Further Increases In Food Prices Expected This Year
Washington economists say retail food prices will keep rising in fall and winter 1957. Prices are about 3 percent higher than a year ago, with raw materials 39 percent of the bill and marketing charges 61 percent. Wage gains, transport costs, and steel prices push costs. eggs drop nearly 15 percent this period while meats fats and oils rise. Americans eat better but pay more for meat dairy and poultry products.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Sion
Department
Hungarian refugee student enrolls at Allen University
Andre Toth, a Hungarian refugee on an art scholarship, enrolls at Allen University in Columbia as Gov Timmerman defends a state action delaying teacher certification for Allen graduates. The governor notes U S Education Office urging refugee support and mentions possible moves to avoid publicity.
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Columbia
Allen University
Negro Methodist Church School
George Bell Timmerman Jr
Andre Toth
Timmerman
State Board of Education
Allen
U.S. Office of Education
Toth
Vermont
Board of Education
South Carolina
I. H. Bonner
African Methodist Episcopal Church
University of South Carolina
School of Education
Orangery
Swindle Case Continues At Air Base
At Shaw Air Force Base South Carolina nine airmen have been convicted in a payroll fraud scheme totaling 28 543 with up to 30 more cases expected. Sentences range from two to eight years with all convicted discharged.
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Shaw Air Force Base
S.C
Air Force Base
J.C
Bernie L. Ormand
Ai Ga N.C
James H. Hix
Ridgette
Hix
Peter Cyprian Jr
Gary
Ind
S. Sgt
Bernice R. Moore
Durham
N.C
John Davis Jr
Eee Teasohs Iy Apeea
Airman Morri son J C Morri son listed with service details
Airman J C Morri son, 30, of McCain North Carolina, is credited with eight years of service and a six year veteran status. He is married with no children. The report notes pending review by higher authorities with no announced date.
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J.C
Charlie J. Morrison
McCain
N.C
Keating Urges Action Against Refugee Coercion
U S congressman Kenneth Keating urged the Interparliamentary Union to oppose forced repatriation and intimidation of refugees. He cited Soviet backed groups pressuring refugees to return behind the Iron Curtain and urged amending a refugee problems resolution to ban such tactics.
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London
Kenneth B. Keating
Interparliamentary Union
U. S
Lost Printer Delays Paper In Douglas Enterprise Downtime
Douglas Wyoming reports a one day delay as the weekly Douglas Enterprise explains the printer mix up. The paper says the new printer confused directives and went to work for a competing weekly across the street. In Brantford Ontario a suitcase with voodoo dolls was stolen from a parked car of a Pontiac Michigan show manager. the items were recovered and police hunt the thief.
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Douglas
Wyo
Douglas Enterprise
Enterprise
Brantford
Ontario
Robert Williams
Pontiac, Mich
India seeks U N seat for Communist China
India moved at the United Nations to place on the Assembly agenda the question of representation of China in the U N. Arthur S Lall handed a letter to Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold proposing the move. The United States is expected to oppose as Nationalist China currently holds seats and veto power.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N. Assembly
India
China
Arthur S. Lall
Dag Hammarskjold
United States
Curiosity Brings Bite On Nose In Gardner Incident
Norman Casavant peered into a beach wagon near his Gardner home and was bitten on the nose by a large St. Bernard that leaped up from inside.
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Gardner
Mass
Norman Casavant
Beach
Casavant
Lancewood Wood Described in Encyclopaedia Britannica
Lancewood is a straight grained tough light elastic wood from the West Indies and Guiana. It is used for whip handles and fishing rods according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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West Indies
Guiana
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