THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX JUNE 1966 U.S. CITY AVERAGE and SELECTED AREAS UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Arthur M. Ross, Commissioner

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: COMMODITIES AND SERVICES INOEX 1957-59-1 125 INOEX 1957-59= 1 125 I 2 RELATIVE IMPORTANCE ALL ITEMS INDEX as of Dec. ) ALL SERVICES 34% FOOD.... 22% NONDURABLES LESS FOOD... 24% / 12 115 DURABLE COMMODITIES 18% I I 5 All Services >^ I 1 1 All It ems ^ ii^^^ ^ - ^ ^ 15 )d S I 5 1 X NondurableJS Less ^^X Durable s 1 95 - t 95 9 1 1 1 1 II 1 Mill 1957 1958 1959 I96 1961 1962 1963 1964 1966 9 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OF LA8H STATISTICS Latest Data: 1966

Released July 21, 1966 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Bureau of Labor Statistics Washington, D. C. 2212 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR JUNE 1966 The Consumer Price Index rose by percent in, the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics announced today. The increase was caused mostly by higher food prices, medical care costs, and mortgage interest rates. At 112 (1957-59=1) the index stood 2 percent above a year ago. Price Changes, May- 1966 prices customarily go up in, so that the increase was in line with seasonal expectations. The principal increases were for fresh fruit, pork, dairy products and bread. Apples, oranges, grapefruit, and watermelons all bore higher price tags. reduced hog slaughter brought price increases for fresh pork cuts, but beef prices averaged slightly lower. Prices of evaporated milk, butter, and white bread increased by about 1 percent over the month. Margarine prices held steady. Egg prices dropped almost 1 percent, considerably more than the usual decline in, with increased production and lower demand for both domestic and export use. Canned fruit and juice prices moved down by more than 1 percent, in contrast with the increases for fresh fruits. Charges were raised for many types of consumer services. Doctors 1 and dentists 1 fees and health insurance charges rose percent, while hospital charges increased percent. Home repairs, laundry and dry cleaning, and barber and beauty shop services also moved higher. A 2 percent advance in mortgage interest rates in reflected a continuing scarcity of funds for new mortgage lending and the upward climb of interest rates generally. Used car prices went up, as they usually do in, and new cars showed the usual slight price reduction. Gasoline prices rose seasonally. Taxi fare increases in several cities accounted for a percent rise in the index for public transportation. Price Trends, - 1966 One half of the increase in the Consumer Price Index over the past year has been caused by higher charges for consumer services (up 3 percent). Charges for hospital services, mortgage interest, automobile insurance, home repairs, housekeeping services, and barber and beauty shop services have advanced 5 percent or more. prices in were 3 percent higher than a year ago, with restaurant meals up 4 percent and food in grocery stores up 3 percent. Meat prices averaged 8 percent higher over the year, mostly because of a 14 percent increase for pork. Egg prices climbed 6 percent. Fresh vegetables, on the other hand, were 16 percent cheaper than a year ago. Apparel prices averaged 2 percent higher than in, with footwear up by 6-1/2 percent. Tobacco products also showed an increase of nearly 6 percent, due in part to higher State and local taxes. Used car prices dropped 3-1/2 percent over the year.

Cost-of-Living Adjustments About 84, workers will receive cost-of-living wage increases based on the national Consumer Price Index for. Approximately 5,, mostly aircraft workers, will get 2 cents an hour, about 9, will receive 3 cents, and some 21, (mostly interstate bus workers) will receive 1 cent, as a result of the rise in the index since March. An additional 3,65 workers will receive 1 cent an hour as a result of the index rise since December.

