Israeli Team Reports Find in Plant Growth Regulation
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
16—Friday, October 31, 1969
Cost of Living Way Up
Earning and Spending in Israel
which calls for serious attention.
By HAIM SHACHTER
REHOVOT — A physiological
breakthrough in the growth of reg-
ulation of plants, which may have
far - reaching practical implica-
tions, has recently been made by
scientists of the -Hebrew Univers-
ity faculty oft agriculture here.
During research on growth hab-
its in peanuts — an important
export crop in Israel — the sci-
entists investigated a new group ,
of growth regulation hormones
which act by antagonizing the ef-
fect of gibberellin, a growth hor-
mone. The scientists were the first
to relate the growth habits of pea-
nuts. This was the first time a-cor-
relation was established between
the genetically controlled growth
form of any plant and the exist-
ence of anti-gibberellin growth in-
hibitors.
Families born in Israel and in
The average monthly income per
family in Israel at the end of the Western Hemisphere are better
August was 971 pounds ($281) off and spend more. Families
(835 after tax). It is higher for originating from Europe or Amer-
the self-employed — 1.147 pounds ica and resident in Israel before
($332.63) gross (910 pounds after the emergence of the state spend
tax) and lower for people not in about 63 per cent more than the
the labor force, i.e., unemployed, over-all average. Among families
social cases, pensioners, persons who immigrated after 1954, those
living on their income or students. of Western origin spend 15 per
The average urban family i n cent more than the average, and
Israel spends 912 pounds ($264.48) those of Eastern origin spend only
a month. These figures were pro- 54 per cent of the average. Israel-
vided by the Family Expenditure , born families spend 21 per cent
Survey undertaken by the Central more than the average.
The team of scientists was head-
Bureau of Statistics. The detailed studies of this sur-
Compared with the findings of a vey which covered 2,500 urban ed by Prof. Avraham lialevy, as-
representative of some sociated professor of horticulture.
f
-
similar survey conducted in 1963
82 per cent of the total number
64, when the average expenditure
He is of the opinion that the
pounds o of families in the country and 90
of an urban family was 669
discovery may become a prac-
a month, there has been a 50 per Per cent of the Jewish families,
tical tool for changing growth
cent rise in outlays over a period will be used in revising the pat-
tern of fa mily expenditure ! habits of plants and believes'
of almost five years.
adopted for determining the new ' that the finding eventually may
Considering, however, that the cost of living index, which will he elucidate wider principles.
cost of living index during this introduced in January.
' The findings of the Hebrew
period has risen by 24 per cent,
and that in order to purchase the y
1963-64 "food basket and services"
at the prices of 1968 about 827
pounds ($239.83) would be needed.
the outlays at present, in terms
of real purchasing power, are
about 21 per cent higher than the
average five years ago—making
an average of about 4 per cent per
annum.
Various trends were active in
the country's economy during
this period: a steep rise in the
years 1963-65; stability in the
years 1965-67, and again a steep
increase as from the end of 1967.
The changes that have taken
place in the composition of the
consumption basket over the past
five years. are for the greater part
characteristic of a rising standard
of living. Thus, for example, while
the real rise in such items as
"communications, cigarettes and
services" and "health, education,'
cu:ture and entertainment" is
higher than the rate of increase
in the total expenditure, in such
items as - food" and "home main
tenance," it was proportionately ,
lower.
Whereas outlays on food have
risen by about 3 per cent per an- •
num in real terms, there has been ,
a steady drop in outlays on bread
and eggs, and a rise of about 4.5
per cent per annum in the out-
lays on meat. The purchase of
such durable commodities as elec-
trical refrigerators, cooking stoves, •
etc., which are now in the hands ,
of about 90 per cent of the urban
families, has dropped consider-1'
ably, as compared with figures for
1963-64. On the other hand, the
purchase of such commodities as
washing machines, which were
possessed by only one-third of ur-
ban families at the end of 1967,
rose steeply in 1968, as compared
with 1963-64. Outlays on clothing
remained steady, at about 10 per
cent of the total expenditure. Ex-
penditure on "health, education,
culture and entertainment" con-
tinued to rise steeply.
SOL M. LINOWITZ, former am-
bassador to the Organization of
American States and a prominent
businessman and attorney, will be
guest of honor at the American
Technion Society's national dinner
on Dec. 4 at the Americana Hotel,
New York. Guest speaker will be
Evelyn de Rothschild, president of
the British Technion Society and
member of the international bank-
ing
family.
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November 4 on Amendment B. The hospital is in
trouble, and Amendment B has been put on the
ballot as one possible solution.
Here's what your vote will do:
YES
Detroit's City Charter will be changed to let the
new mayor (with Council's approval) name one
responsible agency to run Receiving. The control of
the hospital will be centralized and streamlined,
and citizens will have a more direct voice in
Receiving's operations.
■
The difference in average
spending per head, between
large and small families, is most
striking. "Six-plus" families con-
stitute 12.5 per cent of the total
number of families in the coun-
try, but contain over 40 per cent
of the children. True, such
families receive a larger share
of public services and are on the
whole more economical to main-
tain, but the gap in living stand-
ards presents a social problem
University research team recently
a
were published in Science,
weekly journal put out by the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science.
NO
There will be no change in Receiving's operational
control. Responsibility will continue to be shared
by a number of city agencies.
Receiving—Detroit's primary provider of
emergency services and care for the poor—is on
probationary accreditation status. If accreditation
should be withdrawn, the hospital would lose most
of its medical staff-200 interns and residents.
Receiving handled nearly 310,000 patients last year,
and is an important factor in meeting the health
needs of our community. This issue, then.
deserves your attention.
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