Living Costs Rise Again
In July For 2nd Month
WASHINGTON, Of) —The gov
ernment reported today the na
tion’s living costs rose in July for
the second straight month.
Seasonal higher prices for food
and most types of services raised
the consumers price index three
tenths of one per cent, an in
crease’ sufficient to provide a
penny an hour pay raise for about
650,000 workers of the General
Motors and Ford Motor compan
ies. They have labor contracts
gearing wage rates to changes in
the government’s index.
Labor contracts covering at
least 200,000 additional workers
in auto, aircraft, farm equipment
and trucking industries also tie
pay scales to the July index but
it could not be determined whe
ther in all cases these workers,
too, would get the one cent raise.
The July index figure was 114.7
per cent of the 1947-49 average.
The increase in the index was
the largest since May, 1954.
Fishing Derby Winners
Are Repeaters
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C., WV—
Mrs. John Figinshaw of East
Stanwood, Wash., won first prize
in the eighth annual Canadian
Legion Fishing Derby with a 59Vfe
pound tyee.
It was the second time in 11
years fishing off Campbell River
that she won the trophy, captur
ing it first in 1952.
Second in the three-day derby
was Mrs. A1 Johnson of Seattle
with a 54Vfe-pounder, who also
placed second in 1952 and 1953.
Her husband won the trophy in
1954.
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and was introduced in Europe
through Italy by Marco Polo.
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GLEN OAKES, QUEENS, JL Y.—A few brave
souls are shown making slow headway across the
intersection at Union Turnpike at 244th Street in
Glen Oakes, Queens, as the roadway became a
waist-deep river after a record rainstorm left New
York water-logged. Hurricane Connie made its
way up the eastern seaboard, leaving death and
destruction behind.
Still No Sign of
Agreement In U.S.
Red China Talks
GENEVA, (#) — The ambassa
dors of the United States and
Communist China Tuesday held
their shortest session to date—27
minutes—in their negotiations on
repatriation of civilians each
charges the other with holding.
Alexis Johnson, U.S. ambassa
dor to Prague, and Wang Ping
Man, Red China’s envoy to War
saw, started the fourth week of
their negotiations here still with
out any sign of agreement. The
next meeting will be held Thurs
day.
They began their talks Aug. 1
after Red Chinese Premier Chou
En-Lai stated that it should not
be difficult to settle the problem
of 41 American civilians Peiping
is holding in China.
The present talks are believed
to have bogged down on Red
China’s demand for the naming
of a third power—probably India
— to determine the wishes of j
Chinese students in the United
States concerning repatriation to
Communist China.
The United States has rejected
this proposals, contending that
Chinese nationals in the United
States are free to leave the coun
try at any time.
The polar aurora or “northern
lights” are seldom seen in the
United States south of a line run
ning through New York City;
Pittsburgh; Des Moines; Boise,
Idaho; and Salem, Oregon.
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Strange Behavior
Of River Fooled
People In Flood
By JAMES DEVLIN
•new HARTFORD. Conn., (tf>—
Dan Burns shook his head in
wonder.
“If only Smokey could talk,”
he said.
Out of all the incredible events
of the flood-stricken night last
week, one stood out in Burns’
mind.
The water of the Farmington
river was rising. He was afraid
his horse Smokey might be trap
ped in the barn, so he set the
animal loose. The water rose and
Smokey disappeared.
The next day Smokey was
found — alive — on top of a
machine shop roof a mile from
Burns’ home.
But the story of Smokey was
hardly more fantastic than some
of the things that happened that
night.
There was the sturdy steel
bridge, a two-lane affair that had j
remained immovable for years.
But last Friday it. was gone, swept
away by the rampaging river.
Before going to bed last Friday,
most people had checked the
height of the river and discovered
it had fallen. That was one of
the strange phases of the flood.
It rose and fell twice, lulling
the people before the river broke
out of bounds to take seven lives
in the little town.
Residents said they never saw
such rain as fell last Thursday
night and Friday morning.
Sen. Jackson
Urges More
Alaska Fields
ANCHORAGE, (JV-More air
fields for Alaska to strengthen
American defenses were urged
here last week by Sen. Henry M.
(Scoop) Jackson (D-Wash).
As a member of the Senate
Armed Services Committee, he is
in Alaska for several days to in
spect military bases and the pres
ent DEW line radar project that
stretches across the Arctic from
Alaska to Greenland.
Also, as a member Qf the Sen
ate Real Estate and Military Con
struction subcommittee, Jackson
is inspecting military and con
struction facilities at Ladd, Eiel
son and Elmendorf Air Force
Bases.
“I am deeply concerned about
DEW line,” Jackson said. “The
Russians, with their long-range
intercontinental jet bombers, are
placing a heavy burden on our air
command.
“The area from Alaska to
Greenland must be ‘beefed up’
immediately and an effective
early warning system put in.
Time is of the essence. We should
rush this project. We don’t want
it to be obsolescent.”
He said he expects to leave
Alaska Friday.
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