Economist Chase Faces Challenge Explaining Soaring Living Costs
Washington AP reports government price analyst Arnold Chase, assistant commissioner at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, struggles to justify persistent inflation. Despite forecasts of a slowdown, prices surged monthly, rising 0.8 percent in March, with earlier spikes in 1968 and 1969. Chase remains hopeful for a slowdown due to fiscal restraints.
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Washington
Arnold Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Chase
City Sales Tax Collections Across Counties in March
Douglas County reported $195,621.83 in March sales tax and $1,863,193.55 year to date. Franklin $63,951.42, Jefferson $19,258.24, Leavenworth $98,376.25. Sedgwick County led with $1,551,836.66, Public Utilities next at $1,080,838.92. March total was $8,861,310.53. year to date $68,501,229.23 since July 1968.
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Douglas County
Franklin
Jefferson
Leavenworth
Sedgwick County
Kansas to Disorganize Seven Nonunified School Districts
Gov. Robert Docking signed a bill ordering the state Board of Education to disorganize seven remaining nonunified Kansas districts Ensign Kanorada Odin Coolidge Florence and two at Leoville by July 1.
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Topeka
Kansas
Robert Docking
Ensign
Kanorade
Odin
Coolidge
Florence
Leoville
State Board of Education
Muskie Urges Midterm Platform and Yearly Conventions
Senator Muskie calls for a midterm Democratic national issues convention to adopt a platform next summer. Senator McCarthy proposes annual conventions to keep party focus on policy, as Kennedy and McGovern-backed reform hearings begin nationwide.
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Washington
Edward S. Muskie
Eugene J. McCarthy
Muskie
McCarthy
Edward M. Kennedy
Party Structure Reform Commission
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Democratic Party
The
Minnesotan
Maine
Tough Bike Judging Sparks Elementary Parade Event
Police official Lt. Jack Evans notes a sharp competition in a bicycle decorating contest to be judged Saturday. The event awards a traveling trophy to a boy and girl from each of 15 elementary schools and includes a parade, safety films, slogans on display, and a community meal.
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Jack Evans
Police Safety Division
Evans
Police
Parent-Teacher Assn
Unionization Said Certain For Municipal Employes
At the 22nd annual City Managers School, Neil Thursby of the Laborers International Union said public employes show growing union support due to salaries and working conditions. He urged city administrators to welcome unions to organize workers, arguing unions stabilize workforces and raise pay, with other panelists noting strikes and modernization pressures in various cities.
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Kansas
City Managers School
Kansas University
Neil Thursby
Laborers International Union
Thursby
Kane
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