Inflation Threat Faces Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester
Mount Hebron Cemetery, 55 acres with about 45 000 graves, faces rising costs and inflation. Cemetery manager Bob Smallwood notes annual operating costs near 70 000 while perpetual care funds and pricing for plots and care are under pressure, with limited options beyond higher charges or fundraisers.
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Tom
Bob Smallwood
Smallwood
Mt. Hebron
Winchester
the Mount
Helen Edmonds
Mount Hebron
Bedfellows of 1978 Ad Spending Spotlight
Advertising Age lists the 100 largest U.S. advertisers who spent over $10 billion on national ads in 1978, a 17 percent rise from 1977. The piece notes cross‑produced products from Campbell Soup to Vaseline, Pond’s, Ragu, Hebrew National, Sara Lee, Fuller Brush, and L’eggs, showing diverse brands under single corporate umbrellas.
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Advertising Age
U.S
Consolidated Foods Corp
Chicago
Sara Lee
Fuller Brush
Consolidated Foods
Three Charged With Burglary On Norfolk Victory Ship
Norfolk police charged officer Joel Harris his brother Michael and James Veeder a chief petty officer with burglary grand larceny and burglary tools in a case tied to thefts from the Lt. Robert Craig Victory Ship berthed at Pan Atlantic Terminals. They appeared in General District Court and were released on 15000 bond. Harris was suspended without pay.
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Norfolk
Navy
Robert Craig
Pan Atlantic
Joel Chandler Harris
Norfolk Force
Michael
James Glenn Veeder
McCandless
Ilames Enamer Saaetings
General District Court
William L. Shapero
Harris
Veeder
Chesapeake
Harris Brothers
Peter G. Decker Jr
Decker
Michael Harris
Tidewater
Joel) Harris
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Star
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Winchester Evening Star
America
Our Town
Scott Mason
Associated Press
Campbell Soup Co
Camden
N.J
Vlash Pickles
Chesebrough-Pond’s
Greenwich
Nowitzky
Pan Atlantic Corp
Fire Department
Esmark Inc
Playtex Bras
General Foods
White Plains
N.Y
Greyhound Corp
Phoenix
Ariz
Gulf & Western Industries
New York
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. of
Wonderbread
Sheraton Hotels
the Stag
The
Hartford Insurance Group
Liggett Group Inc
Montvale
S&m
Mattel Inc
Hawthorne
Calif
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Miles Laboratories
Elkhart, Inc
Morningstar Farms
S.O.S
Alka-Seltzer
Nabisco Inc
East Hanover
Norton Simon Inc
Hunts Tomato Products
Avis Rental Cars
Max Factor Cosmetics
Canada Dry Beverages
Johnnie Walker Scotch
Halston Enterprises
McCall Patterns
Noxell Corp
Baltimore
Leston
Pepsi Co. Inc
Purchase
Wilson Sporting Goods
Frito-Lay
Proctor & Gamble CO
Cincinnati
P&g
Quaker Oats Co
R.J. Reynolds Industries
Winston- Salem
N.C
Winston
Unilever U.S. Inc
Lever Bros
Thomas J. Lipton Inc
Englewood
Defense Department
Agriculture Department
Energy Department
Drive For Conservation
Postal Service
Amtrak
Ene Ae Comunale Collectibles
Front Royal
Riverton
Bos Lattrell
Clifton R. Wilson
Dorothy C. Wilson
Circuit Court
Virginia
Frederick County Court House
Battle Avenue
Charles R. Duvall
W. E. Edwards
Frederick County
Forest B. Goode
Shirley Ann Goode
Romney Road
Hayfield
Gainesboro
Iran
Kerman Kashan
Nain
Qum
Tabriz
Ar- Art
Col. Mohsen M. Nejad
Holiday Inn-East
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