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With none of the usual gaseous explosions, gothic orations or protracted strikes, the soft-coal operators and John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers last week signed a new 14-month contract. The miners got a 20?-an-hour pay boost, and the operators got ready to raise coal prices as much as 25? a ton at the pits...
...twelve years I've been here," replied Mulvihill, "the maids salaries have risen from 41 to 97 cents per hour. Since last year they've gotten a 12 cent wage boost. Why, when I first came here they were working every day but Christmas." The maids now work a five day week...
...Last week hogs hit their highest price ($21.75 a hundredweight) in five months. Lambs set a new alltime record of $34. Prime steers rose to $40. The Department of Agriculture* predicted that meat prices would go a lot higher in the next two months. The prediction was certain to boost buying for home-freeze lockers, thus help make it come true...
...Department itself helped start what some retailers called a "hidden boost" in meat prices by announcing a change in the methods of grading beef. The top-grade "prime" was broadened to include the second-best "choice." The third best, formerly called "good," was upgraded to ''choice...
...makes good economic sense. In the past ten years, New England's textile and leather-goods industries have dropped off while metal manufacturing has increased 75%, employing over 40% of New England's labor force. By removing transportation costs, the local plant should give an even greater boost to New England's metal industries...