Coffee Prices Rise as Cups Per Pound Drive Costs
In New York and Kansas the cost of coffee per cup hinges on how many cups a pound yields. Prices hit 15 cents in cities while some restaurateurs keep 10 to 15 cent marks. Estimates vary on cups per pound and the impact of creamer and sugar costs, with households and roasters watching closely.
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New York
Kansas
Brazil
Paul Park
Liberal
Kan
Suys
Jim Lofland
Childs Co
Waldorf-Astoria
The
Waldorf
Childs
Mike Mack Sr
General Foods
U S Steel Official Sees Good Year
New York United States Steel Corp headed into a "good steel year" says Board Chairman Benjamin F. Fairless after 1953, the firm's best year for production, sales, and shipments. Net income reached $222,735,656 or $7 a share, second only to 1917.
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New York
United States Steel Corp
Benjamin F. Fairless
America
Fairless
Pen Plant Owner Freed From Jail
Paul C. Fisher, 40, head of Fisher Pen Co., was released from Cook County jail after agreeing to turn over his books and records for examination by the U S Department of Labor. He had been jailed January 15 for contempt for defying a court order to submit records, and he had failed appeals to the U S Court of Appeals and the U S Supreme Court.
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Chicago
Paul C. Fisher
Cook County
U. S. Department of Labor
Fisher
Fisher Pen Co
Michael L. Igoe
United States Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Labor Department
Boy imitator of gobblers injured during hunt in Chipley
Archie Arnold, seven, hid in brush to call turkeys for his hunting party. A second group arrived, heard his turkey calls, and fired. Arnold received birdshot injuries to his legs and hand.
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Chipley
Fla
Archie Arnold
Arnold
Arch
Two Air Force Aces Die In Portland Jet Crash
PORTLAND Ore Two 22 year old officers 2nd Lt James Kennedy and 2nd Lt J A Reid were killed when a powerless jet rammed a grove of trees to avoid a suburban crash A 4 year old girl Barbara Lee Cox was injured by debris Kennedy from Richmond Virginia and Reid from Peoria Illinois served at a nearby base Col George Coulers confirmed Kennedy steered the plane into trees as a crash became unavoidable.
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Portland
Ore
Air Force
James Kennedy
Richmond
J. A. Reid
Peoria
Ill
Barbara Lee Cox
Thomas Cox
Barbara
George F. Coulers
Kennedy
Speedy Merchant Catches Purse Snatcher in Two-Block Sprint
Baltimore store manager Clyde Slocum aged 48 chased and captured a 26-year-old purse snatcher after a short sprint of about two blocks and turned the man over to police. Slocum notes he once ran 100 yards in 10 seconds during high school track days.
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Baltimore
Clyde Slocum
Dissolution Agreed For Fidler Charity
Los Angeles reports tentative dissolution of the National Kids' Day Foundation led by Jimmy Fidler. Superior Court will decide how to allocate about 350000 dollars left from four million raised, with the attorney general supervising to ensure funds serve their charitable purpose.
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Los Angeles
Jimmy Fidler
Edmund G. Brown
National
Brown
Man Rescued After Frigid Loch Raven Suicide Attempt
Baltimore police report a man, George A. Saportas, attempted death by own action by tying a rope to a bridge and jumping into Loch Raven Reservoir. A passerby rescued him from the icy water after the rope failed to stop his fall.
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Baltimore
Loch Raven Reservoir
George A. Saportas
RCA Converts Atoms To Electricity Cheaply
New York report says Radio Corp of America introduced a battery that turns radiation from strontium-90 into electricity. A silicon wafer amplifies the electrons, producing about a millionth of a watt, enough to hum a telephone earpiece.
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RCA
New York
Radio Corp. of America
David Sarnoff
RCA Board
Radio City
VFW Post Aids FBI in Reds Hunt in New York
A Times report notes a special VFW committee formed from diverse locals to identify communists. Connecticut state commander Charles J. Post of Norwalk’s Mulvoy Tarlow Aquino post said the program aims to awaken residents in the town.
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New York
New York Walk
Times
Norwalk
Charles J. Post
Connecticut
VFW
Mulvoy-Tarlow- Aquino Post
Aptly Named Oklahoma City YMCA Announces New Aquatic Committee
The Oklahoma City YMCA announced its new aquatic committee today featuring Lee Fish and Al Whale as members.
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Oklahoma City
Doolittle Warns Reds Ahead On Missiles
General Doolittle states the Soviet Union leads in long range ballistic missile development. He cites wartime German intelligence as the source of their progress and warns of advancing weapon perfection due to intensive Soviet efforts.
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Doolittle
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