Food Prices Slow Down Despite 10 Percent Year Increase
Washington AP reports that food prices are leveling off but may finish the year about 10 percent higher than 1977. For a three person urban family, weekly groceries could be about $5 more than last year's $49.66. Barry Bosworth, director of the Council on Wage and Price Stability, cautioned that the big rises already seen will be hard to offset and sugar prices have climbed due to domestic policy factors.
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Washington
Barry P. Bosworth
Howard W. Hjort
Agriculture Department
Subcommittee
Frederick W. Richmond
D.N.Y
Voter Interest Wanes in Kansas Primary Campaign
In Topeka and across Kansas the 1978 primary race heads into its final days with nine Republican U.S. Senate candidates and crowded fields for Congress and governor nominations. Local races are light, leaving voters uncertain amid unscientific or sponsor-backed polling. Registration rose to 1,143,684, but turnout may mirror prior lows.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
U. S. Senate
Congress
Register of Deeds
Jack Brier
Brier
Key Postal Union To The Polls As Strike Vote Looms
The New York Metro Area Postal Union with 26 000 members votes on a potential strike following 122 firings at bulk mail centers in Jersey City and Richmond. Wildcat walkouts persist as unions including Branch 36 NALC back a possible action while other locals weigh positions amid court orders and pending legal action.
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Associated Press
New York
Wildcat
Jersey City
N.J
Richmond
Calif
William R. Bolger
Metro Area Postal Union
American Postal Workers Union
Metropolitan Area
U.S. Postal Service
Afl-Cio
New York Area
Oil Import Fee Opposition Grows in House
Washington AP reports Carter faces a House fight as Republicans, all state Democrats and East Coast lawmakers push to ban oil import fees. the Senate already approved the ban and White House aides say victory is unlikely. A separate Ways and Means vote rejected a 5 percent temporary tax credit to ease Social Security tax burden amid stalled Senate action on energy measures.
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Carter
Bonn
House
Senate
White House
Ways and Means Committee
Richard. A. Gephardt
D-Mo
Ways and Means
Thomas P. O'Neill
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Carter Warns Staffers To Shun Drugs Or Leave
President Carter ordered White House staff to avoid drugs or risk dismissal after Dr. Peter Bourne admitted drug abuse misconduct. Hamilton Jordan, described as stern on narcotics, led staffers to heed the directive amid reports of marijuana and occasional cocaine use among aides.
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Washington
Hamilton Jordan
Carter
White House
Terry O'Connell
Peter G. Bourne
Bourne
Hamilton
O'Connell
John Golden
Jordan
Georgia
Democratic National Committee
Full State Ushers In County Fair
Franklin County Fairgrounds prepare for the county fair with booths panels and animal barns readied. Tonight 4 H dog show and photography judging begin at 6 with events continuing Wednesday evening. The Clover Revue features 4 H acts and a grand champion announcement in various contests.
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Joan Istas
Franklin County Fairgrounds
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