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— Griffin Daily News Thursday, August 11,1977
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Wholesale prices decline
By MICHAEL DOAN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Wholesale prices declined for
the second month in row in July
as farm and processed food
prices kept dropping, the Labor
Department said today.
The decline of one-tenth of a
per cent in the wholesale price
index was not so big as the sev
en-tenths decrease the month
before. But it marked the first
two-month drop since winter,
1975.
Wholesale price changes usu
ally show up at the consumer
level eventually, but so far gro
cery store food prices have con
tinued going up. They rose
eight-tenths of a per cent in the
latest consumer report in June.
Recalled butter
under going tests
By MANUEL SCHIFFRES
Associated Press Writer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -
Two samples of butter produced
by Beatrice Foods Co., which
has recalled all whipped butter
manufactured at its Sugar
Creek plant here, did not con
tain enough bacteria to cause
food poisoning, a Kentucky
health official says.
Tests on nine other samples of
the butter, suspected of causing
eight cases of food poisoning in
Kentucky and dozens of others
in Illinois and Missouri, should
be completed today, said Dr.
George Kilgore of the Kentucky
Bureau of Health Services.
Beatrice Foods, based in Chi
cago, announced Saturday that
it was recalling shipments of
butter that had certain code
numbers and “pull dates.” It
expanded the recall on Tuesday
to include all whipped butter
manufactured at the Louisville
plant.
Company spokesman Neil
Gazel said the recall was ex
panded “because we wanted to
be absolutely certain and not
take any chances.”
Illinois health authorities say
24 persons were stricken in Pe
oria on Friday and 13 in
Champaign, as well as smaller
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Announcement was made
today that Ray Jimmerson
had been chosen as
Salesman of the Month for
July, 1977 at
Randall & Blakely,
Ford Dealers
The winning of this award by
Ray was made possible
through his close attention to
the desires of his customers,
and the follow-up procedures
after the sale. Ray has been
Fleet Truck Manager for the
dealership, and just recently
was promoted to Used Car
Manager as well.
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The price of raw farm prod
ucts declined in July 1.8 per cent
after a 6.8 per cent decline the
month before. In the last three
months, farm prices have
dropped 10.6 per cent, on a sea
sonally adjusted basis.
Contributing more to the July
decline, however, were process
ed foods and feeds, such as
vegetable oils, animal fats and
sugar. They dropped 2.4 per
cent after a 1.7 per cent decline
the month before.
Prices of industrial com
modities went up one-half of a
per cent after seasonal adjust
ment, after a rise of three
tenths of a per cent in June.
The two-month decline in the
over-all index followed nine
consecutive months of price in-
numbers in Springfield and
Belleville.
In Kentucky, officials say
they have received six reports
of food poisoning from Bowling
Green and two from Lexington.
And the butter is the suspected
cause of more than 20 illnesses
in Missouri.
Health officials say the butter
may have carried infection
causing staphylococcal bac
teria. Both the company and the
U.S. Food and Drug Admin
istration also are running tests
on the butter, which is market
ed in 19 states under a number
of brand names.
Kilgore, who is heading Ken
tucky’s analysis of the sus
pected samples, said “we did
not find any high levels of
staph” in the first two samples.
He added by telephone from his
home in Lexington, Ky. that he
didn't think those samples were
directly associated with food
poisoning complaints.
Despite the negative results
on the first two samples, the
butter may still turn out to be
tainted, Kilgore stressed.
Among brands Beatrice Food
says it has recalled are Sugar
Creek, Prairie Farm, A&P, Ar
mour, Chappel, Mayflower,
Blue Valley and Meadow Gold
marketed in eight-ounce cups in
the states of Alabama, Ten
nessee, Illinois, Indiana, Ken
tucky, Michigan, Ohio and West
Virginia.
As an added precaution, the
company said, the expanded or
der includes eight-ounce cups of
Lucerne whipped butter mar
keted in Arkansas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Missouri, Ten
nessee and Texas; Coleman
whipped butter in Arkansas and
Oklahoma, and Kountry Fresh
whipped butter in Louisiana,
Oklahoma, New Mexico and
Texas.
