Leggett Adopts Pension Plan For Retirees
Leggett Department Store announced a new pension plan with 500 retirees set to receive monthly checks in 1970. Belk and Leggett employ over 17 000 people across 18 southeastern states and Puerto Rico, with eligible retirees from since Jan 1 1969. Mrs Virginia B Gregory, 17 years with Leggett, will retire Jan 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leggett Department Store
Winchester Leggett
Ralph Jordan
Belk
Leggett
Puerto Rico
Jordan
N. Loudoun St
Virginia B. Gregory
Gregory
Owner occupied homes rise in England and Wales
A government report shows 1969 owner occupied houses at 49 percent, up from 29 percent in 1950. The data highlight a long term shift toward private home ownership in England and Wales.
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London
England and
Wales
Abex Hosts Employees at Winchester Christmas Party
The American Brakebaok Division of Abex Corporation in Winchester held its annual employee and family Christmas party at the Plaza Theater in Ward Shopping Plaza. Santa greeted guests and introduced Surfer Joe the Clown who handed out tickets for gift certificates and turkeys.
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American Brakebaok
Abex Corporation
Winchester
Plaza Theater
Ward Shopping Plaza
Santa Claus
Joe the Clown
Tommy McDonald
Frances Henry
Richard Tevalt
Stan Kukanich
Robert Crosen
LeRoy Pritchett
Trade Bill Collapse In Senate Ends Expensive Venture
A doomed trade bill, stalled in the Senate and unlikely to pass the 91st Congress, consumes money and effort. House and Senate hearings, thousands of pages of testimony, and multi-department involvement fed a 400 witness record and 96 page bill, with costs likely surpassing $100,000 and possibly over $1 million.
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Washington
Senate
House Ways and Means Committee
Tariff Commission
Government Printing Office
GPO
State, Commerce, Labor, Interior, Treasury and Agriculture Departments
Office of
U.S. Trade Negotiator
House
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
Working women rise in Britain as working wives grow
Thirty percent of all married women in Britain now go out to work, up from 26 percent in 1951 44 according to a government report.
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Working Women
London
Britain
Soviet Girls Used for Espionage Scheme Exposed in Senate Testimony
Former Soviet agent Yuri Krotkov testifies to the Senate that a KGB scheme used handsome Russian men and co‑opted Soviet women to seduce diplomats and their wives in Moscow embassies. He cites named diplomats, notes blackmail limits, and recalls Mata Hari as a historical parallel.
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Washington
Senate
Yuri Krotkov
George Karlin
Moscow
Karlin
KGB
Mata Hari
London
Moscow Radio
Russia
Maurice Dejean
Internal Security
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Intertype
Intertype Company of
Donald H. Neale
Nona Shirley
Stella Fiddler
Wanda Hartley
Arvella Sears
Barbara Owens
Wanetta Mauck
Jean Tyler
Mary Wade
Mrs. Gregory
Abex
Russell E. Henry
Eric Kukanich
Teresa Jenkins
Tommy Derflinger
Marilyn Hackney
Beatrice Ward
Karen Herbaugh
Clarence Hillyard
Janet Stotler
Angela Wolford
Kay Combs
Cindy Milburn
Mike Milburn
Loudoun ST
Front Royal, Va
Elle
Melels
Bankamericart Welcome
Pixiero
By Wohl
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