Empty Calorie Charges Lifted Cereal Sales Rebound
A year after Robert Choate accused cereals of being empty calories, the leading brands Post General Mills and Kellogg's have rebounded. Fortified and new cereals like Frankenberry Count Chocula Pebbles are driving sales as chains report gains. FTC and FDA review fortification limits continue with no immediate action.
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Kellog’s
General Mills
and Post
FDA
Kellogg’s
Penn Central Faces Large Losses and Possible Nationalization
Penn Central forecasts 1971 losses near 240 million dollars as Congress reviews a 100 million loan and a possible government takeover. Trustees plan to abandon 8000 miles of track and cut back crews to three per train while unloading 9000 workers as Amtrak assumes its finances. Nationalization is examined as a potential solution by lawmakers and investigators.
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Penn Central
Indi
Amtrak
Congressional
Pennsy
UTU
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Hartke
Group Says POW Deal Well Received By Reds
A group returned from Asia says its private US funded plan to aid postwar North Vietnam, in return for better treatment of American prisoners, was well received by the Communists and could take two to three weeks to gain traction. Crosby did not join the trip. The plan proposes interment of US prisoners in a new facility.
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Reds
Los Angeles
Asia
North Vietnam
U.S
Crosby
Elias Howe’s sewing machine invention in 1846
Elias Howe innovated the first sewing machine completing a pivotal breakthrough in 1846. The device advanced textile production and influenced later garment manufacturing developments worldwide.
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Elias Howe
Prisoners Riot at Muskogee County Jail
Three hour riot at the Muskogee County jail during the night. No escape attempt reported as prisoners taunted guards with rattling doors and shouting. Undersheriff Ralph Jackson said damage was limited to trays and mattresses.
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Muskogee
Muskogee County
Ralph Jackson
Harpy Defined as Rapacious Bird with Woman’s Head
A harpy is described as a predatory bird that bears the head of a woman, a hybrid figure from myth used to symbolize a terrifying creature.
Beltone Free Hearing Aid Offer in Chicago
A Beltone ad offers a free non functioning model of the smallest Beltone aid to anyone who responds. No cost or obligation, device weighs under a third of an ounce and sits at the ear. Write to Dept. 2885 Beltone Electronics Corp Chicago 60646.
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Beltone
Beltone Electronics Corp
Victoria
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