Price hikes forecast across consumer goods
The price rises announced this week cover coffee beef apparel wool and synthetics salmon and TV sets. Higher manufacturing costs in steel scrap molybdenum machine tools and chemicals signal future consumer price increases. Some hikes are seasonal and likely to reverse. others reflect higher operating costs and slimmer profits. Prices for green coffee beans rise due to bean shortages with wholesale gains of two to four cents a pound, retail prices peaking since 1955. Salmon wholesale costs rise by $1 per case and prime steers fetch record highs in Chicago. Fall apparel prices and major appliance prices also climb as the price wave moves toward retailers.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Bureau of Labor Stalistics
Pan American Coffee Bureau
Chicago
Baby girl born after ambulance fire in Central Park
Mrs. Amelia Rosario Jr gave birth to a 5 pound 12 ounce girl in Central Park last night while an ambulance en route to a hospital caught fire. The incident highlights dangers to emergency services as nationwide costs reach 28 billion dollars annually.
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New York
Amelia Rosario, Jr
Central Park
Word puzzle on postal slang and terms
A crossword style puzzle asks how many words can be formed from 16 letters with clues about postal slang such as red run red pouch X-man and X-pouch. It notes scoring per line and that words under five letters count separately.
Post Office Jargon Still Is Growing
Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield notes a long history of postal jargon and shares examples. Terms include nixie for undeliverable mail, bum for an empty pouch, balloon for a large mail sack, hypo for highway post offices, hot mail for priority service, hash mail for misc mail, jackpot for mail needing later distribution, and killing a pouch for intercepting and re sorting contents.
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Arthur E. Summerfield
Summerfield
Postall
America
Eisenhower resumes duties after California golf vacation
President Eisenhower returns to the White House refreshed following a four day golfing vacation at Cypress Point Club in California. He is expected to begin active campaign duties for re election with early visits from Republican leaders including Leonard Hall and Dulles.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
California
Leonard Hall
Dulles Wer
Cypress Point Club
Monterey Peninsula
British Beer Consumption Tops 1955 Worldwide Figures
The British Brewers Association reported Britons drank 902 million gallons of beer in 1955, enough to float 89 battleships. The United States led with 2.167 billion gallons, while world consumption reached 6.52 billion gallons.
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iBritishers
London
British Brewsers Assn
Royal Navy
Guard
United States
Britain
Cooler Air Relief Across Plains As Thunderstorms Roar
Cooler air from the Plains eased heat and humidity in parts of the nation while the East stayed muggy. Warm moist Gulf air fueled thunderstorms from central Minnesota to northern Texas, with hail and strong winds. Minneapolis logged gusts up to 58 mph.
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Associated Press
Plains
Plains States
Gulf of Mexico
New England
Great Lakes
Minnesota
Texas
Minneapolis
Weather summary of eastward showers across southern Atlantic states
Rainfall persisted along the eastern seaboard into the night with most showers confined to the Rockies and western regions. The rest of the country, including New York and Pennsylvania, experienced mainly dry conditions with a few sprinkles in scattered areas.
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New Atlantic States
England
Rockies
New York
Pennsylvania
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Business Mirror
Chiropractic
de Vries
Philo. St
Ascot
Tom Brown
Smith
Postal
Gazette
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
John Manning
Kine Features Syndicate
Step
Phila
Indiana, PA
McGill Motors Inc
McGill
Indiana
Lke
Alcoa
Indiana County
Precision Aluminum Co
U. S. Revenue Office
Eyal
BUSAN
Star Furniture Co
Philadelphia Street
Altoona
Charleston
Blairsville Forsha
W. Market St
Clymer
Bence
General Electric Appliances CO
Department
General Electric Company
Plumville
J. L. Douds
Huntingdon
Pittsburgh
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