Footwear prices rise as leather costs and demand surge
AP analyzes how Argentine hides, rising living standards in Japan, and European orders push leather prices higher and threaten U S shoe costs. Industry leaders seek a presidential ban on exports to curb increases while truck demand surprises with a surge in small vans and pickups driven by a booming leisure market.
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Ers
Peter
Peterson
United States
Japan
U.S
Washington
American Footwear Industry Association
Chicago Traffic Jams Worst By F Richard Ciccone
A study finds Chicago drivers sit in traffic longer than in any other city. The piece lists phenomena like gapers toll booth dilemmas and the crawling cop, detailing how perfect weather and late schedules fuel frustration on the expressways.
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Chicago
Plant Beds For Tobacco Endangered
Lexington Kentucky AP heavy rains damaged tobacco plant beds delaying seedling availability. University of Kentucky specialist Ira Massie warned of a severe plant shortage this spring as beds washed away or torn by hail. If weather improves beds can be reseeded and plants ready by June 15, about normal planting time. The USDA reported Kentucky burley farmers planned 150000 acres of barley this year, 7000 more than 1971 to offset a short crop.
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Lexington
Ira Massie
University of Kentucky
Massie
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kentucky
Lambeth Named To West Point
Lloyd Michael Lambeth son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Lambeth of Charlotte has been appointed to the U S Military Academy at West Point. Former Wallburg residents now living in Charlotte he is a Charlotte High School senior and grandson of Mr and Mrs Daniel W Riggs of Huntsville Alabama and great grandson of R J Riggs of High Point North Carolina.
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Charlotte
Lloyd Michael Lambeth
Lloyd Lambeth
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Lambeth
Wallburg
Daniel W. Riggs
Huntsville
Ala
R. J. Riggs
Wietchester Dr
High Point
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