Inflation and wage controls in Cedar Rapids analysis
In Cedar Rapids inflation has fallen modestly with wage and price controls in place. Dr. David Hammond notes gains in spendable earnings but questions whether reductions would have occurred without controls. Local workers face varied outcomes, with employment rising and retail sales up, though groceries and meats show sharp price increases amid the political economy debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Hammond
Iowa State University
Cedar Rapids
United States
Hammond
Collins Radio Co
Robert Faxon
Rising cost of living and productivity gains noted
The report cites an annual rise in the cost of living from July 1967 to July 1972 driven by productivity. It notes a 1.4 percent drop in the consumer price index for transportation, pulling Cedar Rapids inflation to 2.7 percent over the past year. Medical care rose just 0.9 percent from July 1971 to July 1972.
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Cedar Rapids
U.S
Nixon
Iowa
Collins
Struthers Scott
Scott
Iowa Commerce Commission
Phillips Collection to get third director in 51 years
The Phillips Collection, the United States oldest modern art museum, nears a new era with a plan to appoint Laughlin Phillips as director after Marjorie Phillips retires. Founded 1921 by Duncan and Marjorie Phillips, the intimate gallery preserves a home like atmosphere and a vast, loan-friendly collection. The Renoir Luncheon of the Boating Party stands as a premier showpiece, acquired for 125000 in 1923, reflecting the collection’s bold early purchases and ongoing growth including works by Bonnard Daumier Braque Klee Degas van Gogh Picasso and Cezanne.
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Washington
United States
The
Phillips
Perry Rathbone
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
America
Duncan Phillips
Jones and Laughlin Steel Co
Yale
Marjorie
Laughlin
Paul Cezanne
Art Institute of Chicago
John Renald
Cezanne
Massachusetts Avenue
Embassy Row
Auguste Renoir
J. Carter Brown
August National Gallery of Art
Renoir
Bonnard
Daumier
Goya
Mark Rothko
Pierre Bonnard
Honore Daumier
Georges Braque
Paul Klee
Edouard Degas
Vincent van Gogh
Pablo Picasso
National Gallery of Art
W. Averell Harriman Foundation
Nobody Worships Men Anymore in Modern Society
In a Chicago dispatch, the piece notes that women's liberation shifts away from male worship. It cites the Encyclopaedia Britannica describing Men as a moon god once worshipped in Asia Minor and Attica, with obscured origins possibly tied to Zoroastrian culture. Coins show a male figure before a moon, linked to money.
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Chicago
UPI
Teens Seek Hospital Funds In Cedar Rapids And Marion
A teen demonstration will be held in Cedar Rapids and Marion next Saturday to raise funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The Cedar Rapids Marion marchers, now in its third year, aim to support leukemia Hodgkins disease Ewing's sarcoma and other childhood cancers. Past drives raised 7000 to 8000 dollars with nationwide teen marches contributing millions to St. Jude. Volunteers can contact Mrs. Harold Hutchins at 377 3688.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
St. Jude’s
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Danny Thomas
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Harold Hutchins
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Phillips Collection
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Marjorie Phillips
Paris
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Davenn
National Gallery
London
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86Th St
Omaha
Nebraska
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12Th Avenue
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First Trust
Caroline
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