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VKBRUARY 21, 1B53 Cost-of-Livinn Type 'x Due Next 7eek 1. .tin KVANfl JR K55 un-A brend new ftodsx. computed etler I. Uiree-yeer price end fy across the nation, enoearance next Epa'rlmont'e Bureau of fX, ,.y. the mw In- P1' ? .tiani matte km bo the "n,0,t eom L .. .Si nt VMM. , in i"w i L. ....... nrlce uuiea r. ,i,.n . monthly mea- J clwove In prtoee fccnl on "chenge"-ol i( gooas enu ' nuxlrialu Income fern- live In Dig na I, fnci-thor. BLo cells -MM rUIIUllIB " V fan 'and services which wauc-carnera end eler .mum buy to meln- Kvel ol living. Irrlcnn people are -inning television wt. Today ..rlv 31 million. TV L '., .. much a pert ol f: ,.,.iiv's budget ee su I ' . .I..i. Thus. TV L' ,T nchided In the r..L.i" .im uie r cnang. 'ill nflCDina wi L- ih. cost-of-living In- fen oomputed from pflce jjj Items, meaaured by Eiies expanding " Decides irSane kvnjf (Douglas' Com niar. who testified he Kicked ht wile end lout -i..ih last eummer be- m told me to do ll" wee of iiret acBe The Jury eeld be wee mu lurv. anains wr ioend Melt Bweereon, 27, when his lemliy end lanv L.r. item el Bridgeport In. Replying to questions it Robert Hunter, how Uu prosecutor nor the Ied the deslh penalty. ,nl,r delayed eentenclng kyi until ener Bearing h. i naw mai. Lv ukiog the etand. me In ( was ana is now eane bt did not went to be de ity snerltf wee eutloned us oi mm wiring w he ipperently showed lo- lenilon. Ally. Curt Clerk eeld he fcmron e ellp oi peper tees written: "Don't wor Ood h complete eon- kua ntooeedlnge." Bweer fc hnmedliWIy relexed, ta'i wile end four emeu from elx monthe to lour te were shot to deelb r n end their throe is kbtm he cut their throets ArrerUng olllcers eeia i they shouldn't suiter1 "Ood told me to do It.' WllcUd knife wounds on end shot himself but re- hrtsrton's femlly Physl t, Hsrold Lemberton, bed eeurt be believed the men Iwnblr Inssne end thst be uesr ot being lunged. HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON ber of Items to loo by eddin. tv etj, frosen foods end other.. BUs w,u i,iua nniee irom noai on in 4fl cities, rsnelne in i from New York lo towns oliim BI sent pricing epeclellsts Into the' homes of lyplcsl lemlllee in ell Iheiie cities to get e complete record of the kinds, quslltles snd ioous, ciouiing. lurnl lure end sU other iuvh. .Va Icee bought In lM, end how much Results of this survu kr.uui I k. . . (M. -. . . VU vrsge lemuy spent t. wi ii unei expendl L . - " Pr cent lor i,uuiia; .7 pr ceni toy clothes; u per wm lor irensportstlon' 4.1 per cent for medlcel core; J l per 7 ..'T'""""1 cere'teuch st lolle ertlcles); . per cent on reeding end reoreetlon (which In cludes TV: snd ft pay cent tor "other goods smt sarvl"inh co snd (Icohollo beversges leeel mmtUmm kal-l . nw huiwi vapvnaes sna otn ers. Comperlne this mMm mri.i Diseet wiui ine one In use un to now snowe interestlne contristn. For esemplev th. old coit-af.livini. Irtdrn geve e weight ot st 4 per cent to housing, neerly two polnu more then housing's new velue In the mnrsoi osnsei. tne new index will use sversm. prices in the period IM7 IH ee beee ol 100. The bsse Is . bl rsry-lt could be eny period et ell. In f set, Clsgue lies snnounced thst he will see the new Index sleo on s IBM law bsse for st leeel the next 11 months, so thst eesy comperlsons een be medr between the new end old Index. Tie oia inaex wee ted to. the ItSS-IMt beee. MCANINO The IM7-1M9 bsse mesne this: Xf the new Index out ntxt wjm.It which will meseure the change in th price level Irom Deo, 1 . Jen. lo. enows wet prices on Jen. 16 were execUy the seme ss the sverege in 1N7-IMB, the Jsn. 1ft Index would come out esutle