bakers were to proceed in the United States and region as labor actions continued.
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Tehran
Iran
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Tudeh Communist Party
Old Hemingway Piece Found in Natick Mass
A discovered 1921 three act comic drama titled Hokum is believed to be Ernest Hemingway’s first professional work, co-authored with Morris McNeil Musselman. Publisher William Young calls it a significant find with Hemingway’s distinctive voice seen in infancy. biographer Carlos Baker notes uncertain share of authorship.
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Natick
Mass
Ernest Hemingway
William Young
Hemingway
Princeton
Carlos Baker
Morris McNeil Musselman
Baker
Musselman
Oak Park
Ill
Hollywood
France
Young
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Leare
Nurman’s
Ottawa
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