European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Log 4 Thi Itam and staph to Lundoy of Toter 16, 1? moderate living Cost is $9,420 by Neil Gilbride Washington a a Cit family of four with a better than average income spends More than $9,000 a year for a Moder ate Standard of living the la Bor department said tuesday. The Cost is 39 per cent higher than reported in the last such study in 1959."it is not a poverty budget nor is it a luxury budget said commissioner Arthur m. Ross of the Bureau of labor Statis tics. The Rise in spending reflects both higher living costs up 15 per cent and a 24 percent real improvement in bet Ter food medical care More automobiles and such refine ments As less Beer and More wine and liquor. The Bureau s study cent Redon a working husband aged 38, his wife who does t have a Job a 13-year-old son and an 8-year-old daughter. The father earns about $11,000 a year com pared with the National Media income of about $7,500. It is not average for the american family As a whole Ross said. The Bureau will late publish studies of family living costs for both higher and Lowe income brackets. Ross said the Type of family picked for the new study represents Only about 5 per cent of the nation s 48 million families but provides a useful Bench Mark for comparing How other americans live there is no single answer to the question How much does it Cost to live " the bureaus id because of differences in family size age needs spend ing habits and manner of Liv ing. The four member family inthe Bureau s City worker s family budget study spent a average of $9,191 last year. Considering Price hikes since then the figure now would be at least $9,420. It was about $1,000 a Yea cheaper for families living out Side metropolitan areas an about $795 less in smaller cities. Average spending for goo Sand services such As food hous ing transportation clothing medical care and other items was $7,329. The remaining $1,862went for income and social Security taxes life insurance Job related expenses and gifts and contributions to Church Sand charitable causes the study among other things showed the High Cost of keeping children Well fed clothed and otherwise cared for. The same Man and wife spending $7,329 a year on goods and services would Cut their spending by More than half while maintaining their own moderate living Standard if they did not have the two Chil Dren. On the average the family de scribed in the report spent 23.2 per cent of its budget on food,24.1 per cent on housing 8.9 per cent on transportation 10.6 percent on clothing and personal care 5.1 per cent on medical care 7.8 per cent on other family consumption 2.8 per cent on gifts and contributions 1.7 per cent on life insurance .9 percent on Job related expenses 3.1 per cent on social Security and11.8 per cent on personal taxes. New court a new associate Justice Thurgood Marshall standing right joins the supreme court As the justices pose for a new photograph. From left seated Are associate justices John , Hugo l. Black chief Justice Earl Warren William o. Douglas an William j. Brennah or. Standing Are associate justices Abe Fortas Potter Stewart Byron r. White and Marshall. Hie court held session monday and agree to study the 1870 civil rights Law. A recent gains draw retaliation migs of tatting i a. Iets9 6-2 by Fred s. Hoffma Nap military writer Washington North vietnamese migs out killed american jets by a 6-2 margin in recent Aerial dog fights Lead ing to the first . Air strike on the key Phuc yen Airfield 18 Miles Northwest of  Pentagon provided tues Day the figures on the kill ratio and on a significant increase in combat sorties by North Viet Nam s revived air Force. The defense department said we have shot Down Only two migs and lost six of our own planes Between late August and mid october. This was a reversal of the better than 3-1 advantage in combat kills . Pilots score Dover the North vietnamese throughout much of the air War which began in february 1965. Pentagon records list air com Bat losses As nearly even for the3-month period Between july 1 and mid october seven Mig shot Down in dog fights and six . Jets shot out of the sky Symigs. But a refinement of those offi Cial statistics disclosed the Edge had swung sharply to the North vietnamese. As recently As last june the North vietnamese air Force appeared to be virtually swept from the skies. The Pentagon figures Demon Strate How this has changed with the number of migs challenging . Jets Over North Vietnam totalling 78 in septem Ber and the first half of october compared to 17 in  yen North Vietnam s biggest air base is also the sit of a direction Center controlling Jet fighters defending the Hanoi and Haiphong areas. . Pilots returning from North Vietnam have told news men most migs they encountered were based at Phuc  this year before the . Air Force and Navy were permitted to attack Home bases of North vietnamese jets some civilian opponents of such action German measles vaccine effective Washington a a . Government scientist reporting marvelous results with experimental vaccines against German measles says Safe and effective commercially produced vaccine should become available in less than two  barring unforeseen Adverse evidence said or. Harry m. Meyer of the National institutes of health the vaccines would be Avail Able in time for the next expected epidemic of the disease in the Early 1970s. Meyer a world Pioneer in developing a German measles vac Cine made the forecast at a news conference tuesday at the an Nual meeting of the american Academy of  said the vaccine has been Given to about 600 children and adolescents in the United states and some other countries including France Belgium and Russia. There Are about 260 upon whom Alj follow up studies have been completed. Some of the latter have been watched for periods of up to two years. Contended such attacks would Force the North vietnamese to a Safe Haven in communist  sources said 51 of North Vietnam s 80 mig17s andmig21s Are usually kept in Chi a until needed. Then they Are flown to Phuc yen Gia Lam and other North vietnamese airbases for launching on combat  told the record shows the United states still has a wide air to air combat Edge Over the North vietnamese air Force de spite the recent  total now stands at 86 migs shot Down since the Airway began in february 1965, As against 26 . War planes Lostin Aerial combat. There Are indication North vietnamese pilots have been retrained to use their migs More efficiently. Experience has had something to do with their improved combat worthiness too. Col. Robin Olds the air Force s top Mig killer told a reporter recently the North vietnamese Are now using their mig21s As soviet designers in tended super sonically. The mig21s Are armed with heat seeking missile similar to the sidewinder american War planes fire against enemy air Craft in dog  communist missile the atoll has been described As Les sophisticated than the sidewinder but apparently North Viet namese pilots Are learning to get the most out of it. Ripes european edition col. James w. Campbell Usa. Editor in chief it. Col. F. 8. Michael jr., Usan Deputy editor in chief Elmer d. Frank production manager Henry r. Epstein circulation manager an unofficial newspaper of and for the . Armed forces published by the commander in chief . European command and printed Dally at Darmstadt Germany. Military address the stars and stripes Apo 09175. International mails the stars and stripes Postrach 1034, 61-Darmstadt, Germany. Tel Gale Shell c prefix 06155 2071 m Darmstadt air strip prefix 2376 741. New York office 641 Washington st., new York 10014, Tel area code 212 620-5771. Second class postage paid at new York . 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