Meat demand fuels rising prices across beef pork
Washington reports strong consumer appetite for red meat matches record beef and pork production, keeping prices high. USDA forecasts overall grocery inflation around 3 percent for 1971, while pork and beef see price gains as hog herds shrink and cattle output remains high. Analysts warn beef and pork may rise further as paychecks grow and demand persists.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
USDA
Hazen F. Gale
Economic Research Service
Gale
Stevenson questions Ft. Sheridan acreage and use
Sen Adlai Stevenson questions whether the Army will fully use Ft Sheridan as an active base and questions a backfill plan that would keep 2600 or fewer personnel. He warns that keeping the beach golf course and vast facilities without full use hurts employment and community needs.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
D-Ill
Army
Ft. Sheridan
Stevenson
Major layoff wave hits Chicago steel plants
U S Steel plans recall of about half its Chicago area staff after orders shrink. About 5 000 workers face layoffs at South Works Chicago and 14 000 at Gary Indiana mill. Inland and Republic Steel had already announced combined 15 500 layoffs amid reduced demand. Gary mayor cites possible city job losses up to 25 000 as production cuts persist. Production to resume next week but employment tied to customer orders.
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Chicago
U.S. Steel Corp
Inland Steel
Republic Steel Corp
Steel Giant
South
Gary
Ind
Richard G. Hatcher
U.S. Steel
Mazon FFA Entries Earn Top Ratings at Livestock Fair
Six Mazon FFA youths took part in the Section 8 FFA Livestock Fair at Peotone. Entries included Duroc hogs Shetland ponies Welsh ponies Hereford cattle Hampshire sheep and an Hereford heifer that won grand champion female over all beef breeds. All entries earned A ratings except one sheep class B.
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Mazon
FFA
Peotone
Randy Roe
Durochogs
Bill
Pat Sanders
Jim
Dean Pfeifer
Mark Harlow
Hampshire
Jim Pfeifer
William Copple
Mazon Township High School
Mitchum Anti Perspirant Solves Extreme Underarm Wetness
A new formula delivers far stronger anti wetness protection than aerosols with safe skin mildness. Mitchum Anti Perspirant, from a 57 year old lab, offers reliable relief for thousands of women troubled by heavy perspiration.
Illinois state police award honors include Valor to Trooper Brown
Springfield honors marked by Gov Ogilvie presenting the Governor's Award of Valor to Trooper Paul R Brown for capturing two escaped federal fugitives near Jacksonville on April 9 1970. Other recipients included Paul Bishop for outside-Empfield support and several troopers for lifesaving rescues and criminal arrests.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois State Police
Paul Bishop
Posen
Herbert D. Brown
Department of Law Enforcement
Bishop
Chicago
Peter Kelly
Blue Island
Kelly
Richard B. Ogilvie
Paul R. Brown
Jacksonville
Brown
Illinois
Calumet Expressway
Harvey
Jerry Alltop
Seven gun dealers indicted in Illinois and six-state roundup
A federal grand jury indicted seven men for dealing in guns without licenses. Names include Ervin Canfield of Buchanan Michigan and Roger Golgin of Spring Valley Illinois. other defendants hail from Indianapolis Peoria Springfield Rock Island and Spring Valley. Atty Donald B. MacKay said cases for three more arrested men remain undecided.
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Springfield
Ill
U.S
Donald B. MacKay
Illinois
Ervin Canfield
Buchanan
Mich
Steve Eberle
Indianapolis
Harold L. Davis
Peoria
Lloyd F. Finfrock
Roger Golgin
Spring Valley
William Giesse
Rock Island
Anthony Sciuto
JJC Receives $18,500 Nursing Grant From HEW
Joliet Junior College wins an $18,500 grant from the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare to support its Associate Degree in Nursing program. The funds will fund loans and scholarships for nursing students and the grant runs through June 30 1972.
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Joliet Junior College
Maynard Boudreau
JJC
Joliet
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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