TABLE 1: Consumer Price Index United States City Average For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers Major group, subgroup, and special group indexes, 1966 and percent changes from selected dates All items Group at home Cereals and bakery products Meats, poultry, and fish Dairy products Fruits and vegetables Other foods at home away from home Homeownership 2/ Fuel and utilities 3/ Fuel oil and coal 4/ Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operation - Apparel and upkeep _5/ Men's and boys' Women's and girls' - Footwear : Private Public Medical care Personal care Reading and recreation Other goods and services 6/ Special groups: 112, 114. 114 19. 121. 11. 122. 111 114 11 115 18. 17. 18 14 19 11 14 119 112 11 122 118 127. 112 117. 114 adjusted 114. 112 115 11 115 12 18 19 19 11 15. 119 112 11 Unadjusted exes (1957-59-1) May 1966 Unad- 1usted adjusted 112 113 112. 114 113 19 119 12 122 11 113 11 115.* 18 18. 18 14 19 19 15. 119. 112. 11 122 118 126 112. 116 114 114. 112 116. 11 115 14. 18 19 19 19 15 119. 112. 11 Unadjusted 11 11 18 111. 16 14. 125 1 117 18 11 18 111. 16 13 17 13 16 17 13 121 115 122 111. 115 111. 2 1 Percent change to 1966 from adjusted 1 Unadjusted Unadjusted 3 2 1 1 1 2. 1 1 1 1. 1 1 1. adjusted 1 2 1 1 2. 2 2 Unadjusted 3 3 3 7 5 3 2 3 1 4 1. 3 1 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 All items less shelter All items less food Commodities TJ Nondurables Durables Tj 8/ Services 9_/ Commodities less food TJ Nondurables less food Apparel commodities Apparel commodities less footwear Nondurables less food and apparel - Used cars Household durables / Housefurnishings Services less rent 9/ Household services less rent - services Medical care services Other services \\l All items index on other bases: 1947-49-1 1939-1 112 112 19. 111 12 122. 16 19 18 16. 11 96 118 96 98 124 121 123 133. 126 138 233 18 111 12 16 19 18 16 97 116 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar: 1957-59«$1. $,886 $ $,98 1947-49-$1. 4 1939-$1. 29 4 \J Also includes hotel and motel rates not shown separately. 2J Includes home purchase, mortgage interest, taxes, insurance, and maintenance and repairs. 3_/ Also includes telephone, water, and sewerage service not shown separately. kl Called "Solid and petroleum fuels" prior to 1964. 5/ Also includes infants' wear, sewing materials, jewelry, and apparel upkeep services not shown separately. 6/ Includes tobacco, alcoholic beverages, and funeral, legal, and bank service charges. TJ Includes home purchase costs which were classified under services prior to 1964. 8/ Also includes auto parts, toys, and recreational goods not shown separately. 9/ Excludes home purchase costs which were classified under this heading prior to 1964. 1/ Called "Durables less cars" prior to 1964. 11/ Includes the services components of apparel, personal care, reading and recreation, and other goods and services. * Corrected index. 112 112 18 111 12 121 16 19 18 16 11. 97. 117 96 98 124 12 123. 132 125 138 232 19. 111 12 16 19 18 16 97 117 11. 11 16 18 12 117 15 17 16. 14 18 97 122 97 98 119 116 118 127. 121 135 227 2 3 2 2 1 4 1 2 1 1 2 6 U 1 6 7 2 7 4 - - - - 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2. 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 3

TABLE 2. Consumer Price Index The United States and Selected Areas For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, All Items Most recent index and percent changes from selected dates Area 1/ Pricing Schedule 2/ Indexes 1957-59-1 1947-49-1 Other bases Percent change from: 1966 March 1966 U.S. City Average 112 138 2 Chicago Detroit Los Angeles-Long Beach - New York Philadelphia 11 111. 114 115 113 139 136 142 138 139 1 2 3 1 2 2 April 1966 January 1966 April Boston Houston Minneapolis-St. Paul Pittsburgh 116 11 111 113. 144 136 138 139 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 May 1966 February 1966 May Buffalo (Nov963=1) - Cleveland Dallas (Nov963=1) Milwaukee San Diego (Feb965-1) 6 31 -LC Washington 19 11 113 112 136 138 142 135 16 14 11 1 1 1. 3 2 3 1 1 2 3. 1966 March 1966 Atlanta Baltimore Cincinnati Honolulu (Dec963=1) Kansas City St. Louis San Francisco-Oakland 111 113 11 116 113 115 137 14 134 144 141. 146 14 7 1. 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 1 JL/ Area coverage includes the urban portion of the corresponding Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) except for New York and Chicago where the more extensive Standard Consolidated Areas are used. Area definitions are those established for the 196 Census and do not include revisions made since 196. 2/ s, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all cities; most other goods and services priced as indicated: M - Every month. 1 - January, April, July, and October. 2 - February, May, August, and November. 3 - March,, September, and December.

