Industry grows in September while welfare costs rise
Federal Reserve data show a 1.9 percent rise in September factory mine and utility output, the fifth straight monthly gain and the largest since 1964. Welfare spending climbs 20 percent in fiscal 1975 to 22.5 billion, driven largely by medical care for the poor. AFDC rolls average about 11.1 million with eight million dependents.
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Federal Reserve Board
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
John A. Svahn
AFDC
James L. Pate
Pate
Watergate Costs Pin Lawyers says Spong
Former U S Sen William B Spong Jr says Watergate damaged the legal profession and calls for better handling of incompetence and dishonesty among attorneys He, as Virginia Bar Association president elect, urged self regulation amid consumer demand for change and noted industry output trends.
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Richmond
U.S
William B. Spong Jr
Virginia
Spong
Virginia Bar Association
Legal Profession
The
Richmond Bar Association
Turning point of Revolution Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga
On this date in 1777 British General John Burgoyne surrendered to American forces at Saratoga, marking a major turning point in the American Revolution. Other historical notes include Charles II selling Dunkirk, Bessemer patenting steel, Einstein's U.S. arrival, Peron’s coup in Argentina, Onassis rumor, and recent U.S. Navy and Canadian events.
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John Burgoyne
Saratoga
N.Y
England
Charles II
Dunkirk
Henry Bessemer
Albert Einstein
United States
Juan Peron
Buenos Aires
Argentina
John Kennedy
Aristotle Onassis
U.S. Navy
North Vietnam
Quebec
Labor
Pierre Laporte
Ford
House
Richard Nixon
Davis Explains Revised Capital Building Budget
Staunton Virginia corrections head Jack Davis defended a $58 million cut to the capital outlay for 1976 78, saying the reduction reflected state finances not indecision. He noted Gov Mills Godwin and aides signaled funds would be scarce and implied the full $21 million may appear in the 1976 GA budget.
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Staunton
State Department of Corrections
Virginia
Jack Davis
Davis
Corrections Board
Mills Godwin
Godwin
General Assembly
Walther D. Fidler
Fidler
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