Coffee prices fall as supply and demand shift on world market
U.S. retail coffee prices have slipped 12 percent from a record $3.93 per pound last June to $3.47 in January, with wholesale cuts by Folger’s to $3.03. Analysts see further declines as Americans drink less coffee and world production improves, potentially dropping to around $2.25 next winter.
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Cheryl Deresay
America
Folger’s Coffee Co
U.S
Fred Gray
U.S. Agriculture Department
Gray
Brazil
Colombia
New York
Fred Richmond
New York Democrat
Escape Credited With Failing Skyjack
DENVER AP Three United Airlines crew members leaped from the cockpit to the runway 15 feet below and thwarted a hijacking by Clay Thomas Jr. who claimed terminal cancer and demanded fuel for a Memphis or Cuba flight. Thomas surrendered after authorities called him to exit. pilots Grout and Bard suffered broken bones, while Warfield was uninjured.
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Denver
United Airlines
Memphis
Cuba
Ted Rosack
FBI
Clay Thomas Jr
Mountain View
Calif
Thomas
Tenn
Oakland
al Grout
Jack Bard
Louis Warfield
Grout
Bard
Area Miners Seek Quiet Opening Amid Picket Threats
At Amsterdam Missouri area mine union workers aim to reopen quietly despite nationwide work abstention. Local 1839 president Lowell Forbes warns of potential pickets and possible outsider violence as employees debate reporting for duty under protection. About 150 expected back when prepared by midweek.
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Amsterdam
Missouri-Kansas
United Mine Workers
Lowell Forbes
UMW
Keystone
W. Va
Jim Garnett
Garnett
Empire Mine
Asbury
Pilot Comp-Ed Program Urged in Kansas Senate
The Senate Education Committee heard a proposal for a limited competency based education pilot in two counties next year to gauge need and costs for a statewide program. Sen. Joe Norvell urged delaying full adoption, while Sen. John Chandler supported rapid action. The committee took no action on the pilot motion and advanced other bills on teacher dues and reducing school days in severe weather.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate Education Committee
Joe Norvell
D-Hays
Kansas
Norvell
State Board of Education
Florida
John Chandler
R-Holton
Chandler
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San
Royce Sickler
Sickler
Forbes
Pleasanton
P&m
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Associated Press Ethics Commission
Senate
Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission
Commission
Ross Coyen
Treasury
House
Kansas State Bank
KSB
Enner
Riviera
Sale
Benner Williams
Ottawa
Kansas National Education Association
The
Kansas Association of School Boards
Cherry
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