loo. This won't heppen, beceuso prices am now sooui is per ceni higher then the 1M1-1MJ everege. Bo the new Index due next week will probably be somewhere sround 114 lie per cent of the IM7-1M bese. BUI hae announced six munin times, starling in late 1950. that lie old index would be discontin ued t the end of l6i. More then Ihroo million workere ere covered by contrscls which tie their wages to the old Index. Some of , these contracts hsve slresdy been re written to in ina new index, but meny mors have not. This led to reauesu from both Industry end msny lsbor unions that the old Index be continued e lew months to allow more time for changing cost-of-living contracts to fit the new Index. President Elsen hower bowed to these requests snd the old tndeg will be continued un til the end of June. $ 1 i l i it'' ti , ... I J - I v.1 s? I TIAIN-IUS .CRASH KILLS SIX Six periom war killed ens) 12 Injursd, tlx seriously, when the) Nllsnd-Cslexico South ern Pacific trein creihed into e bus loaded with Mexican National! at a crotting at Brawley, Calif. All thosa killed war government contract workers. Military Cut May Be Eyed WASHINGTON Ul Chairmen Short (R-Mo) ssld Frldsy the House Armed Services Committee may consider a recommeodetloa to cut military msrrpower end ex penses by 10 per cent. The recommendation wee made by a special commission, appoint ed last October, to study mllltsry manpower under David Ssmoff, chairman of the board of the Radio Corporation of America. The Semoff group, set up by the Truman administration last fsll under Senate urging for such a study, submitted Its reoort and disbanded on Wednesday. Sarnoft compiainea u Bad sot nad ade- quste co-operstloa from the Penta gon. , A successor with somewhat dif ferent powers waa named Thurs day by Secretary of Defense Wll eon. Its chairman la Nelson A. Rockefeller, sWnoft la a member, as are Dr. Milton S. Elsenhower, president of the Pennsylvania State College end a brother of President Elsenhower; Robert A. Lovett. Wilson's predecessor as secretory of defense; Dr. Venne ver Bush, Carnegie Institution president; Oen. Omar Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs of stsff; end Dr. Arthur B. Flemmlng, president of Ohio Weeleyen University. ,2 taWater iff Costly mux, hi, ui a Put- taty man says he's aoend- f to drill e water well on en, making It one of the fpnulve wells on en Illinois Martman hlrevl drlllln nn the filri well on hla nrfMW N with sand. The teem P.IOO teet to strike a vela f In ssnd rock. i well, now nesrlng com- I isquirea 50 bags of co ped to make cnnnretdi fcn Fund the pipes. In addition, pllons of water were hauled fit Irom Oranvllle to the nsse uie concrete. There wh pipes for a depth of i lect of 10-Inch pipe Ml ot eight-Inch pipe. TORT WORTH. Tex. Wl J. The Pederel Bureeu of Investigation had joined the chase Friday as olllcers pressed the hunt for lough-guy Floyd Hill .and two other jallbreekers. V' v Meanwhile, seven of Uie. ten prisoners who slugged their way out of the Tarrant County Jail late Wednesday night were back be hind bars. The FBI joined the hunt for Hill because hie parole frgm Alcatras prison wss revoked when he wss jelled In the robbery of M4J.0O0 from two Cubans. PORTLAND Ul The Boeing Airplane Co. plant at Seattle has under construction a jet transport designed for commercial use that will outstrip anything that the British can produce for some time. - - That Was; the report of Robert H. Harlan, a Boeing engineer, to the Oregon Society of Automotive Engineers here Thursday night. Despite sppesrances to toe con trary, the united Slates la ahead of Oreel Britain In jet trsnsport development, he eeld. Harlan aald the British Comet