Famine Scourges Eastern India Amid Price Barriers
In Gaya Bihar a famine driven by drought leaves hundreds of thousands on four ounces of government grain daily while open markets offer rice wheat maize and vegetables at higher prices. Merchants note imported wheat sells for four cents a pound at ration shops and domestic wheat for eight cents in markets as officials say they won’t curb private trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. B. Sahay
Bihar
Rations Critically Low as Open Market Feeds Sahay State
Sahay argues for more central and international food shipments to boost state rations from four ounces daily to at least eight. He claims current allotments are starving people and that higher aid would ease market pressure and reduce prices. Officials note open-market surpluses or imports from other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahay
This Day in History January 15 1987
Highlights include 1929 Senate ratification of the Kellogg Briand Pact and 1942 talks in Rio de Janeiro. Other entries note military advances toward Tripoli and Monte Cassino, a supply route from India to China, and political notes from Eisenhower to Nehru era events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Japan
London
U.S. Senate
Rio de Janeiro
8Th Army
Tripoli
Monte Cassino
Italy
India
China
Burma
Treasury
George Humphrey
Eisenhower
West
Moscow
Berlin
Indira Ghandi
Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Topless Squaws Too Historical For Festival
Newark's Land of Legend Festival plans a moundbuilder Hopewell pageant with historically accurate female figures described as topless by expert guidance. Dr. Raymond Baby notes the depiction reflects ancient practice, and organizers emphasize there will be no topless actresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Ohio
Hopewell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gaya
Eastern
Hazaribagh
Sant Kumar Singha
D .v
Bartel
Ait
Germantown RD
NEW Family Restaurant
Germantown Road
Middletown, O
Middletown Area
America
Venient
South Main ST
Central Ave
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
U. S
Worthmore
Hart, Schaffner