Living Cost Upward in October Pressure on Auto Prices
Washington reports Living costs rose three tenths of one percent in October driven by new automobiles clothing and services increases. Food costs fell five tenths but less than seasonal. The Bureau notes 1968 model year cars boosted prices with auto and dealer factors and higher taxes. The CPI stood at 117.5 and was up 2.6 percent from a year earlier.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ross
Fertility Studied by Indian Family Planning Official
India's Minister of State for Family Planning Dr Sripati Chandra Sekhar told a university symposium that human fertility in the country could be reduced by about 20 percent if the female age of consent were raised to 19 from 14.
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NEW Desi
India
Sripati Chandrasekhar
Britain Egypt To Resume Ties After Rhodesian Crisis
LONDON AP Britain announced that diplomatic relations with Egypt will be resumed on December 12, two years after they broke over the Rhodesian crisis. The Foreign Office named Sir Harold Beeley as British ambassador in Cairo.
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Egypt
London
Foreign Office
Harold Beeley
Cairo
Wedding Delayed 22 Years in World War II Romance
Roy Becraft and Hilda Tomkins from Manila were engaged as war began and married in Riverside after their reunion in California. They spent a Hawaiian honeymoon in Honolulu. Becraft, 20, served near Manila and became a POW in Corregidor's fall. Tomkins, 19, is British-connected. They remarried after long separation and Becraft later retired from the Air Force.
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Hilda Tomkins
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Calif
Philippines
31St Infantry
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Becraft
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Air Force
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Martha Raye Under Fire In Vietnam
In Saigon a Communist attack hit a U S outpost during a Martha Raye troop show atop Nui Ba Den mountain near the Cambodian border. A helicopter evacuated the comedian and her group to safety as Viet Cong mortars struck the U S camp. the show resumed at Tay Ninh East after the escape.
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Gerhard Weis
Milwaukee
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W.O
Richard Bashline
Pittsburgh
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Honest Youth Returns Money in Alley Find
A 20 year old, George Stubbs, turned over a bundle of $500 found in an alley to Baltimore police. The money, consisting of five hundred dollars in tens and twenties, likely came from a bank withdrawal. If the owner does not claim the funds, Stubbs may keep the money.
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George Stubbs
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