45 KoriTEE 56 fumiiy Inc remnant IE EEBll 11 41Y FEB l9 heading Price index Climbs Your Points OITAIVK IUP The con su price index for January ms on its new 1961 mm 122 In December 1181 in ianuory last year Dondnion Bureau of stalls tics reported today sing the old base all pt can equalling 100the Index I0 January was 1584 bureau said all main enla ol the overall index In January except the ex or ciothlngwhlch do cltncd because oi January sales and the tobacco and alcohol Index which remained on changed The housing Index rose to 1119 Irom 1210 In December and 1161 in January Iastyear mainly because of higher new house prices and higher mort gage Interest rates items were up slightly The food Index rose to 1231 from 1215 in December and 1213 In January last year re fleeting higher prices tor meat Ilsb poultry and most Iresb pro duce DES said last month its switch to 1961 base for the consumer price index is In ltne with lhe bureaus policy Io bring all indexes up to more recent dale than 1919 The switch however would not alter the index as reflection ol con sumer price movements No change was made in tho basic survey on which the Inch is based The monthly survey coversxobout zwlconsumer goods on services representa tlve ot the purchases by tami lies living in cities with 30000 population and more The lami lles range in size Irom two to air people and have annual in comes which In 1957 ranged rom $1500 to $7000 The Bureau will continue or lime to issue the oierali index on 1949 base as well as the new 1961 liverall component indexes hécnuse some con tracts such as labormanage ment agreements contain cost olllvlng honus clauses The bureau has no index at with Its consumer price Index However lhe average of wages and salaries paid In broad crosssection or industry was $11281 week last October the latest month for which the llg uro Is available In October 1967 it was $10510 Employment Drop Slight OiiAWA CPI The dealing In employment and rise in un employment between December and January were both smaller tilnn usual government aur vey showed today Employment In the week ended Jan 18 dipped to 424000 down 143000 from month earlier The decline was the smallest on record and lol iawed an unusual decrease be tween November and Decem Ei Unemployment rose 94000 to 467000 belowaverage gain or that time of year It repre scnted 59 per cent ol labor force that decreased by 49000 to 7891000 Employment Table UIIAIWA 0P Canadas employmcn tpicture at midJan nary estimates in thousands Janine Jan 1991981968 7391 7940 7564 7424 7561 mm 467 37 464 ALL CANADA Labor Force Employed Unemployed ATLANTIC Labor Force Employed 553 533 Unemployed 63 43 or QUEBEC Labor Force Employed Unemployed ONTARIO Labor Fame Employed Unemployed PRAIRIES Labor Force 222 2221 2136 187 152 166 2M 2358 268 1309 1331 11248 Employfll 1256 17436 1196 Unemployed 53 457 52 BRITISH COLUMBMr Labor Force 788 816 761 Employed 735 702 Unemployed Parliament lit llrlGlance WEDNESDAY Eels ll 169 External Aflalrs Minister Mitchell sharp raid he doubts whether Canada would repog nine Communist Chinasclalmr to Formosa In talks Canada has initiator tor establishment ot diplomatic relations with Peking SolicitorGeneral George lllcllrntth said the worm ment is not considering use ol the crowdeontrnl citendcai FinanceMinialerEd Benson repeated in the Com mono that he has no dat mind for the presentational Ids next budget The Senate gave that up proval to bill to provide laugh Iadvanrzea Prairie ens 622 ms ms 20631 z947 2935 2304 11 or 534159 LISTEN LUCY THESE SAVINGS on HOME srncrhrsnnaisomnnnnd ELSE mam Easycare N0Iron Draperies 63 lengthï¬by 43width 88 Special Purchase Price Ia WondorGlassla new and wonderlui Iibar glaslmaterial to add years olcarafree beauty and long wear to drapery fabrics This ï¬ber glass fabric is completely washable never needs Ironing will not ahrlnk or snatch will not burn resists fading moth proof and mildew proof any new at this tamptinoly low rpeolal 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