Inflation Calculator Revamps Price Index With Wider Product Range
The Labor Department will deploy more part time workers to record prices of goods nationwide and expand the product range tracked by the index. A $50 million investment over eight years aims to better reflect inflation’s impact on about half of American households, per Julius Shiskin, commissioner of labor statistics.
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Washington
Labor Department
Julius Shiskin
Commissioner of
Labor Statistics
Meany seeks 12th term as AFL-CIO president
George Meany, 83, runs unopposed for a 12th two year term as AFL-CIO president at the union convention in Los Angeles. Some dissenters urge change, but backers say Meany will win as long as he stays healthy.
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Los Angeles
Ol’ Man River
George Meany
American Labor Movement
Afl-Cio
Machinists Union
William Winpisinger
Meany
Albert Zack
Mine Strike Progress Amid Efforts to Close Non-Union Mines
Charleston AP reports union and industry negotiators show progress as 160,000 United Mine Workers strike continues in Appalachia. UMW Vice President elect Sam Church says today is the best day yet after a long Washington session adjourned for the day.
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Charleston
W.va
United Mine Workers
Appalachia
UMW
Sam Church
Washington
New Cancer Detector Could Replace Mammography
Memorial Sloan Kettering reports an 80 percent accurate breast cancer test using body heat patterns instead of radiation. The GST method measures breast versus forehead temperatures to flag suspicious areas and may reserve mammography for follow up.
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New York
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Sloan-Kettering
Ruth Snyder
Japan seeks quick end to trade dispute in Washington
Nobuhiko Ushiba arrives in Washington for a four day mission to explain Japan’s tariff cuts and press U.S. negotiators on the trade imbalance. The United States buys about eight billion dollars more in goods than Japan exports to the U.S. Critics link the gap to American unemployment and potential political instability. He will meet Robert Strauss and senior officials from Commerce Treasury Labor and Agriculture.
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Washington
U.S
Japan
Robert Strauss
Commerce, Treasury
Labor and Agriculture
Temperature to bring 60s revival to county tomorrow
After days of cold weather residents can expect a sunny fair day with a high near 60 tomorrow. Last night’s low around 24, tonight’s near 30, and only a slight chance of rain. The extended outlook shows scattered showers Wednesday and highs in the 50s for the rest of the week.
North Augusta double murder remains unsolved
The November 9 killing of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Sailors at 1013 Tamarack Drive is still unsolved. Four men, two SLED agents and two Aiken County deputies, have conducted about 75 interviews and 10 polygraph tests, with investigators traveling to Atlanta and Savannah for leads. Prints, a broken clock, and a disturbed home point to a planned crime, but no motive or suspect has been established.
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North Augusta
Aiken County
Savannah
Grant
G. C
Tamarack Drive
Vance Wants King Hussein To Be Represented In Cairo
Thousands watched parades in Graniteville Vaucluse and Warrenville as seven foot talking apes and Scooby Doo characters moved along North Augusta streets. Majorettes sparkled in sun beside a Thunder Road ride replica and crowds cheered during the Graniteville Vaucluse Warrenville parade weekend. Rodney Michaels of North Augusta Jaycees co sponsored the Fantasy Parade with the Augusta Jaycees.
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Vance
King Hussein
Cairo
Georgia Avenue
North Augusta
Graniteville
Carowind
Scooby Doo
Carowinds
Graniteville-Vaucluse-Warrenville
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Vance Visits Jordan Aims to Secure Cairo Talks Delegation
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance arrives in Amman to urge King Hussein to send a representative to the Egypt Israel Cairo talks. He cites progress seen in Israel and Damascus while Syria vows to abstain from Cairo. Dayan says Sadat may push for progress within 10 days and could negotiate a separate peace if no deal emerges.
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Amman
Jordan
Cyrus R Vance
Hussein
Cairo
Israel
Egypt
Vance
Jerusalem
Abdul Halim Khaddam
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Baghdad Radio
Iraq
Menahem Begin
Assad
U.S. State Department
Moshe Dayan
Anwar Sadat
Dayan
Sadat
Mideast
Syria
Khaddam
Geneva
Abu Dhabi
Zayed bin Sulan al Nahyan
United Arab Emirates
Persian Gulf
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
U.A.E
Donations Near 8000 Mark For Christmas Funds
The Aiken Jaycees and Salvation Army fund drives near the $8,000 goal as of today. An area family, a mother of three sons, faces hardship with unemployment and health issues after her husband left. The boys will shop on the Jaycees tour for about 25 dollars in clothes at Big E Edwards this Saturday. New donations include Aiken Tennis Association 20 dollars Floyd and Geneve Smith 20 dollars and others bringing in support.
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Jaycees
Salvation Army
Aiken Area
Aiken Jaycees
Big E Edward's
Aiken Jaycee
P.O. Box
Aiken
Parole Hearing Set for Mrs. Cleo J. Scott
Mrs. Cleo J. Scott faces a Wednesday parole review as one of 71 cases considered by the South Carolina Parole and Probation Board. She is serving a six month sentence for official misconduct in office related to missing funds totaling $45,378 from the Aiken Clerk of Court.
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Aiken County
Columbia i
Grady Wallace
South Carolina Parole and Probation Board
Cleo J. Scott
Parole Board
Preston Posey
Wallace
Posey
Scott
Klyde Robinson
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