Cost Of Living Rises Sharply In June
The June Consumer Price Index jumped 0.8 percent, fuel prices led the rise and the annual inflation rate reached 9.6 percent. Real spendable earnings fell 0.4 percent as meat, fruit, vegetables, and mortgage costs climbed.
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Meany slams Ford on unemployment and detente policy
AFL-CIO chief George Meany accuses the Ford administration of blocking job-creating proposals as UPI reports 9.6 million unemployed and 4 million part time workers. He calls detente policy inadequate and says the union may refuse to load wheat for Soviet shipments pending a formal vote.
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U.S
Canada
Striking Albuquerque Police Accept New 2 Year Contract
Police in Albuquerque end a 10 day strike by approving a two year contract with an 8 percent immediate pay raise a 4 percent merit increase and higher clothing allowances. seven officers who joined the walkout face temporary demotion while reinstated with no reprisals for others. more than 300 strikers resigned under court order but were promised reinstatement. during the strike patrols fell to under 100 as governor considered state police intervention.
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Tribes Delay New Fishing Rule in Gesture
Six tribes led by Lummi chairman Forrest Kinley announce a one week delay in using new gillnet permissions during sockeye runs and Fraser River pink salmon, as state and federal officials negotiate a longer term plan with the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission.
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British Columbia
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FTC opens probe into home canning lid shortage
The Federal Trade Commission announced a preliminary investigation into the shortage of home canning lids as Congress resumes hearings. Factors include early Midwest garden ripening, hoarding, and distribution issues, with reports of panic buying and tourists depleting inventories in Florida. The Ball Corp testified about expanding capacity, but new lines won't be ready until early next year.
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Coverup charges loom in Hunt family wiretap case
Two heirs of oil magnate H L Hunt face new obstruction of justice charges in a five year wiretap probe. Nelson Bunker Hunt and W Herbert Hunt, along with Percy Foreman and other attorneys and a Houston industrialist, allegedly conspired to pay witnesses to hide testimony. The case ties to spying on aides close to their late father and a feud over a vast private fortune. Proceedings set in Lubbock with earlier hearings noted.
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Christina Onassis Weds Alexander Andreadis in Private Greek Orthodox Chapel
Christina Onassis married Alexander Andreadis son of a business tycoon in a private Athens ceremony that started 45 minutes late due to the bride's lateness. The couple had dated for about a month and wed in a Greek Orthodox chapel with a priest officiating.
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