Reapportionment Talks Return as Committees Meet
Virginia lawmakers move toward reapportionment plans for House and Senate districts amid debate over population tolerances. House subcommittee chair James M. Thomson signals potential floor action next week while other measures include a parimutuel betting study and tax relief proposal for senior homeowners.
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Senate
House
Winston Churchill
Europe
Thomson
House Rules Committee
Virginia
Daniel G. van Clief
Dalbemarle
New York
Committee of Seven
John Warren Cooke
D-Mathews
Postal Strike Enters Ninth Day In Britain
The British postal strike lengthens to day nine as 230,000 workers demand a 15 percent raise. The Post Office offers up to 8 percent, while the Conservative government cautions against inflation. Mail disruption hits mail-order firms, small businesses, greeting card makers, and newspapers. auto telephone systems risk overload.
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Daily Telegraph
Post Office
New Pattern 4855 Offers Half Sizes and Air Mail Additions
Slim Trim Trio ad promotes spring fashion patterns including printed Pattern 4855 with half sizes 10 12 14 16 20 22. Price seventy five cents per pattern, extra 25 cents for air mail. requests mail to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star pattern dept New York. Include name address ZIP size style number. Catalog touts spring summer separates jumpsuits and sewing books.
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Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
West German Border Patrol reports 4.8 million through Helmstedt in 1970
Nearly 4.8 million travelers passed the Helmstedt western control point on the main autobahn to West Berlin in 1970, 300000 more than in 1969, according to the West German Border Patrol.
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Brunswick
Germany
Helmstedt
West Berlin
Turnpike Driving NY Rush Requires Higher Tire Pressure
A report from Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp. recommends adding four pounds of pressure to tires for high speed, long distance driving. Underinflated tires build up heat at high speeds causing tread to soften and erode itself on the road.
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New York
Owens- Corning Fiberglas Corp
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