Burns proposes broad anti inflation measures and wage review
Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns urges possible use of compulsory arbitration and a wage price review board to curb inflation. He cites broader ideas, including antitrust enforcement and revised minimum wages for teens, while labor leaders condemn the plan as risky.
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Washington
Nixon
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Burns
America
Meany
Fed
White House
Los Angeles
Paul W. McCracken
McCracken
United States
George
Tentative Truckers Contract Reached Amid Fuel Strike
Negotiators reported a tentative agreement on a new three year contract for about 3,000 Midwest fuel oil drivers on strike since November 15. Details await ratification by Teamsters locals as union leaders hailed the deal as satisfactory to both sides.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Eve Shultz
Teamsters Automotive and Petroleum Division
Christmas Neurosis and the Holiday Blues
Psychiatrists report a Christmas neuroisis causing loneliness and low mood. Dr George H Pollack notes people may overreact with excess drinking or affairs to fake happiness. He urges self examination and understanding the cause rather than cheer up.
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Chicago
George H. Pollack
The
Institute For Psychoanalysis
Pollack
Samuelson to Receive Nobel Prize in Economics
Dr. Paul A. Samuelson of MIT arrived in Stockholm with his wife Marian and three children to receive the Nobel Prize in economics and the accompanying $80,000. He was among this year’s laureates on scene for the award ceremonies.
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Stockholm
Paul A. Samuelson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Samuelson
Marian
Postal Service Official to Visit Winchester December 16
Carl Comer Ulsaker, regional director of the Washington DC Region, will be in Winchester December 16 to review local Post Office operations. A West Point graduate and former Army officer with service in Europe Korea and Vietnam, he joined the Post Office in 1969 and now resides in Arlington with his wife Patricia and six children.
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Carl Comer Ulsaker
Washington, D.C
U.S. Postal Service
Winchester
Mr. Ulsaker
Carthage
Texas
United States Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
University of Pennsylvania
Europe
Canada
Ethiopia
Korea
Vietnam
U.S. Army War College
Army
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Post Office Department
Washington
Ulsaker
Patricia E. Goodwin
New York City
Arlington
Gold Boxes Head Gift to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts accepts 450 art objects from Mrs Ailsa Mellon Bruce estate. Highlight is 91 eighteenth century gold boxes noted for craftsmanship. Donor sister to Paul Mellon and former wife of David K E Bruce, the gift positions Richmond museum near national leaders.
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Richmond, Va
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Ailsa Mellon Bruce
Pinkney L. Near
Marvin Ross
Washington
Richmond
Kentucky Resort Lodge Rates To Rise Next Spring
Frankfort announces higher rates for state resort park lodges next spring. The increase targets modern facilities and will apply to all lodges with fixed current rates, regardless of age variations.
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Frankfort
Fire Destroys Historic Opera House in Sistersville West Virginia
An early morning fire in Sistersville West Virginia destroyed the four story opera house along with three nearby buildings. Estimated loss is 1.5 million dollars. The landmark opera house housed Starcher Furniture Co and was a stopover for Will Rogers and Buster Keaton. No injuries were reported. Cause was not known immediately. The Tyler County town near New Martinsville has about 2000 residents.
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Sistersville
W.va
West Virginia
Starcher Furniture Co
G. C. Murphy and
Shouldis
Wells
Hope Gas Co
Opera House
Pittsburgh
Will Rogers
Buster Keaton
Tyler County
New Martinsville
Deer Receives Emergency Treatment After Door Escape
A 100 pound female deer wandered from a wooded area in La Crosse Wisconsin and jumped through a plate glass door at La Crosse Lutheran Hospital. After being corralled in the hospital basement the deer was treated for a cut nose and released back to the woods.
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LA Crosse, Wis
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
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Debbie Price
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