Inflation Jobs Dilemma Stymies Economic Policy
AP analysis notes a puzzling relation between inflation and employment in recent years. With unemployment near 3.5 percent and inflation around 4 percent, economists forecast possible shifts as Wharton and other forecasters predict unemployment may rise to 4.4 percent by spring 1969. Factors cited include wage and price pressures, deflation risks, and teen summer hires.
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Wharton School of Finance & Commerce
University of Pennsylvania
Orthe Magazine
Labor Department
Demonetization Definition and Scope
The term demonetization refers to removing standard monetary value from a metal or withdrawing a coin issue from circulation.
Bob Hope Confined at Home for Eye Flareup
Hollywood AP reports comedian Bob Hope is confined to his home after a mild flareup of a recurring left eye ailment. He previously suffered a blood clot in the eye in 1958 and was hospitalized in 1963 for the same issue. In Compton, Leo Gerard, foster parent who has adopted four children, plans an addition to his three-bedroom house as his family grows to eight with the anticipated adoption of a 6 month old and a 4 year old.
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Associated Press Hollywood
Bob Hope
Hope
Germany
San Francisco
Compton
Calif
Leo Gerard
Lawrence
Beverly
Cambodian ruler condemns soldiers as invaders in letter
Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia replied to Martin Halloran, whose brother serves in Vietnam, that many Asians view allied and American troops as invaders. He said Halloran’s concern shows insensitivity to others’ sufferings and called it crass. Somalia is not mentioned.
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Worcester
Mass
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Ier
Vietnam
Theis
Sihanouk
Martin Halloran
Halloran
Labor government loses in two more House races
London AP Harold Wilson's Labor government suffered another setback as Conservatives captured Oldham, a longtime Labor stronghold. Labor retained Brightside in Sheffield but fell by 12,474 votes from 1966, signaling worker anger at austerity. The party already ceded four seats on March 28 after the budget and wage freeze.
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Associated Press London
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Oldham
Brightside
Sheffield
Wilson
Former Auschwitz inmates sentenced for murders at camp
Bernhard Bonitz and Josef Windeck, both former Auschwitz inmates now aged 61 and 64, are sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering fellow prisoners at the death camp. The trial marks the third for murder at Auschwitz and the first against former inmates. Both men were seasoned criminals with Bonitz as a safecracker and Windeck with 25 theft convictions.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Auschwitz Concentration
Bernhard Bonitz
Josef Windeck
Nazi Germany
Poland
Bonitz
Windeck
Auschwitz
Landslide deaths rise to 14 in Hong Kong hills
Rescue teams recovered two more bodies in hillside shacks, bringing the confirmed death toll to 14. Authorities say nine more people are believed buried under mud as crews continue search and recovery operations amid the landslide disaster in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
Italians Hear News On Radio As Paper Unions Strike
In Rome, Italians relied on radio and television after print unions staged a 48 hour strike halting newspapers. The walkout followed a breakdown in contract talks over job security amid automation fears.
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Rome
Ding Dong Texas named by playful sign painter
In Bell County Texas the town of Ding Dong gained its name from a sign painter who placed a sign showing two bells with ding over one bell and dong over the other. The brothers Bust and Zoales Bell owned the town's former store long ago.
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Ding Dong , Tex
Ding Dong
Bell County
Texas
Bust
Zoales Bell
Ding
Dong
Reception To Honor Alfred Woman
A formal reception will honor Mrs. Julia Anna Cook of Alfred, marking a community recognition event. Attendees include local residents and officials, with plans for refreshments and brief remarks celebrating her contributions.
