India Nears Half a Billion in Population Growth
The article notes India approaching 500 million people with the 500-millionth birth to be officially recognized. It compares India’s population to major nations, outlines stark living conditions and low per capita income, and cites progress against disease and famine aided by foreign aid and grain shipments.
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Food Prices Ease Slightly Despite Summer Slump
New York AP reports Labor Day shoppers face easing food costs with beef and pork prices down due to higher supplies and soft demand. Butter and eggs rise, produce remains plentiful, while fall fruit declines are expected but oranges and grapefruit seasonally low. Also notes hyper sonic speeds in space terminology.
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Virginia Keeps Confederate Widows and Daughters on Pensions
Virginia’s 1966 to 1968 legislature allocated 732 250 dollars to support 1 096 Civil War widows and needy daughters, plus Confederate home care and funeral costs. Only 67 widows remain, while about 1 031 maiden or widowed daughters receive pensions. average widow age sits around 87. Confederate pensions remain tied to surviving servicemen’s families, with specific annual amounts for in and out of the home residents. The program is run by Mrs. Maxine Duty who oversees pensions and other state duties.
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