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...Moneda. People in their Sunday best jammed into El Trafico bar, located in the shabby remains of the house where Chile's founding father, Bernardo O'Higgins, had met with the liberator of Argentina, Jose de San Martin. To the patrons swilling white wine and munching pork sandwiches, it seemed fitting to celebrate in a historic political monument−but there was no talk of politics, for the first time in memory...
...theme is Hawaii, and so lots of the girls appear in ersatz Hawaiian print dresses. Ordinary sno-cones become "Hawaiian delights," and the entrance to the fairgrounds is crowned by wooden cutout pineapples. Fair Director Fulk offers a rationale: "People in the islands eat a lot of pork, and Iowa is a big producer of pork, so we should know all about Hawaii...
Pushing through supermarket aisles thronged with anxious shoppers last week. Housewife Katie Wolff of Winnetka, Ill., an affluent Chicago suburb, was exasperated. "Nixon has lost control of things," she said. "Prices are so high we haven't had pork chops or steak in a month." Mrs. Joan Sheets of Los Angeles had the same complaint: "They tell us to eat less expensively, but just try finding a cheaper cut of meat. Even bologna is $1.30 a pound...
...most of the economy until Aug. 12, moved swiftly to pass along all increased costs of uncontrolled raw farm goods. In New York and other large cities, eggs rose from about 89? per doz. in supermarkets to 98?, and as high as $1.19 at small groceries. Center-cut pork chops in Chicago climbed 20? per lb., to $1.69; they were $1.89 in Los Angeles. The Hormel Co. fattened the price of a 12-oz. can of pork-based Spam by 16?; it is now selling for about 85?. Chicken was up 10? per lb., to about 65? in Atlanta...
...layoffs and cuts in output. In the first two days of last week, 200,000 cattle were slaughtered-only three-quarters of the usual number. Clarence G. Adamy, president of the National Association of Food Chains, predicts a "severe shortage" of beef by this week. One result: prices of pork and poultry will go even higher...