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The Red Cross Bloodmobile will make its semi-yearly visit to Rappahannock on Monday, November 9 stationed at Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall, Washington, Va. from 12 noon until 5:45 pjn.
There is a continuing need for blood to meet the needs of ill
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How has the average , Rappahannock County family been making out in the nip and tuck race between rising incomes and rising living costs?
To what extent have higher prices and bigger taxes eaten into I the income gains chalked up in the fast five years?
The before and after figures show that although inflation has channeled off a considerable part of these gains, leaving some people with little to show for their increased earnings, the majority are better off than they were previously. The yardstick by which this is determined is purchasing power-now as compared with five years ago.
As to how much the average Rappahannock County production worker can buy with the amount he earns in a day, some figures are available on the basis of data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Tax Foundation and others.
They show that he now earns enough, after 24 minutes on the job, to buy a pound of smoked ham or a pound of frozen filet of haddock.
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