Study suggests ways to slow food costs
Washington officials cite a GAO three year study showing 1970s food price hikes. Recommendations include wider use of computerized checkouts and better use of produce trucks to cut distribution costs. The GAO notes excess truck empty returns raise costs and urges Congress and agencies to review relevant regulations.
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Report links rising food costs to marketing and labor
A GAO study reviewed by Reps Richmond Jenrette Nolan finds labor and transportation drive food price increases 1970-77. Marketing costs accounted for 87 percent of price rise 1973-77, with farmers’ share steady or down in many years. Jenrette cautions the farmer is not ripping off the consumer.
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D-N.y
John Jenrette
D-S.c
Richard Nolan
Dminn
Jenrette
15 Year Old Sentenced to Life in Four Murders
In Warrensburg Missouri a 15 year old boy, William Patrick Dyer of Camdenton, pleaded guilty to two of the four killings of the Swift children and received consecutive life terms. Dyer, tried as an adult, will serve the sentences immediately alongside co defendant Roy Richardson Jr. Richardson faces a separate trial on October 10. The victims include Stephen 14 Gregory 12 Tanya 3 and Stacy 15 months.
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UPI
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Camdenton
Johnson County
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Dyer
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Gregory
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Stacy
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Swifts
American Legion
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Swift Home
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Senate panel backs high earners paying more tax
Multiple AP items note Emphasis on tax reform as Sen Russell Long says high income groups would face increased rates. Carter faces pressure on Hearst commutation while Fed Reserve reports July consumer debt up 3.3 billion dollars at a 17 percent annual growth. Wilmington 10 parole update follows.
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Senate Finance Committee
Carter
Russell Long
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Federal Reserve Board
Senate approves limited MFN trade status for China
The Senate passed a bill 65 to 1 to extend limited most favored nation trade status to China for the first time since 1949. The measure, sent to the House, would expand export markets for U S farm goods via an intermediate CCC credit program with Sen. William Proxmire dissenting.
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UPI
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China
U.S
Commodity Credit Corp
House
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D-Wis
Ballistics expert supports lone gunman theory in Kennedy case
Dr. Vincent Guinn testified that bullet fragment tests using neutron activation suggest most fragments in Kennedy's car came from the two bullets fired from behind. He said results indicate highly probable origin from the single skull-deforming bullet and the Gov. John Connally wound, reinforcing the lone shooter conclusion.
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John F. Kennedy
Vincent Guinn
Kennedy
Texas
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Guinn
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