The company said the order
also included five-pound tubs of
Meadow Gold and Sugar Creek
whipped butter marketed in
Florida, Georgia, lowa, North
Carolina and Virginia. Such
tubs are sold to restaurants and
other food services.
Trucks collide,
man killed
WACO, Ga. (AP) - Two
trucks collided on U.S. 78
Wednesday, killing one Ala
bama truck driver and injuring
another, authorities said.
Troopers identified the dead
man as Craig Cantrell, 20, of
Gadsden, Ala.
He was driving a 1 Ms-ton truck
which collided with a tractor
trailer driven by Jerry Hill of
Anniston, Ala., officers said.
creases. The last back-to-back
decline in prices was a half a per
cent drop in February 1975, and
a four-tenths of a per cent drop
the following month.
The July report was good
news for administration econo
mists, who are counting on in
flation to slow a bit in the second
half of the year. However, farm
prices are volatile, and most
other categories showed slight
increases.
The price indexes for lumber
and wood products and for ma
chinery and equipment rose
more than in June. Prices also
turned up for metals, hides,
skins and textiles after declines
the previous month. Wholesale
prices declined for chemicals,
furniture and household goods
after increasing in June.
The biggest contributer to a 1
per cent rise in metals prices
was steel and aluminum pur
chases. Many industries bought
steel before July anticipating
the price increases announced
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by the steel industry.
Among farm products, hay,
hayseeds and oilseeds dropped
the most in July, falling in price
by 25.8 per cent. Other big drops
were shown by grains, 3.6 per
cent; live poultry, 5.5 per cent,
and fibers, 2 per cent.
Leading the processed foods
decline are crude vegetable oil,
which plunged 31.2 per cent in
price; animal fats and oils, 17.8
per cent, and animal feeds, 15
per cent.
Fuel prices rose two-tenths of
a per cent while chemical prod
ucts were down three-tenths of a
per cent and rubber and plastic
products were unchanged.
Lumber and wood products rose
4.2 per cent, led by the 6 per cent
increase in lumber and a 6.4 per
cent jump in plywood.
Over-all, the wholesale price
index stood at 194.8, meaning
that goods bought at wholesale
for SIOO in 1967 now cost $194.80.
That was 5.6 per cent higher
than a year earlier.
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A White House spokesman
said after the June wholesale
report that price increases dur
ing the second half of the year
are likely to be more moderate
than the first half.
He said the farm price decline
“should be affecting consumer
food prices in the months ahead
and this will bring welcome
relief for consumer food
budgets.”
Retail prices rose at a 10 per
cent annual rate the first four
months of the year, but the ad
ministration says they should
decline to a rate of 6 per cent
near the end of the year.
In another goverment report
Wednesday, the Commerce De
partment said consumers in
creased their spending at retail
stores by 1 per cent in July after
slight reductions the previous
two months. Total retail sales
for the month were estimated at
$68.7 billon after adjustment for
seasonal and daily variations
but not for price changes.
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to Atlantic City completing a 3,500 mile trip. They are,
from left: Mrs. Penny Gardner; Cathy, 14; Thyra, 11;
Cliff, 13 and Mr. Norman Gardner. (AP)
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Rewrites world records
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Es
cape artist Bill Shirk squirmed
his way out of a straight jacket
while dangling upside down
from a helicopter 1,600 feet in
the air to rewrite two entries in
the Guinness World Book of
Records.
Shirk set records Sunday for
time and altitude for such an
escape.
Helicopter pilot Wayne
McDermott said the altimeter
on the helicopter registered at
1,610 feet during the escape,
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22.53 seconds.
The previous records, held
separately, were 1,200 feet for
altitude and a time of 24 sec
onds.
Shirk, an Indianapolis radio
station owner, was suspended
under the helicopter by a 16-foot
cable strapped to the blade of a
hockey skate on his right foot.