Price Increases offset by small declines in AP shopping survey
The Associated Press reports a new round of price hikes at the dairy counter lifted family grocery bills in a March 1973 survey across 13 cities. Eggs and milk rose while pork chops saw some discounts. overall January to February trend shows steady gains with higher costs for eggs coffee and milk across multiple markets.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
New York
Checklist
Albuquerque
N.M
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Detroit
Los Angeles
Miami
Philadelphia
Providence
R.I
Seattle
Replacement of One A-Type Virus May Be Taking Place
Public health experts note three influenza viruses are circulating this year with one A-type seemingly replacing another. The similarity between the 1950 virus and the 1977 Russian strain raises questions about latent human or animal infections or a possible reintroduction from a frozen sample.
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N.Y
Walter Dowdle
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Dowdle
Alan P. Kendal
Maurice Hilleman
Merck Sharp & Dohme
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Nature
Katsuhisa Nakajima
Ulrich Desselberger
Peter Palese
Mt. Sinai
Man
Hong Kong
United States
Soviet Union
Victoria
Australia
China
Europe
America
Bad Doctor Can Be Disaster
The article discusses the trust Americans place in doctors and concerns about medical care quality. It cites John Pekkanen and George D. LeMaitre on choosing good physicians and notes a Yankelovich survey where 75 percent of families value medical care highly yet many view doctors as overprescribing medications.
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John Pekkanen
U.S
George D. LeMaitre
Yankelovich, Shelley and White Inc
General Mills Inc
Medical Society
Pekkanen
LeMaitre
Gluematic pen claims ease of use in glue test
A St Petersburg Times test of the Gluematic pen shows a single drop results in a smudge rather than a precise bead. The device held a bond on a teapot lid after more glue was applied, and a fork bond required minutes of pressure. The pen holds 0.07 fl oz and costs 3.49.
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St. Petersburg
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Winchester Evening Star
By Louise Cook
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Skelly
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