Wednesday, October 23, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Cost of living up I I E _-_ __ - - -- _ ---- - ._ ____._ -- - --r l I 11I 11 ! i4, II ! I ' i I .'I i I i, 1.2 per cent (Continued from Page 1) pendents edged up one-tenth of a per cent, the first increase in three months. However, pur- chasing power was still 5.2 per cent below a year ago. THIS PROMPTED AFL - CIO President George Meany to de- clare that American workers, instead of moving forward, are being pushed backward. "Their living standards, and those of the elderly and the poor are eroding at an intolerable pace," he said in a statement. The government said food prices rose 1.9 per cent in Sep- tember, the sharpest increase since February. Nonfood com- modities increased 1 per cent, the smallest rise in nine months but still a substantial jump. The cost of services, including rents, utilities a n d medical fees, rose 1.1 per cent, the same as in July and August. Grocery prices, which usual- ly decline in September, were up 1.5 per cent last month with everything but fruits and vege- tables increasing in cost. Dairy products, which had been de- clining, posted their first in- crease in four months. Automobile prices, which us- ually decline at the end of the model year, increased slightly last month. Clothing prices were up sharply as were prices for houses, furnishings, house- hold supplies and alcoholic bev- erages. Gasoline prices declined for the second consecutive month with the U. S. average for reg- ular grade dropping to 55 cents per gallon and premium down I to 58.7 cents per gallon, the government said. ,'I , ,; ,i' '' i 'I !' :,I , ; ' ~. i' ; AP Photo JOHN WILSON, attorney for former White House Chief of Staff H.R. "Bob" Haldeman, leaves U.S. District Court in Washington after the Wtergate cover-up trial in which his client stands accused ended for the day. Former White House attorney John Dean finished his testimony for the prosecution yesterday. Ili i' i; I i Dean ends (continued from Page 1) retained a lawyer on April 8, he had a telephone conversation with Haldeman, who was with the president at the western ' White House in San Clemente at the time. "After I told him of my plans," Dean told the jury, "Haldeman said, 'John, you ought to think about it before you do it because once the' toothpaste is out of the tube, it's awfully hard to get it back in. THEN, JOHN WILSON, the 73-a year-old attorney defending Haldeman, began cross-examin- ing Dean, the only government witness so far. He delved into the agreement under which the former White House counsel was allowed to' testimony plead guilty to a single count of obstructing justice, and into White House documents Dean turned over to government at- torneys. He also questioned Dean about records the former White House counsel used to recall the precise date on which conversations occurred. "The principal documents I relied on were newspaper clippings," Dean said. He said the clippings refreshed his memory on the dates of certain events. pARIANSWj LL ER;T entrprt .v HC7ULTZ c 1 3 lPd 'Pot Ad ' --Pd. Pol . Adv. Brazil is the only Portuguese speaking nation in Latin Ameri- ca. ownw, ALL YOU CAN EAT 9 1 .,{i , ; Mounds a Every V Huroi 124 Pearl of Spaghetti, Coleslaw, nd Garlic Bread Wednesday-4:30-10 P.M. n Hotel & Lounge - 483-1771 Ypsi. But, it's not over til you get your - SENIOR PICTURE! i : - - - - - - - - CJOM presents ctober I 8:00 P.M. U I I TICKET OUTLETS: Hil I Auditorium Box Office Ticket prices m Al * A r M pI r rf% ,o r 0