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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1959
Page
21
ST LOUIS UPI reports a business counselor told the National Funeral Directors Association that the cost of an adult funeral rose 2.3 percent last year to 361, while the national cost of living index increased 2.7 percent.
Juan Garcia Suarez, a Spanish slayer and civil war fugitive, was executed Monday on Las Palmas by the garrote, marking the first Canary Islands execution since turn of the century despite mercy pleas. He lived as a refugee on the island for 19 years before death. The method involved an iron collar tightened by a screw to cause gradual strangulation despite pleas from local leaders and a last-minute intervention from Franco’s state system.
Chatham and Northampton report bids on farm livestock and eggs with varied prices. Egg price ranges include large and extra large in case lots at 144 cents per dozen and mediums 24 to 30 cents per dozen. Slaughter cattle and veal values surface, with steers, heifers, cows, and dairy stock showing multiple price bands. Calves and goats noted with per head and per cwt values, reflecting mixed auction activity across both towns.
An economic consulting firm urged Pennsylvania doctors to drop their dispute with the United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund and instead focus on improving other union and industry health plans and public relations. The Segal report noted UMW's 38,600 Pennsylvania members and criticized the medical profession's prolonged conflict as unnecessary.
London reports that the Church of England, a leading investor in parish industries, booked a paper gain around 42 million dollars in the stock market boom tied to the Conservative Party election victory. The figure was published Sunday.
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