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Local Resi’ents More

Heavily Insured

Residents of Rappahannock County, reacting to the nation’s economic downturn during the last year or two, have set about putting their own finances on a sounder footing.

Notwithstanding the fact that their paychecks have been on the rise, most families have been affected by the recession.

The higher cost of living, the growing amount of unemployment and other domestic problems, combined with the war in Vietnam, have led them to postpone some of their non-essential spending.

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