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...went doctors' bills, cosmetics, TV repairs, outweighing light " declines in clothing and household appliances. Up above all went the cost of food-bacon by an average 6/ a pound, round steak by 4? and frying chickens by 2?, eggs by 6? a dozen-to climb above its peak (before the farm recession) in August...
Supply & Demand. Economists had a ready explanation for the demand for the Canadian dollar: heavy foreign investments in Canadian securities. But Canada's tight-money policies also figured in the climb. Last week the Royal Bank of Canada and the Bank of Montreal increased their prime rate-the interest rate on high-grade business loans-to 5¾% (v. 4½% in New York). The rise will drive more Canadian borrowers to the New York money markets for funds, and with their borrowed U.S. dollars, they will help bid up the price of Canadian dollars...
...none of that matters. For that Gibson girl has finally whipped the one opponent that could keep her down: her own self-doubt and defensive truculence. At 30, an age when most athletes have eased over to the far slope of their careers, Althea has begun the last, steep climb...
...harsh outlines occasionally soften for the reminiscent tournament traveler. "I remember you could get fish and chips for 15? and soda at 5? a quart. And there were sweet potatoes-we called 'em 'mickeys'-that we cooked at a fire over milk crates. We'd climb over the fence to a playground and we'd swing way up, two on a swing. And we'd sneak in the movies. If there was any poverty, I wasn't aware of it. How could you think of it when you could get soda for five...
Most builders were cheered by the changes. Said Levittown Builder William J. Levitt: "The new terms are a healthy stimulant to housing. They will enable the homebuilding industry to pull out of its nose dive starting right now, and housing starts should climb well over the 1,000,000 mark next year...