Price Index At Record Top In Cincinnati
The June consumer price index for Cincinnati reached 114.5, a record high, up 1.7 percent from March and about 14 percent above the 1947-49 base. Food led gains at 3.7 percent, with housing up 1.9 percent while transportation fell 0.5 percent and reading and recreation eased 0.3 percent. If 1935-39 is the base, the index would be 192.8, meaning prices have nearly doubled since then.
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Cincinnati
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Catamaran Sailor Sets Course for France Across Sea
Yves Bertranet a 33 year old French engineer sails from Great Neck in a 15 foot catamaran built from two canoes with a single deck and sail He plans to drift to France in 40 to 60 days carrying 50 gallons water 90 rations a collapsible life raft flares books and navigational gear. In New York a separate note records Colin L Fox a British bookmaker completing a round the world voyage in a 32 foot yawl after delays in Morocco and hull repairs in the British West Indies.
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Great Neck
N. Y
Yves Bertranet
Bertranet
France
New York
Colin L. Fox
Lymington
Ngland
Fox
Morocco
British West Indies
Hannegan Estate Settles Taxes For 45 857
The estate of the late Robert E Hannegan settles a government tax claim for 45 857 in probate court. Executors report 4 662 of overpayments and interest reducing net to the government. Payment was made May 1 for 1948 income taxes.
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ST. Louis
Robert E Hannegan
Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Gener Sieatin
Ene
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Driver's Mishaps Cheaper By Dozen
Traffic Judge James Bemopolos fined Andrew Robert White of Tulsa eighty dollars after three accidents in a four block stretch. White admitted guilt though he said he did not know about the collisions.
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Oklahoma City
James Bemopolos
Andrew Robert White
Tulsa
White
Two Car Collision Fatal To Farmer
William L. Steingass aged 58, a Defiance County farmer, died yesterday in a two car crash near Sherwood Ohio. Investigating details point to a fatal collision involving two vehicles on a rural road.
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Farmer
Defiance
Ohio
William L. Steingass
Defiance County
Sherwood
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