17 Year High In Cost Rise Is Recorded
The December rise in living costs slowed to two tenths of a percent, but 1968 still posted a 4.7 percent annual increase, the largest in 17 years. Labor says CPI closed 1968 at 123.7 with wage gains offset by price hikes. Wholesale prices rose notably in lumber, plywood, and metal products, while medical care and clothing increased in retail prices.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington (Ap
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Arnold Chase
Lyndon B. Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
Chase
Vassar College Admits Men Prompting Mixed Reactions
Albany AP report says 80 male students from Williams Trinity and Colgate joined Vassar this semester. Men occupy two floors of a female dormitory with supervised visiting amid curfew debates as students and staff react to the campus change.
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Albany
N.Y
Vassar College
Vassar
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Trinity College
Hartford
Conn
Colgate University
Hamilton
Susan Whidden
Westport
Miss Whidden
Williams
Jack Murray
Policeman Saves 28 In Cincy Blaze
In Cincinnati Patrolman Louis Niehaus spotted a four family dwelling fire on State Avenue and ran inside to awaken occupants. Eight adults and 20 children escaped. Mr and Mrs Sargent and six children were saved with minor injuries to a four year old daughter Anna. Damages were estimated at 5000 dollars and the blaze is blamed on a short circuit.
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Cincinnati
Louis Niehaus
State Avenue
Robert Sargent
Sargent
Anna
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