Unemployment and Wholesale Prices Rise In November
The Labor Department reports unemployment up to 8.1 percent in November with 7.8 million jobless, while wholesale prices rise for the third straight month driven by energy costs. Total employment climbs to 88.1 million as the labor force expands, signaling slow growth and inflation pressures ahead.
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Mexican peasants seize farms in Sinaloa over land reform
In Sinaloa thousands of campesinos blocked work on about 106000 acres in Carrizo Guasave and Fuerte valleys demanding immediate land grants. Some demonstrators armed, banners read for reform as landowners appeal to Gov Calderon. the protests echo Sonora actions by ex President Echeverria and threaten crop losses.
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Home 'doctors' offer odd throat cures in Maryland
A Maryland reader describes a home remedy for sore throat involving brown sugar and kerosene, while another account claims a neck wrap from a wrong-side-out stocking. The letters, including one from Maugansville, show widespread belief in improvised nostrums for congested lungs and coughing.
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Mildred R. Wasson
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