Show Wages Rise More Mare Than Living Costs SPECIAL TO CUPPER CLIPPER Does the average wage earner earn earn- er in Davis County have to work harder and longer than he be did five years ago to compensate compensate compensate com com- for the higher cost of living OR WITH his increased income income in income in- in come is he better off than he was then It boils down to how much he can buy with his weekly wage at the present time compared compared compared com com- pared with what he could buy then THE figures show that despite the sharp inroads Inthe in inthe inthe the purchasing power of the dollar the typical worker in inthe inthe inthe the local area is in better fi financial financial financial fi- fi shape than in 1965 His earnings have gone up more than enough to offset inflation In many sections of the country such is not the case Some families are having a struggle to keep even because the rising cost of living has outpaced their income gains WHAT THE TIlE picture looks like now compared with five years ago is brought out in surveys made by the Bureau of Labor Statistics the Tax Foundation and others They show as an example that the average working man manin manin manin in Davis County now earns enough after 13 minutes of ork to buy a pound of chuck roast best grade or orthe orthe orthe the equivalent TO BUY two dozen eggs grade A large he needs to Continued on pa e 2 f TI Vi W 4 i I I J rr ri s c 1 n t 14 4 yE i 1 V F trl jp SI S- S ems ems' I S t i 1 l 4 f 3 s kd f v JT f y H F J q r y y sr s r y 4 r rr r T rS r'S l j f 4 0 i r y r r 1 t E A i H S.- S. H r S 1 N rM y r l 1 eF y w ti rr r h 1 Sal i c 9 Fe i r lR M S NR i q S f 1 V r 9 r ti r f Ar Wb f k pw T These boxes were found out in the field Burglars left them when chased by police Continued from front page roof opening the air vent sliding down a knotted rope descending the stairs to the ground floor They dumped contents of the refrigerator into bags and onto the floor went through postage stamp and money order drawers and began hauling hawing drugs from the store THAT WAS apparently the time police appeared They found several bags of drugs out in the field Police had to spend some sometime sometime sometime time warning residents as they awoke to stay inside because dogs were roaming the yards WE greatly appreciate the cooperation of Salt Lake County Sheriffs Sheriff's Office in sending two men out with their dogs said Bountiful Police Chief Dean 0 O. Ander Ander- son They had to get the themen themen themen men out of bed but they were here to help us in in just minutes As far as we can tell about all they got was 20 in cash the chief said They left all the drugs when they ran In fact they even left their tools WE ARE studying a good lead the chief continued Some alert young people saw sawa a car going around the drug drugstore drugstore drugstore store several times Tuesday afternoon They took the cars car's license number and gave it to the police j |