Economic Slowdown Signs Are More Evident
Signs of a slowing economy grow clearer as September price boosts push the consumer price index up 0.5 percent and annual inflation to 6 percent. Durable goods orders rise 5.9 percent to 32.2 billion, while unemployment inches up and defense cuts threaten jobs in the sector.
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New York
Nixon
Labor Department
Commerce Department
Paul McCracken
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Pentagon
Congress
House
National Mortgage Corp
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Senate
American Bankers Association
Chrysler Corp
No Uproar Seen in New Congressional Pensions
Washington AP report notes liberalization of congressional pensions with quicker access and higher caps. Nixon signed a bill raising maximum pension to 34 000 after three years at top pay and increasing member contributions to 8 percent. The change, tied to hefty salary hikes, faces limited public outcry.
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Washington
Nixon
Costello Named President of Shenandoah Area Boy Scouts
Lewis M. Costello, Winchester attorney and school board member, elected president of the Shenandoah Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Other 1970 officers include vice presidents Garrabrant Robin son and Robinson, treasurer Belchie, and council commissioner Willis, all based in Winchester or Martinsburg. New Executive Board members span Front Royal to Edinburg with district chairmen Beall Campbell and Thompson leading districts. many names repeat among elected and re-elected board members statewide.
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Lewis M. Costello
Winchester
Shenandoah Area
Boy Scouts of America
Ray A. Garrabrant
H. Delmer Robinson
J. Kenneth Robinson
Benjamin Belchie
Kenny P. Bovard
Front Royal
Stuart E. Brown, Jr
Berryville
Robert J. Funkhouser, Jr
Charles Town
W. Va
Paul A. Lang
Martinsburg
Kent M. Parson
Charles H. Schutte, Jr
Harold van Epps
Joseph Bond
Ivan W. Coffelt
Edinburg
Ralph H. Dean
Luray
John Ewell
C. G. Hookey
Charles R. Beall
Donald K. Jones
Eldon E. Campbell
James Thompson
Raymond Ward
William Crawford
Woodstock
George Alter, Jr
Frank Armstrong
Wendell R. Barney
Roy W. Bayliss, Jr
Gordon D. Bowman
J. Douglas Buker
Frederick O. Byrer
Joseph Cartwright
Douglas A. Cather
William Chapman
James V. Davis
Douglas Dofflemyer
H. Robert Edwards
Burton C. English
Warren
NAACP predicts Virginia schools fully integrated in two years
Virginia NAACP leaders at Richmond say desegregation will spread statewide within two years even if bus transportation is required. Samuel W. Tucker warns Southside administrators that desegregation can occur quickly while Charles E. Brown and Kel ly M. Alexander stress integration as a key to black power. Delegates separately reject a reparations demand tied to white churches as the NAACP stays focused on integration through democratic processes.
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Richmond
Virginia
NAACP
Samuel W. Tucker
Emporia
Southside
Tucker
Virginia Naacp
Charles E. Brown
Carolina Naacp
Kelly M. Alexander
Alexander
Linwood Corbett
The
Stephens City Apple Butter Sale Set By Fire Company
Stephens City Fire Company schedules a Thursday all day apple butter making fundraiser to support department maintenance. Peeling begins Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Fire Hall with volunteers invited. orders accepted by Dorothy Carbaugh or Catherine Lemley after 6 p.m.
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Stephens City
Stephens City Fire Company
Dorothy Carbaugh
Catherine Lemley
Winchester Recreation and Civic Improvement Council Meeting
The Winchester Recreation and Civic Improvement Council will hold its semi annual meeting Monday at 7 30 p m in the Fairfax Morgan Room of the War Memorial Building. The council invites two representatives from each local organization to attend as voting members on matters requiring group approval. Meeting is open to the public.
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Winchester Recreation and Civic Improvement Council
Fairfax-Morgan
War Memorial
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Costello
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Clarke & Frederick Counties
Bill Battle
Sargeant Reynolds
Andy Miller
LEE Jackson Restaurant
Millwood Ave
Holiday Music, Inc
W. Boscawen St
Hammond Organ
Drum Sale
Holiday’s Price
Slingerland
Ludwig
Gretsch
Penneys
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