Factory Pay Rising Faster Than Cost Of Living Says Report
Government figures show factory workers' take home pay rising faster than living costs this fall, with the consumer price index up about 1.9 percent from two years ago and weekly pay for a three dependent worker up 4.8 percent. The analysis notes that a $10.85 item would cost $11.01 today, and that overall incomes have increased, though many families struggle to balance budgets.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Ths
Pendenta
Breen
Sen
Retired Composer Loewe Embraces Pleasure in Palm Springs
Frederick Loewe, famed for My Fair Lady and Camelot, has retired from musical theatre since 1960. He donates royalties and cash to Palm Springs Hospital while living lavishly on a Riviera yacht summers and nine months in desert seclusion. Loewe tends a 132 acre estate he transformed from a wilderness into a Shangri La, rising early, pruning roses, and hosting friends at his home.
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Bob Thomas
Calif
Frederick Loewe
Daewe
Palm Springs Hospital
Loewe
Fair Lady
Keene
Riviera
Paris
London
Vienna
New York
Theo
Ihiiper
Cable Stolen From Shed In Hagerstown
State police report copper and aluminum cables valued at over 800 stolen from an unlocked shed owned by Lewis F. Whittington at 1028 Colonial Dr. The thief took a full coil of aluminum cable and 500 feet of various copper sizes between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 1:15 p.m. Wednesday. Investigation ongoing under Th. Clyde Bittinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis F. Whitlington
Colonial
Hagerstown
Whittington
Th. Clyde Bittinger
Fire destroys New York church and damages adjacent building
Firefighters battled flames that ripped through the 69 year old Episcopal Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy on West Th Street in Manhattan. The blaze caused the church roof to collapse and spread to a neighboring nine story apartment building injuring six people. Residents fled with belongings as flames spread.
Poles and Devices Tax Approved by Waynesboro Council
Waynesboro council approved two tax measures at a Monday night meeting. An ordinance levies a 30 cent yearly pole tax and a $0.01 gas main fee to fund police safety inspections. A separate tax targets mechanical devices such as jukeboxes pool tables bowling alleys and pinball machines with bids sought for a new distribution system. Planning and Zoning topics were postponed to December 15 and a lawyer for the Board of Adjustment was being considered. Harold Shuck resigns from Waynesboro post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Cil
Planning and Zoning Commission
Board of Adjustment
Harold Shuck
David Highbarger Returns From Basic Training
Pvt. David E. Highbarger son of Mr and Mrs Harry L Hixon recently returned home on leave after completing basic Army training at Fort Jackson and has left for duty at Fort Bliss Texas. He invites friends to write to him at Pvt David E Highbarger US826388 64 5 C Fort Bliss Texas.
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David E. Highbarger
Harry L. Hixon
E. Franklin Sr
Fort Jackson
D.C
Fort Bliss
Texas
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