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Alfred
Julia Anna Cook
Government may pay Kennedy funeral costs for senator
Washington AP reports the government may cover the casket and undertaker fees for Senator Robert F Kennedy. A Senate aide notes it is customary for basic funeral costs of senators who die in office to be paid by the government. Bills would go to the Senate Rules and Administration Committee for approval under a June 6 resolution.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Senate Rules and Administration Committee
New York
Los Angeles
Flag desecration penalties bill stalls in Senate
A House approved bill imposing up to a $1000 fine or one year in prison for desecrating a flag faded from Senate action. The Judiciary Committee favored reporting it but it never reached the Senate calendar or agenda. Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen said he would initiate a search.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ite
Senate Judiciary Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate approves two to four star promotions cap note
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved general officer promotions including Lt. Gen. Bruce Palmer Jr. as Army vice chief of staff and Lt. Gen. Berton E. Spivy Jr. to the NATO military committee. The April median price for new one family homes was $24,100 per Commerce and HUD data.
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Senate Armed Services
Bruce Palmer Jr
Army
Berton E. Spivy Jr
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Military Committee
Commerce Department
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Televised editorial sparks gun control debate in Congress
Rep Bob Casey of Texas blasted a television editorial urging gun control, saying TV has influence on warped minds and urging it to fix its own house before attacking Congress. He spoke in the House criticizing media rhetoric surrounding gun law legislation.
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Congress
Bob Casey
D-Tex
House
Mrs An drew Garland Hosts Book Signing at Clover Hill Farm
Mrs Andrew Garland will give gore at her Clover Hill Farm home tomorrow from 2 to 4 p.m. A reception and book signing by Mrs Cook, author of York County Ballads and Verses, will follow at the same event.
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Samuel L. Browne
Old Orchard Beach
Lyman Abbott Jr
Framingham, Mass
Gore
Andrew Garland
Clover Hill Farm
Cook
York County
Rainy day dream list from Boyle notebook
HAL BOYLE suggests a rainy day activity: list things you have not done. The playful catalog includes beating a bass drum in a parade, trading recipes with Lyndon Johnson, and addressing Congress. It ends with anticipation for sunshine to begin new plans.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Buckingham Palace
Julie Andrews
Julie Christie
Metropolitan Life notes 20th anniversary and more
John G. Neault of 37 Locke St Saco marks 20 years active with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co as a district office account agent in Biddeford. He joined in May 1948 and serves in the Veterans Association and Biddeford Saco Community Chest. Lucien A Corriveau of 235 North St Saco graduates from Shell Oil advanced training for dealer management at Cottage Crest in Waltham Mass.
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John G. Neault
Locke St
Saco
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Neault
Biddeford
Elm St
Metropolitan
Veterans Association
Field Group
Dorothy Cartier
Corriveau
Lou's Shell Station
North St
Parkerburg lawyer files for wrong office then wins
James M. Brown of Parkersburg filed for the Republican Executive Committee in his senatorial district during a recent primary and won. He then sought a $9 refund, claiming a $10 fee because he believed he paid for the wrong office. It was found Brown had registered for the state Republican Executive Committee, was elected, and the fee stood.
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Charleston
W.va
James M. Brown
Parkersburg
Brown
Secretary of State
Republican Executive Committee
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AP Business Analyst
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Ireland
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Towle’s Travel Agency
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ROY & Perreault Inc
Sal
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Ferry Beach
Kinney Shores
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Portland Road
North Saco
Camp Ellis Beach
Timothy Crowley
Biddeford Junior High School
Debra Petit
Jeanne Cantara
Susan Delage
Linda Belanger
Jane Marin
Linda Lachance
Yvonne McKeown
Sharon Sevigny
Rae Mathieu
Cecile Caouette
Jocelyn Perreault
Theresa Marquis
Susan Neault
Linda LaBrecque
Debbie Hill
Kim Wentworth
Denise Cloutier
Deborah Plamondon
Marie Petit
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Bideford
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Associated Press
Boyle
America
Allen Ginsberg
Vyenice
Dodgelty
Charles de Gaulle
Lyndon Johnson
Taj Mahal
Spain
Janice Kozloff
Richard Grace
Rose Grace
Buxton Road
Herbert Grace
Grace Kozloff
Heath Road
Walter Kozloff
Kozloff
Thornton Academy
Giant Store
Elm Street
U. S. Navy
Rainbow Girls
Assembly
Roland's
Saco Ave
Bedell
Gulf Station
Art
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Scarboro
Pine Point Seafood Market
Pine Point
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Congress St
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