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Show r t Federal Government Sus pends Reduced y Fares for Air Flights Gross-Countr- y 4 NEW YORK (UPD Christmas travelers received" an unmerry present today with news of a surprise federal suspension of re duced airline fares on cross-countr- y flights. . Thousands of persons who had made reservations; under the special rate were ceing called by the i Is; 4 t tsr 4 u three major transcontinental air lines and told to ante' up as much as $92 more or face cancellations. The airlines were forced to act under a Civil Aeronautics Board ruling late Wednesday suspending a special reduced rate, in effect j J a (S i too-litt- le d' winter. . K- . Abused Until If No Pillar of International Currency U;S. Dollar Once-Prou- d Is Longer srh rmmm By LYLE C. WILSON v J J United Press International WASHINGTON (UPD This is ninethe about good news, indeed, of fold rise in the earnings production workers. Or' is it? ; This ninefold increase, from $10 to $90 a week, took place in the last 50 years, so the news report said. And that is about all it said except that the work week had decreased from average of 51 to fewer than 40 hours. Pretty good for the production workers. A sharp pencil operator went to work on those bare figures and came up with something more il, luminating. It was this: That inflation had cut the purchasing power of the dollar by about over the 50 years. This sharp pencil operator cited the earliest consumers price index available. It is for .the year 1913. The dollar was worth about $2.35 in purchasing power in 1913. The same index valued the dollar at about 78 cents in October of this year. These figures are based on the 1947-4- 9 dollar's purchasing power being taken as ,100 cents. At this point it seems to become quite complicated. On the 1947-4- 9 base, the dollar was worth 78 cents last October. On the 1939 base favored by the Senate Committee, the October dol lar was worth about 44 cents. one-thi- rd -- Fin-nanc- Utah State Briefs Utah Oil Rig Worker Meets Death In Fall . . , : , ZALFS - t SALT LAKE The National CITY iliriih Sit t i '. s , v vr- . . V & VA'fA A A A A A A W - do vy' S. 4 tas 1.:-.- : i 8 six-lan- ( if 9 lit S' a v . . X D I TYTT v X'.y., FROM A TO 2 n KEW YORK (UPD A new ren tal showroom opening today cuenieis , boasts it has , for hire everything from A to Z from ash trays to zithers. ' The .zither rents for $7.50 a day. ; Needs no costly installation operates on 1 10 volt outlet I Clothes come out "sunshine fresh Automatic time control adjusts for 4l 'Mo RESERVE WATCH VALUE! ' "dry", and "fluff". "damp-dry- " Big capacity . . . lint trap . . . safety switch. , mm chenlei SCHENUY: x r Wit V P . f RESN0. Wii?, Exclusive Discovery X.. u WHIPS IN EXTRA 5MOU!M"t3r -v- .-. AAedel DA 110-- ) in hi i' V tnw''lrt'"0 An Idaho state senator reported Sunday that his German Shepherd dog was stolen while he was visiting in Salt' Lake. aoajH GIF? WRAPPING PAPER foe '62 , CAS Box of 6 Rolls. Each Roll 26" Wid- e- Total Length 472". Beautiful Colors. . Reg .1.98 (p)Qc dd) 17ATEH For the friends you want to be good to, there's no HEATERS & FH3-1C0- HEATING 3 55 North 2nd West Si I' 17 hatfArtriftthanSchGhlev-thewhiskvtheyearsh- avo hppn annrf to. Everv drop of whisky in Schenley is aged over 8 years (100 months, to be exacO, PLUASING DIAl . r.c::iY dow:i ,' m 1.62 l. iHhS " thpn wiiP.l blended with choice grain, neutral lSz sl :. West Ccntar Provo :. OGDBN A 15 0F .'A' N PURSUERS REDBOURN, England (UPD e A fox fled across a busy highway Saturday pursued by six hounds. The fox made it, but traffic got his pursuers. BRAZEN BURGLARS CHELMSFORD, England (UPD t Burglars stole $2,800 worth of merchandise from a store , next to the county jail, police reported." hAAA A A - i SALT LAKE CITY (UPD KA A AA A AAA AM .ONLY fm U Come In for FREE Demonstration! (UPD Labor Relations Board held an election Sunday in Salt Lake to determine if Teamsters Oocal 222 would represent employes at Leatham Bros. The votes will be sent to the regional NLRB offices in Denver where their eligibility will be determined. Objections have been raised as' to the participation of some of the 21 participants. ! maticallyl . That proud U.S. dollar has been so abused and rotted by American money policies that it no longer is the strong man of international currency. U.S. and other officials and economists already are considering ways and means of protecting the U.S. dollar against would happen if foreigners what An oil MONTICELLO (UPD in it. faith lost rig worker was, killed Sunday The dollar's purchasing power when he fell '87 feet from a plat form at the Aneth Oil Field about had been rotted by federal money 50 miles southeast of here. policies. It has been rotted by Vejiman Russell Taylor, 47, Cou wage increases; to labor un- shatta, La., was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital. He DIAMOND fell from the oil rig platform OfCo. Sage operated by Drilling ficials said his safety ' belt cither broke or was not fastened. . li Power rinses, washes, and rf dries d ishe$ sparkling j) dean . . . Sanitized auto- - OUTSMARTS $440. i rf'fi twist marathon. been robbed. His $1,000 is worth today in purchasing power about f NEEDS NO INSTALLATION ROLLS ONWHEELS By United Press International" TIRED OF "JOKES PUDDING BAGLANE, England Residents of this Hamp (UPD shire town have decided to change its name to Sunnyview. They said they were tired of being the butt of so many joges. JAM SESSION HOLLYWOOD There (UPD was a new twist to a traffic jam at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. Police said the traffic jam was caused by spectators standing six to seven deep in the street watch ing tnree couples gyrating in a -- i S v . ALL M3 i Residents Tired of Old Jokes - h Mobile 'Maid in Today's Chuckle 50-ye- ar , ON Nam m mm .. production. It has been, rotted by high prices not warranted .by costs. The public, as the man said, be damned. i 3 GIVE HER A VACATION FROM DISHWASHING matchedby increased If the mathematics of all of this is not clear and understandable, there are some aspects of this dol- ar value business that anyone should be able to understand: The original announcement that production workers' average earnings increased ninefold in the past 50 years was" misleading. The number of dollars presumably did increase from 10 to 90. But the value of each dollar was shamefulspan. ly rotted over the No , industrial worker represented in the computation was nine times better off in 1961 than in 1910. That is obvious. If the number of dollars to production workers did so increase there remained vast numbers of the people who were not so blessed. The person on fixed in come, for example, would go down the drain in 50 such years and, no doubt, be glad to escape. The year 1913 was a time of tight money. A dollar with a $2.35 purchasing power was deadly to debtors, to the poor man and to his family.. But that swollen 1913 dollar was ,no more deadly to one element of the society than is the rotted dollar of today to all elements. The trend away from an overvalued U.S. dollar to an undervalued dollar has been consistent in the past 30 years. The family man who had accumulated $1,000 surplus" 30 years ago and who still has those dollars in the bank has ; MAJOR General Electric APPLIANCES NOW IN STOCK. BUY WITH NO CASH DdWN! NO PAYMENTS UNTIL MARCH 1962! FREE DELIVERY AS LATE AS SATURDAY EVENING (very late) December 23. firfeiiiasiiinig n den eraev m V the-CA- & FURNITURE DAILY HERALD 8 - APPLIANCE - SPECIAL LOW PRICES : after one of the recent snowstorms. Central Utah is getting its share of moisture thus far this winter and few there are who complain, snow last following a year of drought which resulted from WHITE CUSHIONS ON THE SEATS? No, folks, the bleachers at North Park have not been padded with cushions. The white fluff on the bleachers in photo above is snow beautiful, white, moisture-fillesnow. Herald staff photographer Harold K. Monson shot the picture; . v .1. alone, costing the company $- A TWA spokesman said in tic ' "S Angeles area the airline hd tickets voided. The airlines said that puss: tigers, including many servi-- f rvn of and students taking adva'ntr-gtseason their Christmas holidays, were advised at sale time that the price was subject to CAB ayrov 1. .The airlines complaincd that took too long to decide n 'he suspension and the board's delay in advising the lines about the decision caused most of the dif' i ficulty. ' I 1; .'.V.-..v(vw.vr- ) for round-tri- p flights between 19 cities on the East and West , Coasts. The three airlines, United, Trans World and American, said many persons already reached! reacted to the news with anger and cancellations. Many others wjio made reservations were still being contacted Some tickets had been sold through New Year's up to 30cys in advancel t A UAL spokesman saicj a conservative 50 per cent of the po- tpntinl nnscpnuprQ invnlvinrl fan. celled . at the San Francisco officer spirits. In fifths and pints, lavishly tfHf NtfY 01ST. CO- - N.V.C 6LEN06O WHlSHY. 66 FKOQF. 62 gift-wrappe- d. GRAIN NUTRAl JmHI tililll mcTiu A rann MIJUJUn APPLIANCE & FURNITURE fnird South on the Avenue Provo, Utah 1 B |