TABLE 3: Consumer Price Index The United States and Selected Areas 1/ For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Hajor Groups Percent change from May 1966 to 1966 Group U.S. City Average Chicago Detroit Los Angeles- Long Beach New York Philadelphia All iforno All llclus - ~ Housing Apparel and upkeep Medical care Personal care Reading and recreation Other goods and services 1 - - - - 1 - - - 1 - - (2/) 1/ See footnote 1, table 2. 2/ Not available. TABLE 4: Consumer Price Index United States City Average For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers Major group indexes, selected dates (1957-59=1) ate All items Housing Apparel and upkeep Total Medical care Personal care Reading and recreation Other goods and services 1966: May Apr. Mar. Feb. Jan. 112 112 112 112. 111 111. 113 113 114. 113 113 111 111 11 11 19 19 19 19 19 18 18 17 17 112 112. 112. 111 111 111 118 118 118 117 117 116 127. 126 125 125 124 124 112 112. 111 111. 11 11 117. 116 116 116 115 115 114 114 114 113 113 113 : Dec. Nov. Oct. Sept. Aug. July 111. 11 11 11 11. 11 11 11 19 19 19 11 11 11 19 19 19. 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 16 16 16 111 111 111 111. 111. 111 111 116 116 116 115 115 115 115 123 123 123. 122 122 122 122 11. 19 19 19 19. 18 111. 115 115 115 114 114 114 115 113 113 113 112 112 111 111. Annual Average: 1964 1963 1962 1961 196 1955 19 18 16 15 14 13 93 18 16 15 13 12 11 94. 18 17 16. 14 13 13 94 16 15 14 13 13. 12 95 111 19 17 17 15. 13 89 115 113 111 19 17 15 91 122 119 117. 114 111 18 88 19 19 17 16 14 14 9. 115 114 111 19 17 14 92 111 18 17 15 14 13 94

TABLE 5: Consumer Price Index United States and Selected Areas 1/ For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Commodity Groups 1966 indexes and percent changes from March 1966 Group U.S. City Average Atlanta Baltimore Chicago Cincinnati Indexes (1957-59=1 unless otherwise specified) Honolulu (Dec963=1) All items 112 111 113 11 11 111. 14 at home Cereals and bakery products Meats, poultry, and fish Dairy products Fruits and vegetables Other foods at home away from home 113 112 114 114 19 121 11 122 112 111 18 115 16 12 16 114 115 112 119. 114 11. 125 99 128 114 114. 115. 114 117 121 13 116 111 11. 111 115 17 118 96 121 112. 11 18 115 11 115 98 12 16 16 13 111 11 112 11. 15 Housing Shelter Rent Homeownership Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operation 111 114 11 115 18. 17. 18 14 11 11 16 111 11 11 18. 111 113 19 115 17. 19 11 19 18 19 111 15 15. 16 15 15 14 13 14 14 98 16 13 15 15 98 17 12 1 15 11 16 19 14 112 99 99 11 Apparel and upkeep Men's and boys' Women's and girls' Footwear 19 11 14 119 19 11 11. 121 111 11 18 13 15 15 1. 117 11 112 12 124 11 17 19 12 14 99 19 13 Private Public 112 11 122 11 17 124 113 111 123 19 19 19 112 11 124 11 19. 119 98 99 92 Medical care = Personal care Reading and recreation Other goods and services 118 127. 112 117. 114 116 123 115 115 11 116. 138 111 11. 17 113 133 112 11 17 117. 131 16 116 18 12 134 112 116 113 15 17 12 1 11 Percent changes March 1966 to 1966 All items 1 at home Cereals and bakery products Meats, poultry, and fish Dairy products Fruits and vegetables Other foods at home away from home - 1. - 2 1 3-2 1 1 2 1. 4 2 2. - - 1. 3 7-3 1-4 5 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 6 1 2. 1-2 3 Housing Shelter Rent Homeownership Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operation 1 1 2. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1. 1 1 1 1 1 2. 2 1 1 2 2 1 8 2 3 2/ 4 1-2 Apparel and upkeep Men's and boys' Women's and girls' Footwear 1 1. 2 1 4. 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1-1 2 1 2 Private Public 1 1 4. 2. Medical care Personal care Reading and recreation Other goods and services 1 1 1. 1 1 1 1. 1 - (3/) 1 1 1 (3/) 1 See footnotes at end of table.

