Food Sets Pace CPI Jump as Prices Rise in February
The government reported February consumer prices climbed eight tenths of a percent, the steepest monthly gain since February 1951. Grocery prices led the rise, signaling the largest cost-of-living increase during the Korean War era.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Nixon
BLS
Herbert Stein
Stein
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Senate House Joint Economic Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Watts Seeks Reelection As Winchester Commonwealth Attorney
Dabney W. Watts announces he will seek reelection as Winchester commonwealth attorney, a post held since May 1949. He is the second official to declare. Harry Carpenter resigns as treasurer, April 1, with Patricia S. Shiley seeking appointment to the unexpired term and the Democratic nomination. Watts outlines seeking the Democratic nomination at the local convention or primary per the Winchester Democratic Committee. He is a Richmond native, educated at Richmond Public Schools and Washington and Lee University, class of 1940, with Navy service in World War II and a 1947 Washington and Lee law degree beginning practice in Winchester that April.
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Patricia S. Shiley
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Lexington
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Japan
Washington and Lee
Frederick Winchester Honorary Chiefs Named In Apple Blossom Parade
Cynthia Dale Williams 17 and Barbara Paxton Jones 16 were chosen as Honorary Fire Chiefs for Frederick County and Winchester City. Williams represented Round Hill, Jones represented Friendship Fire Company among 13 finalists. Williams aims to study nursing at Shenandoah College. Jones is active in Student Rap, Chapel, clubs, and church activities.
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Charles E. Dunn
Clyde A
Chip” Johnson
Shenanadoah College
Cynthia
Cynthia Dale Williams
Barbara Paxton Jones
Frederick County
Winchester
Apple Blossom
Miss Williams
James Wood High School
Round Hill
Alfred Williams
Rt. 4
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Shenandoah College
Frederick to open public kindergarten for all five-year-olds
Frederick County will launch a public school kindergarten program this fall for all eligible five-year-olds. The program shifts up the start date to next fall due to supplemental state aid and will use portable trailers at existing elementaries. Permanent facilities will be added with new Apple Pie Ridge and Stephens City Elementary Schools.
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Pat Robinson
Frederick County
Wright
Apple Pie Ridge
Stephens City
Snow Flurries Briefly Dust Winchester Weather
Early snow flurries surprised locals but posed no threat as ground remained bare at noon in Winchester. Tonight may clear with low near 30. tomorrow warming to the 40s. Weekend rain possibility with seasonable 40 to 60 degree temperatures.
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Winchester
Last American Prisoners to Be Released
The Viet Cong declares the final batch of American prisoners will be released at Gia Lam airport in Hanoi on Saturday and Sunday, completing the repatriation ahead of the March 28 Paris peace deadline. A list of 31 prisoners to be turned over Thursday accompanies the release, following 439 already freed. The United States seeks official lists to confirm any changes since the 585 names were presented at the peace agreement signing.
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Hanoi
Gia Lam
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
United States
North Vietnam
Paris
Supreme Court Allows Local Texas School Taxes
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 ruling, upheld Texas local property taxes to finance public schools, saying education is not an explicit constitutional right. The decision reverses a lower court that found the Texas system unconstitutional and tied funding to local wealth disparities.
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Supreme Court
Texas
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Powell
Hawaii
Warren E. Burger
Potter Stewart
Harry A. Blackmun
William H. Rehnquist
Demetrio P. Rodriguez
Edgewood Independent
San Antonio
Rebels End Hostage Standoff at West Virginia Penitentiary
Inmates who seized five guards at West Virginia Penitentiary ended their uprising after talks with state officials. One inmate died and two were wounded. guards remained unharmed. Troopers and about 40 National Guardsmen were on site as officials consider further deployments.
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W.va
West Virginia Penitentary
Arch A. Moore Jr
West Virginia Penitentiary
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