Rising prices squeeze buyers as used cars gain value
Washington reports inflation pressures with annual price rise in April. Consumers seek savings by buying used cars, lifting prices 12.9 percent year over year while new car prices rise 8.7 percent. Fuel oil costs jump 21.9 percent in 12 months, prompting concern over future shortages and heating choices.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Automotive Market Report
Rising energy costs and inflation pressures in 1979
The report shows electricity prices up 4.9 percent over the 12 months ending April 1979, while natural gas and fuel oil rose 20.7 and 21.9 percent respectively. Oil price effects ripple across clothing, housing, and transportation as energy costs climb. Government economists warn inflation remains high with limited immediate remedies, and consumer groups press for policy actions to curb price advances.
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Janet L. Norwood
Alfred E. Kahn
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Arthur M. Okun
Brookings Institution
Council of Economic Advisers
Track and field youth program grows nationwide
Hershey's National Track and Field Youth Program expands from 500 local participants in Charleston to nearly 2.5 million youngsters in all 50 states plus DC. For ages 10 to 15, the effort is run by the National Recreation and Park Association with the Hall of Fame and the President's Council. District winners advance to state meets, then to one of eight regional teams for expense paid trips to the national finals at the Hall of Fame.
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Charleston
W. Va
Hershey
States
District of Columbia
National Recreation and Park Association
National Track and Field Hall of Fame
President’s Council On Physical Fitness and Sports
Open Letter to TV Violence Desensitized Viewers
Open letter by Erma Bombeck decries TV violence desensitizing viewers. The author recalls flinching at gunfire and pain, noting repeated on screen brutality erased emotional responses. She warns of children growing up with constant violence as babysitters and questions the impact on empathy and compassion.
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Erma Bombeck
Screwy People Not Death Seeking Love Found It In Indiana
A reader letter set discusses suicide and care for troubled individuals. Multiple voices share personal rescues, hospital care, and the idea that some seeking death are really crying for affection. The piece closes noting hope found in Indiana.
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Indiana
Breast feeding learned again says UC San Diego doctor
Dr Audrey Naylor director of the Lactation Clinic at UC San Diego Medical Center says breast feeding was once passed down through families but has been lost in recent generations. About 500 families have joined a program since its September 1977 opening, including infant examination, maternal breast exams and observation of feeding technique.
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New York
Audrey Naylor
Dr. Naylor
University of California San Diego Medical Center
Study links breast feeding to lower adult cholesterol
A Harvard School of Public Health study, joined with other centers, finds adults who were exclusively breast fed for more than two months have lower cholesterol in adulthood despite high fat intake. The research supports earlier ideas by Dr. Raymond Reiser that early high cholesterol exposure may train enzymes to better handle cholesterol later in life. The project followed 126 adults now 40 years old, with data pooled from 420 adults overall.
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New York
Raymond Reiser
Texas A&m
Medical World News
Reiser
Harvard School of Public Health
Isabelle Valadian
Harvard
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