Inflation varies widely across 15 U.S. cities in 1981 report
The Labor Department said the national CPI rose 8.9 percent in 1981 while urban areas showed a 3.2 percent to 15.3 percent range. Detroit posted 3.2 percent, the lowest, with San Francisco and Minneapolis-St. Paul at 15.3 percent. Regions ranged from 7.1 to 10 percent by area.
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UPI
Detroit
Labor Department
San Franciso
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Houston
Kansas City
New York
New Jersey
Chicago
Indiana
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Calif
Pennsylvania
Deere to Lay Off 470 at Waterloo Works
John Deere Waterloo Works plans 470 more layoffs in a week amid weak farm equipment sales. The Jan 29 action would raise total furloughs to about 700 since last month and about 2,000 since June 1980.
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Deere
Puzzle page instruction beat rearrange rows into words
A 1962 United Feature Syndicate puzzle page lists a four rack time limit of 20 minutes. Players rearrange each row of letters to form 2 to 7 letter words and score according to the rules on the right. 7 letter words award a 50 point bonus. Blanks count as any letter but have no value. Proper nouns foreign words slang and hyphenated forms are forbidden.
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Judd
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Stocks slip as investors await Fed data and Reagan plan
UPI reports a quiet Friday on Wall Street as traders awaited Federal Reserve money supply figures and President Reagan’s deficit trimming strategy. Dow fell 3.24 to 845.03, S&P 500 slipped 0.37, NYSE composite down 0.22, NASDAQ off 0.57, with volume retreating from Thursday amid White House turmoil and tax debate.
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UPI
Wall Street
Federal Reserve
Reagan
Standard & Poor
Fed
FRB
White House
National Association of Securities Dealers
Exxon
IBM
Justice Department
Shaklee
Wall Street Journal
P G campaigns to quash satanic rumors over crescent moon logo
Procter & Gamble launched a West Coast campaign to dispel claims its crescent moon and stars symbol represents devil worship. Kathy Gilbert said the logo dates to 1851 and symbolizes the original 13 colonies. letters are being sent to media and church leaders to end the rumors. Sales remain unaffected.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Procter & Gamble
P&g
Kathy Gilbert
Gilbert
Cincinnati
Proctor & Gamble
California
Washington
Oregon
West Coast
Miss Gilbert
Phil Donahue
Donahue
Minnesota
Sun Myung Moon
Unification Church
Realtor disciplined for misleading Cedar Rapids ad
Iowa Real Estate Commission suspended P. Stephen Phelan’s license for 30 days after finding he placed an untrue ad in TV Facts claiming 51 homes sold and multiple financing options. He failed to verify information and must complete a six hour course on Iowa licensing law.
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DES Movies
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Real Estate Commission
P. Stephen Phelan
TV Facts
Phelan
Iowa
R.L. Smith and Co
Talking clocks bid to solve morning wakeup problem
Chicago reports two talking clocks showcased at the National Housewares Exposition. Voice synthesizers announce time and date with his and her alarms. One model is ready for use while the other is a prototype. The Waterbury company notes many women set two times for different wakeups. The clock repeats calls and may run up to an hour and forty minutes if not turned off.
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Chicago
API
Kevin O'Malley
Waterbury, Conn
O'Malley
ADM earnings, bank gains, and oil price impacts in 1981
Archer Daniels Midland Co posted 1981 fourth quarter earnings of 57.5 million dollars or 79 cents per share, up from 43.9 million dollars. For six months, earnings reached 105.7 million dollars or 1.46 per share. Peoples Bank assets hit a record 153.69 million dollars, with deposits up due to new investments. Diamond V Mills reported best year in 38 years with record sales and plans to double production capacity. Northwest Bancorporation posted 1981 net income of 100.1 million dollars or 3.85 per share, aided by year‑end portfolio shifts. AAA noted a national gas price average of 1.36 dollars per gallon in December 1981, up from 1.246 a year earlier, after crude oil decontrol spurred prices to a high in April.
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Archer Daniels Midland Co
Peoples Bank and Trust Co
Ted J. Welch
Welch
Cedar Rapids
Bloomhall
Bloomhall II
Clinton A. Dennis
Kenneth L. Hartung
Diamond V
Minneapolis — Northwest Bancorporation
Banco
First National Bank of Marion
Banco Mortage Co
Northwest Computer Services of
Washington
AAA
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West
Seichow and Righter Co
Scrabble
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NYSE
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Diamond V. Mills
Diamond V. Mills Inc
W.A. Bloomhall
W.A. Bloomhall II
Dean W. Stauffacher
Barbara B. Stauffacher
Marvin D. Bailey
Robert O. Daniel
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