Prime banks cut the rate again as Nixon scorns textile pact
The week saw major banks lower the prime lending rate to five and a half percent, the fifth cut this year from eight percent in March. President Nixon denounced Japan's voluntary textile agreement, while Congress debated quotas. Unemployment eased to 5.8 percent in January as economists predicted modest growth.
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Nixon
Chasé Manhattan B Bank of
United States
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
William J. Casey
Securities and Exchange Commission
Casey
Senate
Proval
Commerce Department
Entry at Used Cars Firm Leads to Arrest in Frederick County
David Richard Dill, 18, of Gainesboro, was arrested by the Frederick County Sheriff's Office on charges of statutory burglary and grand larceny related to a break in at S and S Used Cars in Sunnyside. Several hundred dollars of speed equipment were stolen. most property recovered. Dill is jailed in Winchester on $2,000 bond. Arraignment set. deputies commended for investigation. Also: Raymond J. Kerns and James R. Lane face preliminary hearing for breaking into Grocers Wholesale. both held on $2,000 bond.
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David Richard Dill
Gainesboro
Frederick County
Harry Richard
Roy Hoak, Jr
Dill
Winchester
New Girls Pattern 4629 Spurs Spring Fashion Wave
Advertises Printed Pattern 4629 for girls sizes 6 to 14 with tunic and pants. Includes fabric yardage and price 75 cents per pattern, 25 cents extra for air mail. Offers Anne Adams pattern mail request form from Winchester Evening Star address in New York. Also promotes fashion catalog, pattern coupon, and sewing book.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Tag Requirements In Stephens City
Stephens City officials announce license tagging for any vehicle owned by another person or company. Town tags go on sale Monday at the town office.
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Stephens City
Harrison Foreman
Widows Say Foreboding Tied to Hyden Mine Disaster
In Hazards Kentucky eight widows testified that their husbands warned of death due to unsafe mine practices. The Hyden mine explosion on Hurricane Creek killed 38, including Price Henson. Charles Finley testified as investigators cite cribbed fuses and illegal detonators.
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Hazard
Hyden
Charles Finley
Hurricane Creek
Leslie County
Washington
Justice Department
Winston-Salem Riders Enter Apple Blossom Parade
Mr Buck Sheaf Mrs Buck Sheaf and friend Mr Burton of Winston-Salem N C plan to ride their registered black and white pintos in the Apple Blossom Parade on Saturday May 8 Their saddles exceed 40000 in value and their western parade suits are about 3000 They have long participated in Pasadena California Tournament of Roses Parade
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Buck Sheaf
Mr. Burton
Winston-Salem
N.C
Pasadena
Calif
Brownell to Preside Over Discussions
Herbert Brownell former attorney general of the United States was to preside today over the first panel discussions and workshops at the National Conference on the Judiciary. The event began Thursday with a Nixon keynote and ends Sunday with remarks by Gov. Linwood Holton. Robert W. Calvert chief justice of Texas spoke at today’s luncheon. Edward Bennett Williams ABA crime prevention chair spoke at the conference dinner led by Virginia Attorney General Andrew P. Miller.
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Williamsburg
Herbert Brownell
United States
Nixon
Linwood Holton
Robert W. Calvert
Texas
Conference of Chief Justices
Virginia Atty
Andrew P. Miller
Edward Bennett Williams
American Bar Association
Saltville Began Commercial Salt Production in 1788
Saltville has produced salt commercially since around 1788, marking an early industrial effort in the region.
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Saltville
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