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...wholesale price index stayed about flat in early 1976 before jumping up in April. The May figures indicate that that leap was an aberration. Food prices went up much less in May than in April; industrial commodity prices rose hardly at all. A better guide to the rate at which inflation is subsiding is a comparison over a longer period: during the past twelve months the wholesale price index has risen only a rather modest...
When the ballots were cast, the top-soaring red was Stag's Leap Wine Cellars' '72 from the Napa Valley, followed by Mouton-Rothschild '70, Haut-Brion '70 and Montrose '70. The four winning whites were, in order, Chateau Mont-helena '73 from Napa, French Meursault-Charmes '73 and two other Californians, Chalone '74 from Monterey County and Napa's Spring Mountain '73. The U.S. winners are little known to wine lovers, since they are in short supply even in California and rather expensive ($6 plus). Jim Barrett, Monthelena...
...expert predictions, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan will battle right down to the wire. The California challenger stands to win six or seven of the nine primaries this week and next. Then on June 8, the President should easily take Ohio and New Jersey, but the big leap probably will be made that day by the winner in California, where former Governor Reagan lately has moved ahead. On the Democratic side, Jimmy Carter should win three or four of this week's primaries, then run behind Governor Jerry Brown in California but do well in Ohio and New Jersey...
Steady Embree, who has been runner-up for the last two years, took top honors in the high jump with a leap of 7 ft. 3 in., eclipsing the old meet record of 7 ft. 2 in. set by Chris Dunn of Colgate four years...
McCulloh said "my form is really awful" but that he now tries to drive his inside leg up, moving his hips higher and allowing them to leap that extra inch. He said this finally "clicked in my head the past few weeks, and I've jumped well since then...