Building Prices Rise Sharply Across Construction Sector
New York reports another rise in building costs with cement and material shortages forecast into winter. Prices for cement, lumber, copper, lead, zinc, and nickel up. wage hikes and railcar shortages push up overall costs. Kansas University rush week begins with fraternity and sorority activities before fall events, while the Bureau of Business Research at KU highlights its growth and current projects after a conference in Boulder.
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New York
St. Louis
Kansas City
Rocky Mountain
Alpha Portland Cement Co
Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement Co
U. S. Department of Commerce
K. U
Althe
Frank Strong
Fraser Theater
E. U
Bureau of Business Research
Paul Malone
E. U. Bureau
Malone
Boulder
Colo
American Association of University Bureaus of Business Research
U. S
Malonesta
Altho
Greau
Kansas
Malone Sid
Underwood Sons Grain Company Upgrades Unloading Facilities
New equipment is being installed at 603 Massachusetts Street to speed grain handling. Elevators are encased in steel and new motors and other machinery are added to boost unloading and shelling capacity.
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Underwood Sons Grain Company
Massachusetts Street
Ispeed
Dunius Underwood
Grain Company
Forest fires rage across California burning vast timber
San Francisco reports more than 100 fires across the state with over 100000 acres scorched. Stanislaus National Forest alone loses about 30000000 board feet of lumber across 14000 acres as fires stretch from Humboldt to San Diego. Sailors and volunteers bolster crews amid hot, dry winds and rising lumber prices.
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San Francisco
Cp—Sailyore
California
Stanislaus National Forest
Humboldt County
Oregon
San Diego County
San Diego
Tuolumne
Mendocino
Lake, Modoc
Sonoma
Colusa
Everyone blamed but U S people
Washington, Sept 6. The editorial argues the United States fought over ten weeks of an unprepared war in Korea marked by defeats and retreats. It blames strategic missteps, faulty intelligence, and domestic pressure for restraint, contending the public bears responsibility for the war’s course rather than the people.
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Washington
United States
Defense Department
U.S
Korea
Ee Gon
Pentagon
Risia
Republic
South Korea
Congress
Apntial
Lost in forest six days in Sierra Nevada
Porterville, Calif. Sept. 6 24 year old man Jacob Perry was separated from his fishing party last Tuesday in the Quaking Aspen area of Sequoia National Forest He wandered for six days without food and was found about 10 miles from his camp by two other fishermen Doctors said he was in good condition despite exposure and lack of food
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Porterville
Calif
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Jacob Perry
Flying School Teachers In Tel Aviv Israel
Four flying school teachers in Tel Aviv are described as going in for flight training. Fifty four teachers have just completed an aviation course there.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
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Lawrence
K.U
Boulder, Colo
A. P
Sierras
Benest, Sincere
Conoco
Conoco Super Motor Oil
Mtal Oil CO
Wuthnow
Conoco Service
Indiana
Franz
N. H
Per Stensland
Institute of Citizenship
K-State
Douglas County
Taipei
Formosa
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