New Hampshire Apple Harvest Faces Picker Shortage Crisis
UPI reports NH apple growers and the Labor Department may clash over letting foreign pickers into the United States to harvest an $8 million crop. With eight weeks to harvest, growers struggle to prove domestic labor shortages while some producers seek foreign or Puerto Rican help to recruit enough workers amid rising crop yields and potential price impacts.
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Jacqueline Huard Concord
N.H
UPI
U.S. Labor Department
United States
Labor Department
Benjamin Adams
Department of Employment Security
Adams
New Hampshire
Agriculture Department
George Laramie
Markets and Standards
Hampton Orchard
William Wagner
Apple Crest Orchards
Wagner
Apple Crest
William Stevens
Londonderry
Puerto Rico
Lievens
Woodmont
Stevens
Laramie
The Vermont Steak House Nostalgia Dinner Prompt
A nostalgic invite to dine at The Vermont Steak House located at 716 Main Street Bennington VI offering meals reminiscent of Grandma's kitchen, claiming old fashioned value and a comforting, traditional experience.
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Vermont
Main Street
Bennington
Burns fears higher inflation from recession recovery
Fears inflation will rise as economic recovery begins, Arthur Burns, chair of the Federal Reserve, testifies before the House Banking Committee. He confirms the Fed will pursue a moderate money-supply increase of 5 to 7.5 percent annually, despite liberal calls for faster expansion. Burns cites price pressure at recovery onset and refrains from predicting interest-rate moves.
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Washington
UPI
Arthur Burns
Burns
Federal Reserve Board
House Banking Committee
Fed
Carl Albert
Albert
Congress
Mortgage bias shown in six city survey findings
A Comptroller of the Currency survey in Cleveland Memphis Montgomery Topeka Tucson and Bridgeport indicates minority mortgage applicants face higher rejection rates than white applicants with similar finances. Rejection averages 24.7% for minorities versus 14.8% for whites, tied to alleged discrimination under the 1968 fair housing act. Boston doctors begin a three year Mayo grant study to test aspirin's potential to reduce heart attack mortality by up to 25% across 2100 volunteers nationwide.
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Washington
UPI
Comptroller of the Currency
Cleveland
Memphis
Montgomery
Topeka
Tucson
Bridgeport
Conn
William Proxmire
Dwis
Senate Banking Committee
Comptroller
Proxmire
Boston
William Hood Jr
Pantel Vokonas
Boston City Hospital
America
Vokonas
Hood
Koko the gorilla proves rival to chimps in language and thought
Palo Alto report on Koko a nearly four year old lowland gorilla at Stanford who uses more than 170 ASL signs, compares with Washoe the chimp, and shows creative language use, humor, and strong cognitive skills. Patterson, her trainer, notes gorilla superior set learning and rapid sign acquisition.
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N.Y. Times
Palo Alto
Calif
Koko
Stanford University
Washoe
North America
Penny Patterson
Ms. Patterson
Governors to study regional phone rates in New England
New England governors allocate 115000 for a one year study of possible regional cooperation to regulate telephone rates amid 331 million dollars in proposed hikes this year. A public utilities consultant will lead the project with liaison help from New England Telephone Company.
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Boston
UPI
New England
New England Telephone Co
Connecticut
Regional Governors Conference
Commission
International Trade
Europe
Federal
Regional Council
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