Think A Minute on Postwar Food Costs and Living Standards
The piece cites prewar food accounted for 23 percent of consumer income, yet today buying the same items would cost 14.44 percent. Consumers upgrade purchases, buy more meat, and pay for convenience foods. Overall food spending rises about 40 percent versus prewar standards, while only 20 percent of income goes to food, three percent less than before. Dollar prices alone mislead. proportion of income matters.
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Department of Agriculture
Harry B
Why consumer spending falters amid rising incomes
Ralph T. Moore argues in the Oregon Voter that spending drops despite income growth due to waning confidence about the future. He notes work stoppages raising industrial costs as the nation eyes Europe’s Common Market, framing fears of war and federal spending as key factors in the faltering economy.
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Ralph T. Moore
The
Oregon Voter
Europe
Galbraith Claims U S Economy Heavily Planned
Ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith told a speech in India that 20 percent of the American economy is planned by the state while India shows 13 to 14 percent. He argued the U S market system is more socialist than India’s socialist economy.
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John Kenneth Galbraith
Harvard Economics
India
America
Galbraith
United States
Algeria’s Military Dominance Looms Over Incoming Assembly
The article analyzes Algeria’s unstable path after independence as the military controls the scene across six wilayas. Ben Bella and Ben Khedda vie for leadership while Belkacem Krim and other figures wield influence, with risk of civil war and a lingering French army presence to shield Europeans.
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Wilayas
Ahmed de-Bella
Algiers
Ben- Youssef Ben Khedda
Army of National Liberation
Congo
United Arab Republic
Constituent Assembly
Ben Bella
Parti Communiste Algerian
Wilaya 4
Libya
Aures
Ben Khedda
Mao Tse-tung
Tito
Belkacem Krim
Kabylia
Communists Fear Alliance in Latin America Rise
Washington by Roscoe Drummond reports that the Alliance for Progress and Communist blocs race in Latin America center on per capita income and political pressure. The piece notes concern that dictatorships and Soviet influence, including adviser Sergei Mikhailov, shape anti Communist propaganda and outreach to scholars and educators.
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South America
Latin
United States
America
Latin America
New York Herald
Tribune Inc
Soviet Union
Hed China
Kremlin
Alliance For
Additional Troopers Sent Into Cairo Area
State troopers were ordered into the Cairo area at the request of local law enforcement as trials for anti segregationists proceed Public Safety Director Joseph Ragen announced the measure and said it was taken to support the sheriff and county authorities in maintaining order during the proceedings
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Springfield
UPI
Cairo
Public Safety
Joseph Ragen
Ragen
Successful Investing in a World of Shifting Power
A reader asks about holding or selling stocks amid inflation and political risk in Latin America and the United States. Roger E. Spear and others advise favoring high paying, non dividend stocks like Sears Roebucks and Standard Oil of New Jersey while cautioning against market timing and drastic moves.
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Sfip
Roger E. Spear
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Roebucks
Lion
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Revlon
Sears, Roebuck and
Jersey Stan
Theyson
U.S
Studebaker
Venezuela
W.H
G.B
Sales Career Thoughts From a Salesman Advisor
A columnist urges persistence in sales, explaining how many calls are needed to win retailers and how a large customer base creates many bosses. He warns against relying on luck, stresses helping the customer, and notes how competition can move business across rivals. He promotes his psychology booklet and personal advice service.
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Pibeon-Naie
Suseus
Pye
Svertsing & Selling
What People In The News Are Saying Alliance for Progress
A discussion highlights the Alliance for Progress as a potentially powerful and positive initiative. The tone emphasizes vigorous support and optimism for its impact.
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Alliance For Progress
Brady's Health Service charged in protest at New York venue
A UPI report states Brady's Health Service faces charges connected to demonstrations at a New York restaurant and at a swimming pool and roller rink involving supporters of the European Community during the past month.
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United Press International
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bus Safety Rules And Temperance Reflections From A Local Column
Readers are reminded opening of the new school year brings buses back on county roads with drivers urging safe operation. A state law requires drivers to stop for halted school buses picking up or discharging children until signals end. The page also includes personal reflections on temperance from a letter writer and notes on smoking habits and health effects, with a request for brief health letters to Dr Brady.
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Dr. Brady
William Brady
Camino
Beverly Hills
Calif
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Indianapolis
State Fairgrounds Coliseum
Folklore by William Wade and political notes mix in a kaleidoscopic dispatch
A scrambled southern state dispatch weaves literary remarks by William Wade with political updates. It cites labor leaders, segregation protests in Algiers, school bus safety praise in Madison County, and Thant’s note on Khrushchev skipping the UN General Assembly for now.
State Board Overwhelmed by Tax Appeals in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis the State Board of Tax Commissioners faces about 3,000 real estate appeals, far above its usual 190 annual total, with projections to reach 6,000. The strain is greatest in Lake and Marion counties, which together hold a large share of the state's assessed value and population, while officials expect the backlog to slowly ease.
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UPD
State Board of Tax Commission
Richard Worley
Worley
Lake
Marion
County
Lake and
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