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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1966
Page
5
Sylvia Porter explains how rising food costs reflect a nation trading up to convenience foods. Americans buy more expensive meats and pre prepared, pre cooked items while home cooking declines, with per capita beef up from 59.4 to 99.3 pounds since 1945 and frozen vegetables quadrupling.
The text notes food bills were 77.6 billion last year versus 43.3 billion in 1947-49, with 80.7 percent going to middlemen. Consumers pay for supermarket services and convenience items, leaving only 18.2 cents of every disposable dollar for food, a near five percent annual rise. It argues Americans eat more than any other nation and spend less on food per dollar due to added services and choices.
Secretary Rusk notes governments send inaccurate messages, while the public supports high salaries for outstanding figures. The Institute of Public Administration warns against paying top pay to mediocrities or relatively undistinguished individuals, in a report to Mayor Lindsay.
In Johannesburg the latest Time magazine featuring Premier Hendrik Verwoerd on the cover sold out as censor boards reviewed the issue. The paper notes limited distribution and public scrutiny of the Verwoerd article while referencing the nation’s controls on publications.
A historical note recalls the first bicycle built in the United States weighing 70 pounds and priced at 313 dollars, illustrating early bicycle design and pricing.
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