Optimism Follows Large U S Apple Crop Prospects
An August USDA estimate puts the national apple crop at about 7.3 billion pounds, up from 6.5 billion last year, with Virginia producing around 450 million pounds. Industry sources warn of marketing challenges from carryover and hail, but promoters expect good quality fruit and possible export gains amid pricing pressures.
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Shenandoah
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Chicago
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Virginia Fruit Sales
Washington State
North Carolina
Northwest
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Virginia State Apple Commission
International Apple Institute
New York
Public employee bargaining ruling draws Virginia debate
Norfolk Judge Richard Kellam rules no right to municipal collective bargaining for public employees absent enabling state law. Suit by Portsmouth officers and Teamsters Local 822 prompts questions about appeal and impact on Norfolk’s planned bargaining ordinance. Locals already bargain in Northern Virginia. critics warn of disrupted public service and unequal gains for a few.
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Richard B. Kellam
Norfolk
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General Assembly
Portsmouth
Charles Hladik
Supreme Court
Andrew P. Miller
Northern
Kallam
Ford hardens stance on arms as SS-18 threat grows
President Ford warns Congress of a 2.8 billion dollar rise in nuclear weapons funds if Moscow fails to curb strategic arms. He cites the SS-18 with 25 megatons and MIRV potential, Moscow's defense build up, and the need to preserve U.S. Minuteman deterrence amid stalled Geneva talks.
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School officials appoint four new principals in Frederick County
The Frederick County School Board named four new elementary school principals, a supervisor of transportation and maintenance. The same period the U S Department of Labor selected Winchester and Martinsburg as headquarters for recruiting about 2,500 apple pickers.
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Winchester
Martinsburg
U.S. Dept. of Labor
Frederick County School Board
Truman Rules Out Rail Seizure Over Nationwide Rail Strike
The White House announced that President Truman had no plan to seize the railroads to avert a threatened nationwide strike. The statement emphasized the administration would not take eminent domain action against railroads in the dispute.
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Truman
Knowledge Check Your Knowledge Terms of a franchise
A selection of questions covers true false items on Empire State Building stories and Lima beans, plus who Pulitzer Prizes are named for, the boot shaped country, a perfect game meaning no hits allowed, Gulf Stream origin, will witnesses, and U S population estimates with a string of unreadable OCR text.
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Empire State Building
New York
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Gulf
Gulf Stream
Foreign travel reporting gaps linger in 1974 study
Congressional Quarterly finds incomplete 1974 foreign travel reports from Senate committees due to amended rules. Travel abroad sharply declined to 185 members at government expense, while the number taking no trips rose to 259. The year also saw ongoing reporting gaps and policy changes affecting public access and total dollar tallies.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Congressional
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Senate
Congress
Tennyson Guyer
Ohio
Veterans’ Affairs
Commerce Committee
Judiciary Committee
Burl Hays Jr
Senate Secretary's Office of Public Records
Congressional Record
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North Atlantic Assembly
Inter-parliamentary Union
Paul Wohl
Wayne L. Hays
Hays
Pierre S
Pete) du Pont
R del
House Administration
Senate Committee
Gallup Poll Shows Ford and Congress Split on National Problems
Poll of 1,529 adults across 300 localities finds 37 percent credit Ford with greater effort, 40 percent credit Congress, 23 percent undecided. Republicans favor Ford 2 to 1, Democrats favor Congress 2 to 1, independents divided. Data collected Aug 14 during Ford administration debate.
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Congress
Princeton
N.J
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