Supplemental security payments explained by Social Security
The supplemental security income program provides monthly checks to individuals with little income who are 65 or older or blind or disabled. Officials note checks arrive on the first of each month. The program is run by the Social Security Administration, part of the US Health, Education, and Welfare department.
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Shrine Club
Winchester Shrine Club
Clifton P. Edwards
Herbert C. Holliday
F. Albert Robinson Jr
Chester Luttrell
Harry G. Straw
Charles E. Hofer
William L. Peale
Kena Temple
Alexandria
Edwards
Social Security Administration
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Warren Schools
House Post Office Committee
Charles H. Wilson
D-Calif
Rademacher
Postal Service
Front Royal Community Meeting and Club Schedule Highlights
A Tuesday timetable lists events across Front Royal including Weight Watchers sessions at 37 West Boscawen Street and Youth Weight Watchers at Odd Fellows Hall, Lions Club meetings at Dutt's Pagoda Room and Front Royal Rotary groups, Civil Air Patrol at the airport, Bethel Lutheran Church and various Masonic and Moose lodges, plus Alcoholics Anonymous at First Baptist Church.
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W. Boscawen St
Lions Club
Dutt
Moose Lodge
Front Royal
Loyal Order of Moose
Rebekah Lodge
Alcoholics Anonymous
First Baptist Church
Postal Workers Push For Legislation After Pact
The American Postal Workers Union says its members ratified a three year contract with the U S Postal Service and now seeks legal authority to strike. The National Association of Letter Carriers also ratified earlier, shaping the strike option for about 600000 workers. Rupert Bayless Vance, 76, UNC sociologist and former American Sociological Society president, died after a brief illness.
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Washington
American Postal Workers Union
U.S. Postal Service
National Association of Letter
James H. Rademacher
Letter Carriers’ Union
Rademacher
Postal Service
Mid-August Slide in Auto Sales Reported
DETROIT AP auto sales for mid August fell 6.2 percent from 1974, yet deliveries remained over 30 percent above the month’s opening 10 days. Ford rose 1 percent on an incentive program while Chrysler GM AMC deliveries slid, signaling a long industry decline nearing an end, with 1976 model introductions expected to boost momentum. Year-to-date sales through Aug. 20 totaled 4.16 million, down about 17 percent from 1974.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Mack Worden
Chrysler
American Motors Corp
Public records push on meetings that led to Agnew resignation
Former U S attorney George Beall pressed for disclosure of transcripts from two secret sessions on Oct 8 and 9, 1973 involving Judge Walter Hoffman and Agnew, arguing the public record should be complete. The meetings led to Agnew pleading no contest to tax evasion and resigning Oct 10, 1973.
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Agnew
Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
U.S. Atty
George Beall
U.S
Walter E. Hoffman
Alexandria
Justice Department
Maryland
Beall
Metric changeover in industry and everyday life
The text explains gradual metric adoption in industry notably pharmaceuticals, contrasts with US plans and Canadian usage, and offers simple conversion examples for mm to inches, cm to inches, m to yards, and g to oz. It notes nostalgia for traditional units and outlines practical metric terms and approximate conversions.
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Pharmaceutical
United States
Canada
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Frederick
Winchester
Warren County
Richard A. Keeler
Keeler
Otterburn
Bentonville
Handley High School
George L. Craig
Winchester-Frederick County
Federal Tire Co., Inc
Planned Developments, Inc
B and J Carpet Center
Miles R. Orndorff, Jr
George Froom
Charles Thorn
Wade D. Ferguson
Ford Administration
Rupert Bayless Vance
Baltimore
Judah Best
Best
Jervis Finney
Finney
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
George A. Froom
Williamsburg
Yorktown
Complete Insurance Service
J. W. Arthur
Boscawen ST
Hansbrough & Carter, Inc
Rene
Kodel
TM Eastman Chemical Products Inc
Grant City
Values Royal Plaza
Junction Rts
Virginia
ASTUT
Isla
SAV
Savina
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