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Thursday, December 6, 1973
University Daily Kansan
Milk. Cheese Prices Up
Increases in the price of milk were noted at most stores this week in the Consumer Price Index.
All Star cottage cheese went up by three
all for a 12-count carton at two stores.
The 10-count package of Kraft's unlicensed
cheddar cheese went up at two other stores.
by two cents and six cents.
Hamburger Helper went up by two to four
cents a box at four stores.
Average market basket indices have been computed for each week in November (excluding Thanksgiving) as follows: Nov. 24, $32.90; Nov. 25, $12.94; Nov. 26, $33.63; Nov. 29, $33.63.
The market basket index is based on consumption factors published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics using 57 items in the weekly survey.
This week, A&P had the lowest index, followed by Kroger's downtown store. The highest index was found at Rusty's 23rd St. and Rusty's 25th Street, and Rusty's North Lawrence stores.
For the five weeks in which a market basket index has been computed, the indices for Kroger's downtown store and Safeway have raised to 78.3 and 65.9 respectively. The index for Dillon's Massachusetts St. store has been among the three lowest four weeks out of five.
Item
Cereal—Kellogg's Special K, 11 oz. . . . .
+ Market basket index is based upon consumption factors published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Self-Help Program Asks for Help
John Purcell, commission chairman, said the commission would consider the center's
The co-directors of the Elizabeth Ballard Community Center last night asked the Lawrence Human Relations Commission for "moral and spiritual support" for a self-help program for disadvantaged young people.
The Human Relations Commission studies community social problems, investigates charges of injustices and makes recommendations to the city commission.
Cynthia Turner and Lenore Finday, the center's co-directors, said they had asked her to accept an offer.
groups for $8,500 to finance their program. The funds will be used to buy a bus and to hire additional staff members, Findlay said.
"Our goal is to hire two full-time counselors and two part-time counselors," she said.
"We're teaching leathercraft and making Christmas cards already, which can bring joy."
According to Turner, the program is already operating but at a reduced capacity, handling 80 young persons, ages 8 to 17.
The proposal calls for individual counseling for 100 young people, along with
She said programs such as gardening projects and bicycle-repair classes would combine personal enrichment with an opportunity to make money.
tutoring, if necessary; field trips; speakers; and programs designed to promote self-confidence and individual initiative. Turner said.
Speakers representing many different professions, from lawyers to bakers, will explain their jobs to the children and provide models to help in choosing careers.
we plan to use these programs to teach
ascipline as well as small business
skills.
"Our goal is to develop leaders—leaders who will want to stay in Lawrence and make it work."
The energy economy will definitely affect the
economy, which often economics
professionals ask about.
By MIKE CACIOPPO
Local Business Decline Predicted
Kansan Staff Reporter
Students who are looking for part-time jobs must now compete against those who have recently lost jobs elsewhere, said Darwin Daicoff, professor of economics and a member of Gov. Robert Docking's Council for Economic Analysis.
"If gasoline rationing becomes a reality, people's freedom to get out and do things will be restricted," said David Fauert, assistant professor of economics.
The business of many local restaurants will take a severe beating, he said. He added that Pizza Hut's stock recently had dropped about 50 per cent. Lawrence mottles will also suffer, he said, because fewer people will be traveling.
Danceoff said that Cooperative Farm Chemicals Association (COOP) would be hurt by the oil shortage because it used a lot of natural gas. Because much Kansas oil is owned by the state, consumers of natural gas in the Midwest and less gas for regular users, he said.
"Coop workers could be bagging groceries soon," Daioff said.
Farmers also will suffer because they probably will be unable to get fertilizer, Faurot said. Natural gas is a basic ingredient in the production of fertilizer.
"The farmer will be hurting if he can't get diesel fuel for tractors. Without tractors, they won't be able to harvest their crops," Faurou said.
When asked about Sen. George McGovern's prediction here last Friday that unemployment would rise from its present rate of 4.3 per cent to 7 or 8 per cent, the question was more important: the prediction is a little higher than most of the forecasters whose opinion "dres respect."
Dacoff added that "George McGovern would make a great preacher and probably a good president, but never an economist." Dacoff and Faurot said they thought the energy shortage would have some good effects.
Profit margins for grocery stores could once oversupply and reduce store operating hours.
" their total market should stay the same because people need food, but shoppers will have to start shopping at the same time," he said. "So the store may be able to efficiently use those previously slick daytime hours to reduce variable costs."
Dacisco observed that the energy crisis had resulted in a drop in the temperature in Summerfield Hall where students had often complained about the uncomfortable heat.
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"There should be about 5,000 fewer deaths per year if speed limits are lowered, according to a National Safety Council estimate," he said. "Also, people will start thinking seriously about a mass transit system, we had the luxury of not needing it."
Asked to suggest ways to prevent a recession, Diacoff said, "We have plenty of tools to control the economy, but we probably won't use them. He said possible tools include taxing, government spending and control of interest rates.
Faurot said there were other good effects.
Dacoff said he thought rationing should be a last resort. He said, however, that he had enough money to buy the
"Let prices go up!" he said.
Faurot said that President Nixon had projected a 17 per cent shortage of oil at existing prices but his measures were designed to reduce the shortage by only 10 percent.
"What about the other 7 per cent?" he asked.
"I can't see the Arabs' abets up on their boycotch," said Faoutr. "There doesn't seem to be much."
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