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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1970

Page

10

City Cutbacks in Services May Only Be the Beginning

An Associated Press survey of nine cities shows rising wage and welfare costs squeeze budgets. Boston raises veterans benefits and taxes, Chicago plans more police and inspectors, Cleveland faces tax declines and possible layoffs, Detroit trims hiring, Los Angeles uses reserves and fears layoffs, with federal aid seen as crucial to sustain services.

Washington Cleveland Los Angeles New York Detroit Philadelphia Associated Press Boston Richard Wall Chicago G. Edward Bedore Philip Dearborn Carl B. Stokes Walter R. Greene Greene City of Angels C. Erwin Piper James H.J. Tate James L. Ferguson St. Louis General Motors

Change in Form Of Government Is Turned Down

James City County voters reject a proposal to switch from supervisorial to county manager government in a special election 1012 to 724. Voters approve by magisterial district selection 975 to 587 while turning down a sixth at large supervisor plan 964 to 619.

Williamsburg James City

Bob Hope Christmas show at West Point delights cadets

Bob Hope brought his 20th Christmas tour to the U.S. Military Academy field house in West Point for about 8,000 cadets, officers, and civilians. The comedian joked about the Pentagon and Howard Hughes, and a fuse incident sparked a brief outage as his 83 member troupe performed. The TV version will edit the same material into a 90 minute program airing January 14.

Cynthia Lowry West Point, N.Y Feld U.S. Military Academy Bob Hope West Point Thayer Hope Howard Hughes Pentagon Company

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