Price rises persist as May wholesale index climbs
Labor Department data show wholesale prices up 1.5 percent in May led by metals machinery fuels and chemicals. President Nixon adviser Stein views May as near end of price surge but forecasts further increases. GM and U S Steel announce price actions while GM reframes model costs as added features.
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Labor Department
Herbert Stein
Nixon
Council of Economic Advisers
Stein
U.S. Steel
General Motors
Oswald and Jacoby Edge South in Elementary Bridge Hand
South quickly tried a starter ruff and trumps. A 3-3 trump split would have saved the contract, but East misled with a 4-2 break and a single king of clubs left South with no exit. South laments misplays and notes a discarded club could have yielded the win.
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South
East
How's Your I Q Memory Quiz
A short quiz prompts readers with ten general knowledge questions covering astronomy geography biology and history. Includes an IQ-like scoring concept with daily questions over ten days and a list of encoded strings at the end.
Fish and chip shops in Britain face closures
A market survey ordered by the fish and chip trade finds about 700 shops close annually due to rising fish prices and competition from American and Chinese take-away venues, reflecting widespread pressure on Britain’s fish and chip trade in London.
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London
Britain
Dear Abby readers deal with family strain and honesty
A reader asks how to balance care for aging parents who demand more time while another grapples with lying to customers. Abby counsels that feelings of guilt fade when effort is genuine, and advises honesty over deception. A third letter condemns an aunt’s provocative nurse scene, with Abby agreeing it was inappropriate and unsympathetic.
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Abby
Today in History June 22 highlights and birthdays
June 22 marks historic events from 1941 Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union to 195? topics. Notable moments include Napoleon’s abdication in 1815 and the 1940 Armistice signing. Birthdays include writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh and designer Bill Blass.
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Associated Press
Germany
Soviet Union
California
Napoleon Bonaparte
Congress
Department of Justice
Britain
George V
London
Joe Louis
Jim Braddock
Chicago
France
Lyndon Johnson
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Washington
Cyprus
Judy Garland
Earth
United States
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Bill Blass
Medical Teams Target Smallpox in Indian Village Outbreak
In Hakegora, villagers once wore a stone charm to ward off disease but 20 of 138 contracted smallpox and four died. Dr. S. K. Parida of WHO leads a vaccination team amid Bihar’s epidemic, as 70,393 of 125,666 global cases this year occur in the state. The WHO and Indian government pursue a search and containment plan with village surveys near Jamshedpur uncovering hundreds of infections.
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S. K. Parida
World Health Organization
Bihar
Calcutta
Parida
Hajegora
Jamshedpur
Anti Catholic Drive Reported in China
Vatican reports a Communist campaign against Catholicism in China with renewed anti church broadcasts in Fukien and Yunnan and claims of mass killings at orphanages. Jesuit observer Father Ladany notes inflated anti religious rhetoric and reports priests in labor camps and churches closed or repurposed.
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China
Luigi Ladany
la Civilta Cattolica
Fukien
Yunnan
Father Ladany
Fides
Roman Catholic Missionary Institute
Rome
Vatican
Europe
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