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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1971
Page
8
AP analysis by John Caniff notes men’s wear sales fell from about 21 million in 1969 to 16 million last year. Industry leaders blame overfashion, higher prices, itinerant Hong Kong tailors, and misfitting sales practices for widespread declines in metropolitan and rural markets.
Fredericksburg AP reports Leon Gillis continues his world voyage from a horse drawn wagon with his niece Eileen and friend Tommy Eyre joining. The family began in 1961 with a cross country wagon trip, then Europe and Russia in 1963. The current plan spans 18 months to three years heading to New York then San Francisco for an Orient voyage. Gillis laments laws and speed limits for horses and fears a growing divide among Americans while advocating a leisurely travel philosophy.
The US Command reports 68 American deaths last week with 38 killed in action and 21 previously missing now listed as dead, plus nine who died of battle wounds. Wounded total 592, the largest in seven months. Nonhostile deaths at 20 and Laos air losses among those missing rise the tally.
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