Living Cost Index Reaches All Time Peak in May
The Labor Department notes May inflation pushes the cost of living to 115.4, tying October 1953 as the high. Food costs jump 3 percent, with officials predicting further rises into summer while other consumer goods climb gradually. Ewan Clague cites lag between wholesale and consumer pricing amid a strengthening economy.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Statistics
Ewan Clague
Labor Statistics
Suburban School Board Refuses Parochial Student Transport
In Hamden Connecticut the School Board serving New Haven area declines to provide bus transportation for students attending a new Roman Catholic parochial school. The decision affects families seeking district-driven transit for pupils joining the school.
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Hamden
Conn Ue
New Haven
Dooley Plans Asia Trip to Spread Good Will
Dr Thomas Dooley, a Navy doctor and author, will lead a private humanitarian mission to Laos. He and four ex Navy medics will visit mountain villages for six months carrying medicine, films, and entertainment to win goodwill against communism. Private funds support the effort with gifts from Pfizer Pan American Airlines and CARE.
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Washington
NEA
Dooley
Asia
Thomas Dooley
Navy
Viet Nam
Laos
State Department
International Rescue Committee
Dr. Dooley
Chas. Pfizer Co, Inc
Brooklyn
N. Y
Pan American Airlines
Bangkok
Siam
Limbo Dance: Old Style on Trinidad
HAL BOYLE describes Trinidad limbo as an ancient African dance in which dancers pass under a lowering bar barefoot in a swimsuit. The performer strains through extreme leg and back contortions to a steel band while challengers chant, with 17th century roots and uncertain etymology.
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Hal Boyle
Trinidad
B. W
United States
Charles S. Espinet
Judge rules kids may ride rocket ships with coins
Milwaukee circuit Judge William Shaughnessy ruled that youngsters may continue riding rocket ships and hobby horses as long as their parents provide dimes. He compared these rides to illegal pinball machines even when they operate from a coin slot.
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Milwaukee
Wis
William Shaughnessy
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