Price rises hit steel ice cream and more
U.S. Steel raises major product prices by 4.8 percent as copper producers lift prices and Borden amid a broad inflation wave. Beatrice Beatrice Foods and other firms adjust dairy and packaging prices while wholesale inflation shows signs of leveling. Government actions include antitrust suits against ITT Hartford Fire Grinnell and tax surcharge extensions. budget surplus beats April forecast. Steel output climbs 1.3 percent with construction contracts softening.
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New York
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Jones & Laughlin
Inland
Armco
Inland Steel
U.S
Kennecott
Phelps Dodge
Borden, Inc
Borden
Beatrice Foods Co
Labor Department
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Grinnell Corp
International Telephone & Telegraph Co
New Haven
Conn
Senate
House of Representatives
Nixon
Robert P. Mayo
Handley High Class of 1934 Reunion Attendees
A reunion at Winchester Golf Club drew 59 attendees from Handley High School Class of 1934. The group included 34 class members and 21 guests with Dr. and Mrs. Garland Quarles and Dr. J N G Finley of Charlottesville as special guests. Claude Smalls acted as toast master. Class sponsors were Miss Marian Laughton, the late E P Browning, and Dr. Finley. In Virginia the counties Sussex and Dinwiddie led state forest products taxes last year with 7500 and 7300 dollars, respectively, and total county taxes reached 170594 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Winchester Golf Club
Garland Quarles
J.N.G. Finley
Charlottesville
Claude Smalls
Marian Laughton
E. P. Browning
Finley
Virginia
Sussex
Dinwiddie
Virginia twin trailer trucks face no safety issue study says
A Virginia commission released three independent studies concluding twin trailer trucks would not create a safety problem but would raise maintenance costs slightly and are not in the public interest. Hearings are planned in Roanoke and Richmond as the panel weighs potential weight and road impact.
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Richmond
Virginia
Roanoke
General Assembly
State Highway Department
Buthe Department
Virginia Highway Safety Division
Highway Research Council
State Police
Highway Des’partment
Virginia Commonwealth University
VCU
ITT Faces U S Antitrust Challenges in Mergers
The Justice Department seeks temporary injunctions to block ITT from acquiring Hartford Fire Insurance Co and Grinnell Corp. The actions aim to slow ITT's growth as the company advances mergers that would add over 2 billion in assets to its more than 4 billion holdings.
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Hartford Fire Insurance
Grinnell
ITT
U.S
Washington
International Telephone & Telegraph
Justice Department
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Grinnell Corp
New Haven
Conn
Canteen Corp
Hartford
Providence
Battle Backers Organize In Clarke County
Clarke County Democrats for Battle met in Berryville to consolidate opposition to Henry Howell in the August 19 run off. Oscar M. Carr was elected chairman, with Robert W. Smalley publicity chairman and Charles R. Roberson finance officer. District representatives were named for Berryville Battletown Chapel Royestown Greenway Gwynne Jones Longs marsh and other areas.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Democrats For Battle
Henry Howell
Battle
Clarke
Oscar M. Carr
Robert W. Smalley
Charles R. Roberson
John L. Enders
Battletown
John Friant
May Withers
Chapel
Oriel
Robot stockbroker warns selling short is no no
A robot stockbroker demonstrated at the American Bankers Association Automation Conference in Chicago. Dr. Paul Ross of RCA Laboratories said the system can be trained to recognize a stockholder voice and follow spoken commands with a limited Wall Street vocabulary.
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Chicago
American Bankers Association
Paul Ross
RCA Laboratories
Wall Street
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Ruth Crum
Loudoun St
Lynn Heights
Middletown
DIAL
Winchester Evening Star
Green Acres
Clarke CO
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Helen M. Ramsburg
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Opequon Ave
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East East St
Wilkins Development Corp
P. O. Box
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Win
International Telecommunications
Continental Baking Co
Sheraton Corp
Levitt & Sons Inc
Avis Inc
Rayonier Inc
Romney, West Virginia
G.E. Shingleton
J. B. Russell
Brookland Dr
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Iowa
Stuart M. Perry
Winchester Rt
Berryville Rt
Richard Rosenberger
Frederick
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R.R. No
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Roberts Antiques
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