Complex Inflation Baffles Nations
AP analysis details how anchovy shortages in Peru raise livestock meal costs, boosting soybeans and beef prices while Middle Eastern oil hikes lift energy dependent goods. It notes droughts, crops failures, and rising inflation across Greece Portugal Iceland Japan US and other regions, with OECD attributing surges to speculation and expected future price rises.
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John Cunniff
New York
Peru
Mideast
Soviet Union
Australia
China
Southeast Asia
Africa
U.S
Washington
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
Greece
Portugal
Iceland
Japan
United States
Sydney
Kansas City
Ghana
London
OECD
Chen opens Chinese American restaurant at 116 E Liberty St
Jerry Chen owner of Chen's Cove plans to open a new restaurant at 116 E Liberty St within two to three weeks. The venue will serve Chinese and American dishes with hours 10 30 A M to 9 00 P M. Chen studied special education at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and previously worked in a local school system before starting the business. His father Chen Pao Chang will join from Taiwan to assist along with eight employees.
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Chen
E. Liberty St
Jerry Chen
America
Southern Ilinois University
Edwardsville
Wellsville
Middletown
Mexico
Four Missouri boys win jet trips to California
Four young Missouri boys are among 65 IGA store contest winners who will fly to California by jet next month. Winners include Chris Ward 12 Darrell Forrest 11 Tom Spurling 13 and Tony Minney 12 from Smiley's Jay's stores. The trip departs St Louis July 8 for Disneyland and other attractions over five days.
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Mexico
IGA
California
Chris Ward
Wilfred Ward
Carrico Sr
Tom Spurling
Larry Mitchell
Ringo St
Smiley’s
Darrell Forrest
Melvin Forrest
N. Western St
Tony Minney
Robert Minney
Fairground St
Jay's
Missouri Iga
Cash Register
Chris Waid
Smiley's
Jay’s
Minney
Missouri
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Anaheim
Disneyland
Japanese Village
Marineland
Knott’s Berry Farm
Universal Studies
Movie World
Larry Hickman
Wetterau Foods
Gibson's Moving To A&P Building
Gibson's discount store relocates from the east side square into the former A&P building on Jackson Street across from the post office. The A&P building is owned by C L Black and the square building by Sutterfield and Swain. Manager Jack Walker says stock is being moved gradually and the move should complete shortly.
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Gibson's Discount Store
A&p
Jackson Street
Post Office
C.L. Black
P.N. Hirsch and Co
Sutterfield and Swain
Gibson
Jack Walker
Five Building Permits Issued Last Week
Five building permits totaling 4060 dollars were issued by city inspector Taylor Sewell. Larry Weber of 902 Ringo received a permit to add a 1100 dollar room to his home. Bill Friday got a 1000 dollar storage shed permit for 1400 Gray Street. Rufus Howard earned 900 dollars for remodeling at 821 South Muldrow. Emily Baese will build a 300 dollar rear yard fence at 2704 Cardinal. A 760 dollar sun deck at 1632 Churchhill was approved for R G Dixon. Nathaniel Jackson and Roger Mantle of Mexico received promotions at A B Chance Co foundry. Jackson became squeeze molding machine operator after belt grinder role. Mantle moved to permanent mold operators from permanent mold operator II, both since early 1972.
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Taylor Sewell
Larry Weber
Ringo
Bill Friday
Gray Street
Rufus Howard
South Muldrow
Cardinal
Emily Baese
Churchhill
R. G. Dixon
Centralia
Nathaniel Jackson
Roger Mantle
Mexico
A. B. Chance Co
Jackson
Mantle
Connie McGrath Seeks First Kroger Manager Role In District
Connie McGrath trains at the Mexico Kroger store aiming to become the district’s first woman manager in about four decades. She has worked in Fulton Columbia and Mexico since eight years ago, receiving grocery, front end, meat, and produce training before a future co manager posting in St. Louis. She notes Kroger’s past women managers elsewhere and cites civil rights gains as expanding opportunities.
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Connie McGrath
Kroger
Mrs. McGrath
Mexico
Columbia
McGrath
Fulton
St. Louis
Dorsett Road
Kansas City
Kroger Company
Houston
Tex
Cincinnati
Ohio
China Trade With China Expected To Top 1.2 Billion
Washington AP reports that U S trade with the People's Republic of China is projected to reach about 1.25 billion this year, nearly matching U S trade with the Soviet Union at about 1.27 billion. Commerce Department projections cited by NC U S China Trade president Christopher H Phillips.
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Washington
United States
People’s Republic of China
U.S
Soviet Union
Christopher H. Phillips
National Council For
Centralian Earns 40-Year Service Pin at Chance Plastics
Jess Cates, a Centralia resident and Epoxiglas pole machine operator at A. B. Chance Co., received a 40-year service pin with two diamonds after moving to Centralia in 1944. Two other Chance employees, Herb Long and Phil Cooley, earned five-year awards. Cates, who grew up near Doniphan, Missouri, joined Chance in 1944 after a stint in St Louis and a war plant job, meeting his wife Maurine Clevenger there before relocating.
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Centralia
Jess Cates
A. B. Chance Company
Cates
Chance Plastics
Herb Long
Phil Cooley
Ozarks
Doniphan
Arkansas Line
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Hospital
Wagner Electric
Maurine Clevenger
Jewell Clevenger
Chance
Signal Corps
Cates recalls epoxy foam core poles at Chance plant
Cates details making tool poles with a plastic foam core wrapped in fiberglass and epoxy, producing 3 to 20 inch poles per minute. He notes nearly 1,200 workers at Chance's Centralia operations, and shares family ties and hobbies including fishing, hunting, auctions, and a peanut brittle business that grew from gifts.
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Cates
Chance
Centralia
Margaret Anh
Debra
Gerald Atkinson
Robert Fair
David
Frank England
Marvin Fair
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