Virginia Called Financial Rock In News Review
University report says Virginia’s finances are strong due to debt payoff after the Civil War and prudent governance. It notes 3 percent century bonds maturing 1991 trading at a premium yielding about 2.94 percent and cites pay-as-you-go road financing, auditing, budgeting, and governor power to cut appropriations as key factors. The piece was prepared by A V Shea Jr for the newsletter.
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University
Virginia
Commonwealth
A. V. Shea, Jr
Letter
McCormac Named to Industry Congress Committee
The National Association of Manufacturers announces a 55 member convention committee. Virginia leaders H. B. Mccormac of the Virginia Woolen Company in Winchester and Robert West of Riverside and Dan River Cotton Mills in Danville are included. The event runs December 5 and 6 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York.
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Congress Ofdustry
National Association of Manufacturers
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York
C. L. Bartle
America
Bartle
Virginia
H. B. Mccormac
Virginia Woolen Company
Winchester
Robert West
Riverside and
Dan River
Danville
McCormac
Virginia Manufacturers’ Assciation
The
American Manufacturers’ Association
Ancient Aphrodite statue unearthed in Athens dig
In Athens a statue of Aphrodite dating to the fourth century B C was uncovered. Excavations at the Agora also exposed a bare ancient room with a well and a senate dining room for study.
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Aphrodite
Athens
Agora
Senate
General Electric to Consolidate Household Appliances in Winchester
General Electric will move its entire line of household appliances to a single Winchester location. Talbot W. Jenkins of Shenandoah Air Conditioning says Faulkner storeroom at 15 South Loudoun Street will be occupied after early November alterations. The operation will include air conditioning gear refrigerators radios and full service.
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General Electric Pany
Winchester
Talbot W. Jenkins
Shenandoah Air Conditioning Company
No. 19
Court Square
Charles Town
W. Va
Faulkner
South
Loudoun Street
General Electric
Judicial Study Group Forms to Advise on Redistricting
R. E. Williams of Grundy is named chairman of the state commission studying the advisability of redistricting. The group organizes to review district boundaries and constitutional implications.
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R. E. Williams of
Grundy
State Commission
Virginia judicial circuits group forms in Richmond
An organization meeting of a Virginia judicial circuits group was held in Richmond with eight members named including W. Jon Palmyra, Robert F. McMurran Portsmouth, Charles W. Burks Lynchburg and Aun G. Weaver Front Royal. The group plans to report at its next session and to build data to determine which circuits are disproportionately sized for potential rearrangement.
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Virginia
Richmond
W. Jon
Palmyra
Robert F. McMurran
Portsmouth
Charles W. Burks
Lynchburg
Aun G. Weaver
Front Royal
General Assembly
Mrs Whitney Buys A Famous Virginia Horse
Mrs John Hay Whitney of Llangollen buys Annie brown mare from Mrs James Hamilton of Warrenton who showed in Virginia and dominated the circuit. J E Barker sold Hard Lines and Bugle Call to Amory Carhard and Edward Friendly respectively. Eleven horses bought by Robert C Winmill in Wyoming will be hunted with the Warrenton club this season.
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Madison Square Garden
John Hay Whitney
Llangollen
James Hamilton
Warrenton
Annie
Robert C. Winmill
Wyoming
Clovelly
Warrenton Club
Kizer to Take Evidence in Workmen's Cases
Charles G. Kizer of the State Industrial Commission will visit Lexington Warm Springs Staunton Harrisonburg Woodstock in November to hear eleven workmen's compensation cases. The itinerary lists sessions in the morning and afternoon across three cities and four towns.
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Kizer
Charles G. Kizer
State Industrial Commission
Lexington
Warm Springs
Staunton
Harrisonburg
Woodstock
Winchester Morning and Front Royal Afternoon Travel Times
A brief travel note cites 10 Winchester in the morning and Front Royal in the afternoon, suggesting a split schedule for the day.
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Winchester
Front Royal
Meaning of Junket in Congressional Context
Pathfinder Magazine explains junket originally meant a banquet or excursion with feasting and evolved to denote a public expense trip by government officials to distant posts for investigation or inspection. Congressmen have been noted in the past for such junkets abroad while flying the American flag.
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Congress
Pathfinder Magazine
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N. Loudoun St
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Children’s Ribbed Union Suits
Luxenberg’s
Loudoun St
Lamb
Fiat
del Monte
Libby
White House
Sunnyfield Flour
Pillsbury’s
Campbell's Tomato Soup
Campbell’ Asst
Websters
Navy
Borden’s
Tbs
Vermont Maid
Jug
N. B.C
Camay Soap
P. & G. Soap
Crispo Ginger Snaps
Star Soap
the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea CO
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