Price drops in April curb shopper costs nationwide
AP survey shows market basket prices fell 2.9 percent across 13 cities in April yet remain higher than April 1974. Farm prices rose 4 percent from mid March to mid April, potentially delaying retail relief as middlemen argue higher costs. Sugar related items and cookies led declines while detergents and some beef items rose. Cities surveyed include Albuquerque Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Detroit Los Angeles Miami New York Philadelphia Providence Salt Lake City Seattle.
Prices Ease Off Chart Shows April Grocery Drops
An Associated Press survey shows shoppers saved in April as wholesalers cut prices and retailers competed across cities on eggs cookies and detergents.
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Associated Press
Norfolk Savings Debtors to Get 6.6 Million Payout
A US District Court settlement will pay about 55 cents on the dollar to roughly 3,500 depositors and stockholders of the defunct Norfolk Savings & Loan Corp. The first distribution should finish by June 15, with Landmark Communications Inc and Landmark Securities Inc among involved parties. The case stems from insolvency of the non insured industrial loan firm closed Jan 2, 1973.
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Oren R. Lewis Jr
State Corporation Commission
Savings and Loan Association
Landmark Communications Inc
Landmark Securities Inc
Alexandria
Virginia National Bank
MacKethan
Landmark Communications
Ralph S. Jessie
Aubrey Kidd
Bank of Virginia
Catterall
Kidd
Richmond
W. Moultrie Guerry
SCC
Norfolk Savings
Irm
Winchester Parks Friday Parade Restrictions
Winchester Police announce Friday parking bans on Cameron Gerrard to Wyck Piccadilly Cameron Braddock Cork Loudoun Germain Stewart Handley Valley Monmouth and Cork from Kent to Stewart. The last two streets will stay open for emergency vehicles. Parade formation cross streets listed: Pall Mall Germain Leicester Cecil Clifford.
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Winchester Police Dept
Cameron St
Gerrard St
Wyck St
Piccadilly St
Braddock St
Cork St. Cork St
Loudoun St
Cork St
Germain St. Germain St
Stewart St
Germain St
Handley Blvd
Valley Ave
Loudoun St. Monmouth
Cork Sts
Kent St
Loudoun
Cameron S&t
Pall Mall St
Leicester St
Cecil St
Clifford St
Virginia High School Dropouts Rise for Third Year
Virginia's 406 725 students in grades eight through twelve saw 21 025 dropouts last year, a 5 2 percent rate. Males made up three fifths of dropouts, with many facing academic problems. Some localities report rates above 9 percent.
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Richmond
State Department of Education
Virginia
Surry Cou
Amelia County
Cape Charles
Northampton County
Greensville
Northampton
Lunenburg
Norton
West Point
King William County
Fairfax
Arlington
Falls Church
Fredericksburg
Major territorial purchases shaped U S borders
The United States expanded through two large acquisitions, the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Alaska Purchase in 1867. The combined cost was about $22.5 million, averaging just over $15 per square mile of new territory.
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United States
Louisiana
Alaska
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Joyce Shall
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TL Bayliss, Jr
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