Beef Price Decline Slowed By Markups
The Agriculture Department reports November retail beef prices fell for a fourth straight month but middlemen’s markups kept declines from widening. Average retail beef cost was 1.12 3 10 per pound, down 0.5 cents from October, while farm value slid to 66.6 cents. Middleman charges rose 5.9 cents, totaling 45.7 cents per pound, a record. Live cattle prices jumped late in November, signaling possible price increases in the next report.
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Mendocino County Divides Hipsters and Traditions Coexist
In Mendocino County California an elderly postal clerk denounces hippie residents yet notes their kindness. A herbal tea shop run by Walt Sharp and Jean discusses life among long haired drifters while Sheriff Bartolomie recalls growth of the hippie population from five years ago and the mutual respect that has formed between communities.
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Los Angeles
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Translove Airwaves
Riverdale
Garberville
Sharp
University of California At Los Angeles
New York City
Joan Baez
Walt
Laytonville
Area Death Notices From Various Ohio Towns
Multiple obituaries list Bert Leroy Spearry 81 of Wheelersburg wife Mabel Spearry daughter Carleen and many grandchildren. Russell McClure 78 Murray City retired coal miner. Kitty M. Miller 53 Orlando Florida. George E Spry 59 Rockbridge. Louise Lent 72 Athens. Birdie L See 70 Letart. Virginia K Blackburn 54 Nelsonville. Funeral details, burial sites, and surviving relatives provided for each notice.
Dynamite Theft Prompt City Hazard Warning
WELLSTON police report 116 sticks of dynamite and 800 feet of primer cord stolen from Irby Construction Co powder house on the city edge. Chief Max Downard suspects juveniles, warns inexperienced handlers risk accidental detonation and asks residents to report information confidentially.
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Max Downard
Irby Construction Co
Downard
Antifreeze Ratio Suggested for Car Engines
Modine Manufacturing Co. states most car makers advise a 44 to 55 percent antifreeze to water mix. Using less than one third antifreeze could risk engine damage during a hard freeze.
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New Haven Man Hoffmann Dies at 58
Hoffmann 58 of New Haven died Friday morning at Pleasant Valley Hospital. Born in Mason County, he was a Foote Mineral furnace operator. Survived by wife Marie two sons Raymond and Richard two daughters Elizabeth Newberry Susan and a sister Alta Lucas. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at West Columbia United Methodist Church. Burial Kirkland Memorial Gardens. Calling hours Saturday after 2 p.m. at his home.
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Mercy Hospital
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Jackson County
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Mary Phillips Spearry
Mabel Buffington Spearry
Carleen
Order of Eagles
Mary E. Davis
Anna Mae Lambert
Erma Leach
Columbus
Emma Fay Dempsey
Jackson Route 1
Elwyn
Leroy
Ray Spearry
Hamden
Clyde
Minford
Vern
Clint
Jessie Burton
Mae Harrison
Oak Hill
Murray City
Russell McClure
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Roy Bookman
Green Lawn Cemetery
Hocking County
Frank
Lydia Russell McClure
Eagles Lodge
Clara James
Beulah Lowes
Carbon Hill
Garnet Keeton
Nelsonville
James
Hack Street
Johnson Funeral Home
Robert
Leola) McQuilkin
Fred
Judith) Durant
Logan
Don
Betty) Clark
Lancaster
Jerry
Janis) Crothers
Heinlein
R. W. Faulkner
Oak Grove Cemetery
Letart
Birdie L. See
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Crow-Hassell
Point Pleasant
O. H Carter
Lone Oak
See
Mason County
Clara Buckaley See
Harry Carry
Lester See
John See
Connie See
Joe Turner
Middleport
Verner
Kenneth
Earl
Willy Lee
Gallipolis Ferry
Eulah McDaniel See
New Haven
Dallas
Hoffman
Edward
Terisha Cunningham Hoffman
Foote Mineral Co
Marie
Raymond
Richard
Barberton
Elizabeth Newberry
Susan
Alta Lucas
Cincinnati
West Columbia United
Nova Scotia Adopts Full Name on Postal Cards
Halifax AP report notes the post office will use Nova Scotia instead of N S on stamped postal cards showing the province. The change follows criticism that the abbreviation could be misinterpreted as no soap by readers unfamiliar with its meaning.
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Nova Scotia
N.S
Japan Eyes Establishing Optical School in Japan
A six-man Fukui Optical Exporters delegation led by Yamatsu Marai visited New York City Community College to study its optical dispenser program. Prof. Joseph L. Bacotti said the Japanese group seeks a similar two-year school to provide basic instruction, with about 100 students learning lens cutting and frame fitting techniques.
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