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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1977
Page
1
Washington AP reports wholesale prices rose by one tenth of a percent in August, while farm prices fell for the fourth straight month, nearly offsetting the rise. The article notes mixed inflation signals as producers face shifting cost pressures and market dynamics.
Washington report shows black youths ages 16 to 21 faced a July unemployment rate of 34.8 percent, the highest on record, while white teens were at 12.6 percent. Labor officials cite policy efforts and new job programs in response amid broader price trends.
Consumers faced a mixed grocery outlook in August as AP market basket tracking shows six cities up and six down with one unchanged. Pork prices fell in nine markets, while duck and frankfurters rose in four cities each. beef is expected to rise later amid drought and grazing limits. Egg prices climbed in eight markets as heat reduced laying.
Missouri Military Academy expects about 300 cadets for the 1977 78 school year with students arriving Sept 6 for high school and Sept 7 for the junior school. Returning cadets register Sept 8 as the academy enters its 89th year at high capacity.
Thousands of applicants from Britain Italy and the Netherlands seek a place as Western Europe’s first astronauts for a 1980 joint U S European Spacelab mission. A 70 year old British woman among hopefuls. tests and interviews reduce nominees from hundreds to three by mid next year.
Actress Mary Martin, in her first stage appearance in over a decade, spoke at the National Press Club about a fulfilling life and her favorite roles, South Pacific and Peter Pan. She stars at the Kennedy Center with Anthony Quayle in Do You Turn Somersaults by Aleksei Arbuzov, a contemporary Soviet writer.
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