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...bumper corn crop. But farmers reduced their hog production last year because of low prices and high feed costs caused by the blight. The effect of their decision will be felt in stores early next year and will probably make bacon, sausage and other pork products slightly costlier than now. More cattle will be raised this year, but this beefed-up production will not be reflected in meat-counter prices for 18 months-if ever. Says Economist Larry Simerl of the University of Illinois: "Consumers buy more beef every year, and this increased demand is likely to absorb any increase...
...take advantage of the boon. Finally, some foreign leaders -particularly in France and Germany -are upset because the U.S. has refused to devalue the dollar by raising the price of gold. Instead, Washington is holding out for them to revalue their currencies upward, which would make their goods still costlier-and less competitive-in some world markets. Last week the Common Market's executive commission formally demanded an outright dollar devaluation...
...afternoon, however, the picture is grim. Early evening television news programs have hurt afternoon newspaper sales everywhere in the nation. Besides, compared with morning papers, afternoon editions are costlier to put out because they require faster distribution for a big street sale, more labor for heavier press runs, and frequent front-page replates to provide up-to-the-minute, eye-catching headlines. Chicago Today recently passed the Daily News in circulation, 438,000 to 425,000, while the News, thanks to a higher-income readership, carries 72% of all afternoon advertising. But annual losses are nonetheless estimated at about...
...produced the car, it only hurt when audiences laughed. Bedeviled by bad timing and uneven management, the whole division had become a career junkyard for faltering executives and a rugged boot camp for beginners. Beyond Edsel, Lincoln-Mercury's models offered little individuality. They were nothing but larger, costlier Fords. Sales fell so low that many Lincoln-Mercury dealers were forced to depend on used-car sales...
...light weight and great strength. The big beneficiaries have been the producers of fiber glass and polyester-notably Owens Corning and PPG Industries. To compete with them, Du Pont has recently come in with a superstrong synthetic called Fiber B, but at $2 a pound it is much costlier than fiber glass, which goes for 780 a pound...