Wholesale Price Cuts Trim Grocery Bills Across Markets
An Associated Press survey shows April shopper savings from wholesale price cuts and retailer competition. The market basket fell 2.9 percent on average across cities, with more items down than up for the second straight month. Farmers received 4 percent more from March to April, while shoppers faced a lag in farm-to-store price changes. Sugar商品 prices fell, Nabisco cut 51 items, and cookie prices dropped in 12 of 13 cities, about 10 percent on a 14 4 ounce bag, reflecting wholesale and farm-level declines.
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Vietnamese Forces Enter Saigon in Wake of Vietnam War
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops moved into Saigon on Wednesday, ending Western influence in Indochina. Communist units entered the city to cheers from some South Vietnamese residents and raised the Provisional Revolutionary Government flag at the presidential palace shortly after President Duong Van Minh’s government collapsed.
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Smokey the Bear to Retire at 25 at National Zoo
Smokey the fire fighting bear will retire with an official ceremony at the National Zoo on Friday after years of public attention. A new Smokey, six year old and adopted father understudy, will be christened in 1971, restoring the bear lineage as Goldie continues as his mate.
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Parents Of Twins Suffering From Leukemia To Lose Home
In Orlando, Jer ry Byrd and Patty Byrd seek relief as a $14,000 foreclosure looms on their $50,000 home to cover medical bills for their four year old twins with leukemia. Judge Maurice Paul ordered sale on May 23 after creditor Frances Schneider, who loaned $12,000 as a second mortgage, discovered it was a third mortgage and Byrd failed to settle. The Byrds consider moving back to Dallas to cope with mounting costs. The case reflects strained finances amid hard economic times.
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Ford delays oil tariff hike and advances price decontrol
President Ford announces a temporary delay of the planned one dollar per barrel oil tariff and orders immediate hearings on a full decontrol of domestic crude prices over two years. He aims to lift all price controls within two years while Congress weighs an energy program. Protests arise as lawmakers warn of higher costs for American families. The plan calls for a gradual 4 percent monthly decontrol unless Congress acts to block it.
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Workers to Get Small Increase in Take Home Pay
Washington reports that starting with May 1 paychecks, federal withholding tax changes raise take home pay as part of a 17.6 billion plan to boost consumer purchasing power. Singles earning 10,000 annually gain about 1.4 weekly. childless couples at 20,000 gain 2.94. married with four dependents at 15,000 gain 3.75. Additional 8.1 billion in tax rebates up to 200 start next week and 1.7 billion in social security checks arrive by June. The full package amounts to about 2 percent of last year’s personal consumption expenditure. Administrations officials cite the relief as a major economic boost.
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Weather summary for Virginia and North Carolina
Virginia remains mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs near 78, Thursday night cooler in the mid 50s. North Carolina experiences scattered showers Thursday and night with continued cloudiness Friday. highs near 70s to low 80s, coastal areas cooler, lows in the 30s to 50s.
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