Jet transport now operating on scheduled flights from London to Johanneaburi Is designed to carry 10 passeengers a maximum of l.tOO miles. Another Comet, designed to carry U to 71 passengers will not be In production oeiore im. Thst Diane will not be com petitive with the Jet transport pro totype 'now under construction et the Boeing plant, " ne Bam. aw trig's plsne la scheduled to fly by August, 1M. Hs disclosed no details on the Diane, but eeld: v -rats niann-wiu onen a sew w In air line transportation. There will be virtually no noise end no vibration. Cabin conditioning will hole the air pressure constant so the peaaenger will never feel any lnaoisanj nn hli ears. He will nave AfagrSiamtHtl- speed." Harlan eeld suen a paane cowu not be bj eommerclel use before 1M7 or IK. Morse Safe Until '56 "There Is nothing we ' cen do about Independent Ben. Wayne Morse until IBM," Mrs. Olive Cor nell, Klamath resident end Re publican national commltteewomen irom Oregon, told members of the Klamath Klwanls Club yesterdsy. She ssld It wss too bsd he had lo spoil an otherwise perfect lneug ursl for "no reason whatsoever" end reiuse to ellow the cabinet to be sworn In slier the ceremonies. She spoke on the Weshlngton scene ouring uie return of the Repub licans to power. Mrs. R. R. Macartney, another Klamathlte who visited Washington ir me inauguration, reported the most eignuicant of all features of the vast fesUvsl of show.jiolse and excitement was the placer the American Negro bad in the cere- wuia. Where famed Neera artut. m. ijn Anaerson was turned out of Constitution Hall a few years ago because of her reee. another ni. ored singer opened the Inaugura tlos) with the national anthem. uonei nampton and his colored bind held a nrlae sun i -. MH. celebration the nleht hrfnr. nauvo moniana. Hollywood trick riding cowboy, looped a lariat around Pres. Elsenhower during the Inaugural Parade, Mrs. Ma- .JHZ. J0 president uu, bui men were comfortable. s Where else In the world nu JafajudantJif a country, be lassoed "or se a paradeand urvr - aoe asaea. V ' TRUMAN COM1NO ' KANSAS CITV m Former President Harry Truman said Fri day he was "contemplating a trip to the PacUlo" In the near future. dwwjunjcing... our NEW DEPARTMENT in Home PORTRAITURE we offer for a limited . time only ... V : one . HOME PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH At Less Than The STUDIO PRICE 'Call us immediately about the details of this exception al offer:. . . ' tAGt F1T1TSN Television AidsThief LONDON W t- Scotland Yard detectives plotted ways Friday at getting their nende on a new type of criminal a burglar who syn chronises his operations with tele vision programs. Police ssld that In the last three weeks he has stolen Jewels and fura worth more then $44,000 Irom homes In nesrby Surrey. The btrrglor enters a bouse while a popular televlaion program la running. . Working ejuickiy, be makes his aetawaf before the pre. gram llalahed. . IT$TH2 LOG CABIH TONITE! DINING DANCING ; Tat MEET NADINE is. i...- 'r-i ''1 ' (HILLEB BRumenuGH STUDIO r t at Hi i ,Phnei7S4S ..r-r. -' Yosj'li at Ittf PhiiM Arrittrv ii . . Twantett SoU -:- lenparsasiatiaeit anej Vecah.-. Faoturt. TWO YEARS WITH HORACE HEIDT COCKTAIL ENTERTAINMENT ' ; ;g:DANiw:ST ;ff: A? (NasMtV laxe Tyewatey) . (E3 lrstst etaeh I ItaSlas auka flaasa la Ikls art af tka nil Rant lovely new spinet plan for only 9.7S monthly. Apply rent for. reo.onoble tima rowarel purchat If Irael. LOUIS R. MANN PIANO CO. 120 N. 7th Pharia71t2 Hammone) Oraan DANCE RED BARN Donnis SATURDAY Dancing 10-2 Muile Rv "Chuck" Martin . With "Pea Waa" Stidham and rha i Rainbow Mtlody Boys . 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