Food costs rise slower for poor urban families study says
A USDA analysis finds inner city low income households faced smaller food price increases than affluent suburban families over the past decade though higher inflation hit all. The report notes shifts to low priced foods and government help through food stamps reduced burden, with price changes from 1970 to 1976 showing varying gaps between low and high priced items.
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Agriculture Department
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Alden Manchester
Linda Brown
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House panel backs work-for-food-stamps pilot plan
The House Agriculture Committee approved a pilot program requiring some food stamp recipients to perform public service work to earn stamps. The plan, tied to renewing the food-stamp program, would set at least one test in each state and territories, with able-bodied recipients under 65 without dependents facing job requirements or loss of benefits.
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House Agriculture Committee
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Thomas Feley
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U.S. stance on Palestinian homeland vague in talks
A State Department official told a House subcommittee that the United States has no official definition of a Palestinian homeland. He said the issue should be settled by Arabs and Israelis in new Geneva talks, with President Carter’s reference kept flexible.
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Geneva
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House
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Carter
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Metric must drop plan to force metric highway signs
Rep Grassley Iowa said the federal government will withdraw a proposed rule that would require states to switch highway signs to metric measurements or risk losing funds. He criticized an April proposal that aimed to reshape the 1975 voluntary metric conversion law, noting its broad impact on congressional intent.
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Charles E. Grassley
Iowa
Highway Administration
William Cox
European denim vested suit at C&R sells fast
C&R offers a European denim vested suit in navy powder blue and white with contrast stitching. Sizes 36 to 46 regular short long. Alterations by tailors. Contrast: $85 elsewhere, now $58 at C&R. Graduation alterations available.
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