Bible sales big business across world markets
In New York AP reports the Bible dominates global book sales with massive distribution through publishers Bible societies and organizations. Collins World cites 15 million Bibles sold through retailers plus 25 million more via societies. Living Bible and Good News Bible spreads contribute. Demand rises in troubled times and evangelical growth boosts Bible’s status as top self help title.
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American Booksellers Association
Collins World of
Cleveland
William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd
Bible Societies
American Bible Society
Ken Taylor
Living Bible
Tyndale House
Doubleday
The
Bible Society
Gideons
Organization of Christians
National Publishing
Philadelphia
Morning Markets Fall As Inflation Fears Rise
New York traders opened with mixed results as inflation worries weighed on stocks. The Dow slipped to 792.16 by noon after a brief early rally, while the NYSE composite declined to 44.20 and the market broadly faced two digit CPI driven gains for July.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
NYSE
Texas Parks and Wildlife to close three field offices
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will close its La Grande Laredo and Del Rio law enforcement field offices on August 31. Director Henry Burkett says the division reorganization improves control and saves about $30,000 annually, while wardens and supervisors remain available for local assistance without office operating costs.
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Austin
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
la Grande
Laredo
del Rio
Henry Burkett
Pulitzer Prize Origins and Founder Joseph Pulitzer
The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism letters drama and music trace to the will of Joseph Pulitzer born publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York World established in 1917 to honor excellence across multiple fields.
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Joseph Pulitzer
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Old New York World
Personal income declines in July hit farmers hardest
Government data show total U S personal income fell at an annual rate of 5.7 billion in July, reversing eight months of growth. Private sector gains moderated, with manufacturing payrolls up 1.5 billion and farm income rising 3.1 billion to 39.3 billion, 4.2 percent above a year ago.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Grain cheaters plead guilty in New Orleans case
Three men pleaded guilty to shortweighing grain in a federal probe into corruption in the grain export industry. Named defendants include Daniel G. Delany and Harry O. Dolsen Sr.. several others pleaded innocent to charges of theft, fraud, and warehousing violations. A related tax case involved Robert Paul Nicholas.
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New Orleans
Bunge Corp
Daniel G. Delany
Old Bridge
N.J
Bun
Drebing A. Negrotto Jr
Bunge
Destrehan
John H. Gonor Sr
Alvin J. Morales Jr
Walton Francis Mulloy
Kansas City
Dollar was an old idea Houston CPI climbs 2.7 percent
The Houston cost of living index rose 2.7 percent for the three months ended July 31, with meats, poultry, and fish up 17.7 percent as the largest rise. The Houston CPI reached 165.8, meaning residents paid 16.58 for goods costing 10 in 1967, and the period was 23.7 percent higher than a year earlier. The National Automobile Club notes motorists began buying gasoline by the dollar in 1933 when a cost gauge was added to pumps.
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Houston
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
The
National Automobile Club
San Francisco strike leaders agree on tentative police fire deal
After marathon talks mediated by Mayor Alioto, police and fire fighters reach a tentative settlement as most officers continue picket lines. Supervisors criticize the mayor, seek state help, and a bus union reaches a 6.5 percent raise to avert a bus strike affecting 500,000 riders. Violent incidents noted but emergency protection lines held.
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San Francisco
Marathon
Joseph L. Alioto
Board of Supervisors
John L. Molinari
Alioto
Highway Patrol
Police Officers Association
Fire Fighters Local 798
Edmund Brown Jr
Brown
Terry Francois
Dianne Feinstein
Transport Workers Union
Viking spaceship launches toward Mars on 505 million mile flight
Mars probe Viking blasted off from Orlando aboard a Titan Centaur rocket, beginning a 303 day journey around the sun to Mars. NASA officials praised the problem free countdown after two prior delays and noted a sister craft will launch September 1.
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Orlando
Fla
America
Mars
Viking
John Neison
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City Gets Tax Rebates From State Plan
Comptroller Bob Bullock issued city sales tax rebates Friday totaling 19.9 million and announced a plan to share any partial delinquent collections with cities. Port Lavaca received 16795.21, Point Comfort 744.83, and Seadrift 1869.52. The new method aims to speed up city receipts rather than increase total funds.
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Bob Bullock
Port Lavaca
Point Comfort
Seadrift
Bullock
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Sears
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Texas
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Jerry Schroff
Firemen's Union
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Dallas
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Zale
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Lavaca
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