Grocery prices mixed as freeze study finds little drop
A United Press International survey finds many shoppers doubt a real price drop under the August freeze. Some items show small changes like cat food from 18 to 17 cents, yet others rise or stay flat. Households in multiple states report uneven moves with eggs and meat uncertain.
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United Press International
Edith McFall
Ridley Park
Office of Emergency Preparedness
OEP
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Lompoc will get no more deputies
Sheriff John Carpenter said Lompoc substation staffing remains seven deputies one sergeant and one full time detective meeting the need of a 1250 residents per deputy. He denied plans to add personnel or federal funding for expansion despite local pushes. Community Council seeks feasibility study on higher law enforcement levels.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc
John Carpenter
Mission Hills
Vandenberg Village
George Hutson
Francis H. Beattie
Beattie
Monterey
Hutson
Robert Ludlow
North County
Carpenter
Mission Hills Community Council
Board of Supervisors
Riots escalate in Memphis after child death and lounge bombing
Racial tensions deepen in Memphis as a black child dies after a police chase related crash and a white lounge is firebombed. Four youths start a school trash fire. five injured in the bombing include two women. Hospital evacuations follow as police relieve officers amid investigations.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
Memphis Technical High
Baptist Hospital
ITT Continental Baking Denies Ad Charges in FTC Case
ITT Continental Baking of Rye New York contests FTC claims that its Wonder Bread ads mislead on nutrition and that Hostess Snack Cakes are marketed as health food. The firm accepts bread may be no more nutritious than rivals but argues fortification with vitamins and iron is not deceptive. The case tests FTC push to broaden advertising controls and is seen as a major legal battleground.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
ITT Continental Baking, Inc
Rye
N.Y
Ad Men
Rescue at Golden Gate Freezer Benny Skou Crew Saved
Coast Guard and Navy vessels rescued 18 people from the Danish freighter Benny Skou at anchor near the Golden Gate. Fourteen crewmen remained aboard as the ship listed heavily. Cause of trouble unknown. two women were among the rescued.
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San Francisco
UPI
Coast Guard
Navy
Golden Gate
Benny Skou
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Nixon to speak on Veterans Day from Camp David
President Nixon will address the nation by radio at 7 30 p m Sunday in honor of Veterans Day. The speech will be broadcast live from Camp David where Nixon plans to spend most of the holiday weekend. The White House had said earlier a Veterans Day address was planned but did not specify whether on Monday or Sunday night.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Camp David
Maryland
El Paso pipeline sale bill criticized by administration
Administration denounces legislation by Len Magnuson to allow El Paso Natural Gas to keep the Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corp despite Supreme Court orders to divest. The issue centers on a 1958 acquisition and potential competition for utility customers.
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Len Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate Commerce Committee
el Paso
Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corp
Nixon names Pay Board and Price Commission to oversee controls
President Nixon names the 15 member Pay Board and 7 member Price Commission to oversee long term economic controls. Boldt and Grayson acknowledge tough jobs as heads while the wage price freeze shows early inflation progress and BLS notes a 0.2 percent rise in September. Some violations of the freeze are being investigated, including price hikes on shoes clothing frozen juice beef margarine and oils.
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Washington
UPI
Pay Board and Price Commission
Nixon
George H. Boldt
Seattle
C. Jackson Grayson
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
White House
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Paul McCracken
President's Council of Economic Advisers
McCracken
Lompoc commissioner backs river lagoon plan for water
Ed Rodgers pitches a spreading basin on the Santa Ynez River to store floodwater in a lagoon and percolate it underground to boost Lompoc's supply. Peers seek a feasibility study to gauge costs, rights to surface flow, and impacts before moving forward.
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ED Rodgers
Santa Ynez
Lompoc
Rodgers
Santa Ynez River
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