Free matchbooks may face childproofing rule
The Consumer Product Safety Commission may require latch covers or alternative features to make matches hard for children to ignite. The proposal, approved by a 3-2 vote last spring, could raise costs, reduce free advertiser supplied matchbooks, and spark debate over its effectiveness and economic impact.
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Economic indicators questioned by economists and officials
Economists and government officials doubt the accuracy of official government economic indicators amid revisions and methodology changes. The article cites GNP growth revisions, inflation measures, and the Index of Leading Indicators, noting upward and downward shifts and concerns about weighting and definitions. It also highlights Yale economist Richard Ruggles critique of the Wholesale Price Index as potentially weighted by irrelevant or double counted items.
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Trade Winds Eye Oil Price Rise By Year End
North American readers see rising import costs as OPEC, amid election dynamics, plans higher prices by 1977. Libya’s hike signals moves. OPEC meets again December 15 in Doha. US imports 43 percent of daily needs as Russia China supplies evolve and output shifts reshape global oil trade.
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Administrative Management Society elects director in Philadelphia
N Todd Praigg Jr was chosen as AMS director at a board meeting in Philadelphia. AMS based in Willow Grove Pa has 150 chapters and 11,000 members in the U S and Canada. Praigg resides in High Point with his wife and four children and serves as vice president of finance and treasurer at Henley Paper Co. First Citizens Bank promotes three area employees including John C Kiem to assistant cashier and Grady L Morgan Jr to cashier in Winston-Salem. Kiem, a New Jersey native, graduate of High Point College, and husband of Jeanette Jones, has two years with the bank. Morgan a Guilford College alumnus has 23 years with the bank. Three Pilot Life Insurance Co employees in High Point area retire July 1 after 75 years combined service. L L Harkrader, Maxine Hutchens, and Alvin Allen plan retirement. Allen retired under disability. Jim Meadows of High Point now with Boston Store in Thomasville brings 26 years in men’s clothing and lives on Greenwood Drive. Wake Forest Babcock Graduate School summer management seminar at Tanglewood Park July 18 23. applications via Wake Forest University Center for Management Development to P O Box 7657 Winston-Salem NC 27109.
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