Food Tab Lower Wholesale Prices Slowed in July
Washington AP report shows wholesale prices rose 0.3 percent in July with a 3.6 percent annual rate after seasonal adjustment. Food and farm costs fell 1 percent, led by declines in meat and eggs, while fruits and vegetables rose. Industrial commodities jumped 0.7 percent, marking the biggest July rise since November, signaling potential inflation trouble as overall inflation remains near five percent year over year. Retail sales momentum cooled, with July up 7.7 percent from a year earlier after a year start of 12 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Javits aide dies in airliner hijack attempt
Istanbul dispatch reports a staff aide to Senator Jacob Javits of New York died among four victims in an apparent Palestinian hijack attempt. The incident occurred on an airliner, with authorities indicating hijackers activated a plan to seize control.
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Sen. Javits
Istanbul
Turkey
Sen
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Ants and insects habits and garden sprays culled from home tips
Readers share ant control tips including cucumber, baking soda, salt, cayenne pepper, tansy, and alum solutions. Garden advice favors garlic spray, companion planting, and recognizing insect habits with flowers like basil, marigolds, rosemary, thyme, and tansy noted as deterrents. Also reports on a Rome airport attack and Rabin remarks.
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White House
Cleveland
M. A
Tansy
Juror Says Harrises Attractive in Deliberations
In Los Angeles AP report, juror Richard Addison described the William and Emily Harris jurors as sympathetic toward the Symbionese Liberation Army couple. The panel convicted them of kidnapping and robbery but acquitted six assault counts, noting the defendants appeared ordinary and nonconfrontational.
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Los Angeles
Wiliam
Emily Harris
Richard Addison
Symbionese Liberation Army
Addison
George Fields
Harrises
Buckley Weighs Third-Party Bid in GOP Fight
Sen. James L. Buckley of New York considers a presidential candidacy as GOP strategists battle Ford and Reagan over a party platform. Buckley aims to deadlock the convention on the first ballot to let delegates choose later. Reagan allies push to overturn binding delegate rule amid a tense 100 degree day showdown.
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Kansas City
James L. Buckley
New York
Ford
Ronald Reagan
GOP
Reagan
Panama Canal
United States
Canal
Ford Administration
U.S
Buckley
Richard Rosenbaum
Senate
John P. Sears
Tam
Sears
Riots Kill 26 in Cape Town Area Amid Protests
Rioting blacks and police clashed again in the Cape Town area leaving 26 dead over two days. Violence erupted first in the Nyanga outskirts and spread to Langa and Guguletu townships as students led a protest against apartheid schooling. Police reported 70 serious injuries and a large number of arrests as authorities attempted to control the unrest.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Nyanga
South African Press Association
Johannesburg
Gert Prinsloo
Prinsloo
Guguletu
Langa
Sniper Kills 2 In Wichita
In Wichita Kansas an 81 minute hail of bullets from the Holiday Inn Plaza top floor swept downtown killing two and wounding seven. Police shot through a wall to stop a 19 year old man named Michael Soles of Sand Springs Oklahoma who faced possible charges. A reporter described victims as workers shoppers and a photographer among the dead was 56 year old Joe Goulart.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Michael Soles
Sand Springs
Okla
Holiday Inn Plaza
Joe Goulart
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