Virginia Pages Help Run 1977 General Assembly Sessions
About 50 high school pages aged 13 to 15 assist lawmakers in the Virginia General Assembly. They deliver bills, set up rooms, and prepare materials while balancing studies. Tutors will provide math and science instruction four nights weekly at the Hotel John Marshall.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
House
Senate
Jay Shropshire
Shropshire
James G. Neal
Charlotte Court House
John Marshall
Virginia Senate
Marcus Bach
Salem
Retail Sales Rise 3.1 Percent in December
Commerce Department reports December retail sales up 3.1 percent to 57.37 billion after seasonal adjustment, led by strong auto and auto-related product demand. The rise marks the biggest monthly gain in over four years and signals renewed consumer buying strength.
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N.Y
Washington
Commerce Department
Letters to the Star Editor on Post Office and civic progress
Henry Ward Beecher praised Congressman Robinson for taking hold of a broken Post Office matter, urging progress over a static status quo in the Apple Capital. A Puerto Rican reader, Josephine Rubin, commends editorial clarity and argues for Puerto Rico to become a state, while detailing veteran service and local aging-elder care concerns in Winchester.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Congressman Robinson
the Star
Winchester
Washington
Josephine Rubin
Henry Ave
Viewpoint Editor's Note on Coffee Prices and Boycotts
This reader correspondence argues price hikes demand national action rather than local boycotts. It favors cutting back to save money and cites past beef and sugar boycotts as proof. Adams Ale is preferred if not river-sourced. The note ends with author contact details.
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Ralph L. Triplett Gore
GOP Has Healthy Bank Balance Amid Campaign Finances
Washington AP reports the Republican National Committee shows a healthy balance and a $1 million trust to cover unpaid Ford campaign bills. About $1.8 million raised for the Ford effort went unspent, and final accounting remains due by Jan. 31. Ford supporters say spending was restrained by campaign finance rules, while Baker’s failed bid for chair underscores GOP unity dynamics.
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Washington
Republican Party
Ford
Republican National Committee
Carter
James A. Baker III
Baker
William Greener
President Ford Committee
Greener
White House
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Virginia State Senate
Edwin L. Dale Jr
Kenneth Robinson
Robinson
America
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Myopia
Washington and
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Dante
Hell
C.C. McDonald
P.O
United States
Korea
Vietnam
Congress
United States Military Academy
West Point
Puerto Rico
James G. Gladden
Fairview Ave
GOP
William E. Brock III
Tennessee
Robert Carter
Cochairman
The
National Committee
Arthur Fletcher
Buehl Berentson
Richard Richards
Utah
Thomas Milligan
Indiana
Kent B. McGough
Ohio
Frederick K Biebel
Connecticut
S.M.L
Johnny Appleseed
Wy Price
Vigor le
Caette
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