Prices Rise 0.5 Percent in August Despite Meat Decline
United States consumer prices climbed 0.5 percent in August led by gains in foods other than meat, fuel, and clothing. The report shows real earnings fell 0.3 percent as inflation hits 6 percent annually and rent rises for the sixth straight month. Ford touts policy gains while Carter attacks inflation levels. Meat, coffee, sugar and eggs saw notable price moves, with gasoline and clothing edging up.
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News in Brief roundup from varied events
Bomb kills two in Washington near Chilean embassy as car passes by. A guard is slashed and up to 23 inmates flee in a riot at a California prison school. another guard injured during the escape. SALT talks resume in Geneva with no progress indicated. A U S survey shows gains in reading among young blacks but little change for older youths. Ford strike triggering layoffs as unions seek settlements. U N General Assembly opens 31st session amid Africa racial tensions and Arab Israeli conflict.
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Weather clear and cool with light frost risk
Forecast calls for clear cool night with scattered light frost possible and low temperatures in the upper 30s to around 40. Wednesday will be mostly sunny with highs in the mid 60s.
Riley Denies Blouin Charges In Campaign Feud
George Shirk reports Cedar Rapids candidate Tom Riley defends against Mike Blouin accusations. Riley contends Blouin misused fair campaign practices charges and cites votes on social security, defense, NASA and military housing. He notes he authored college tuition program policy in 1967 while state senator.
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U S Steel funded Ford golf trips at New Jersey lodge
U S Steel officials funded Ford golfing visits to a Pine Valley lodge in Clementon New Jersey records show. William Whyte U S Steel vice president said the company paid room and board and caddy fees for Ford during trips between 1964 and 1974. Kent County Republican files subpoenaed by Watergate prosecutor were noted.
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Carter proposes combining four energy agencies into a cabinet department
Carter proposed abolishing the Federal Energy Administration the Federal Power Commission the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Energy Resources Council and merging them with energy-related functions from commerce treasury and three regulatory commissions into a single cabinet department. He attacked Ford for lacking a comprehensive energy policy and called the current agency jumble a bureaucratic mess.
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Nyerere backs Kissinger talks on Rhodesia plan
Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere publicly endorsed the Kissinger shuttle talks that aim for a majority rule settlement in Rhodesia. He said formal acceptance by Ian Smith is expected soon and outlined a path to a constitutional conference, provisional government, and ceasefire, with Namibia talks unresolved and Smith wary of rapid proposals.
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