TABLE 5: Consumer Price Index United States and Selected Areas \J For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Commodity Groups 1966 indexes and percent changes from March 1966 Continued Group Kansas City Los Angeles- Long Beach New York Philadelphia San Francisco- Oakland Indexes (1957-59=1 unless otherwise specified) All items 116 114 115 113 113 115 at home Cereals and bakery products Meats, poultry, and fish Dairy products Fruits and vegetables Other foods at home away from home 116 116 118. 117 118. 123 14 119 112 19. 119 15. 111 121 94 125 114 111 115 113. 13 122 11. 128 112 111 11 11 114 122. 99 122 117 115 113 119 117 122 13 123 113 11 112 112 19 118 97 127 Housing Shelter Rent Homeownership Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operation 11 11 15 113 114 116 13 117 123 127 13 11 14 115 118 118 117 17 11 18 11. 111 113 114 16 111 11 15 18 19. 16 19 18. 16 11 16 118 124 125 124 13 17 17 Apparel and upkeep Men's and boys' Women's and girls' Footwear 113 115 18 122 19 113 15 117. 111 113 14 122. 114 19 11 121 11 11 17 123 113 11. 19 117 Private Public 119 117 125 119 115. 139 19 112 12. 118 114 137 115 113 12 111 112 12 Medical care Personal care Reading and recreation Other goods and services 126 134 116. 128 12 111 123. 16 13 18 123 13. 19 126 122 117 131. 18 112 112 12 126 117 122. 114. 118. 13 12 19 111 Percent changes March 1966 to 1966 All items 1. 1 at home Cereals and bakery products Meats, poultry, and fish Dairy products Fruits and vegetables Other foods at home away from home 1 2 5 2 1 - - 1 2-2 - - 2-1. 2. 2 3 1 1 3 3 1 1 _ o Housing Shelter Rent Homeownership Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operation 1 1 1 2. 1 1 2 2-1 - 2-2,1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Apparel and upkeep Men's and boys' Women's and girls' Footwear ' 1 2 2 1. 1 1-2 2 1 1 2 1 Private Public 1 1 1 1 1. 2 2 2 1. 1. Medical care Personal care Reading and recreation Other goods and services 1-1 - (3/) 1 2 (3/) 1. 2. 2 6 1 1. 1 T7 See footnote 1, table 2. 2/ Change from April 1966. 3/ Not available.

TABLE 6: Consumer Price Index United States and Selected Areas For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, and its Subgroups 1966 indexes and percent changes from May 1966 Area 1/ Total food Total Cereals and bakery products Meats, poultry, and fish at home Dairy products Fruits and vegetables Other foods at home away from home Indexes (1957-59=1 unless otherwise specified) U.S. City Average 113 112 114 114 19 121 11 122 Atlanta Baltimore Boston Buffalo (Nov963=1) Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas (Nov963=1) - Detroit Honolulu (Dec963=1) Houston Kansas City Los Angeles-Long Beach Minneapolis-St. Paul New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco-Oakland - Seattle Washington 112 115 115 18 114 111 111 19 112. 16 114 116 112 111 114 112 111 117 113 114 114 111 112 112 1b. 3 114. 11. 19 19 11 16 112 116 19. 11 111 111 11 115 11 112. 111 18 119. 116. 1 115. 111 111. 17. 18. 13. 119. 118. 119 17 115 11 113 113 112 16 18 115 114 116. 112. 114. 115. 114. 116 115 111 11 117 15. 113. 113. 11 116 119 112 116 112 16 11. 13 14 117 17. 14. 19. 11. 11. 18. 118. 111 116 13 114 11 117 19 117 112 12 125 126. 117 121 118 121. 111 115 112 125 123 121 116 122 122. 122 122 118 119 12 16 99 1 13 13 96 97 12 98 11. 12 14 94 11 11 99 99 13 97 99 13 114 128 128 19 116 121 119. 17 12 15 122 119. 125. 114 128 122 115 123 127. Z 124 124 Percent changes May 1966 to 1966 U.S. City Average 2-1 Atlanta Baltimore Boston Buffalo (Nov963=1) Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas (Nov963=1) - Detroit Honolulu (Dec963=1) Houston Kansas City Los Angeles-Long Beach Minneapolis-St. Paul New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco-Oakland - Seattle Washington 1. 1 1 1 1 1 1. 1 1 1. 1. 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 5. 2 2 3. 3 2 2 2 2 1. 3-2 - 2,1 - - 2. - 1 - - - 1-1 - 1-1 - 1-2 2 1 1 V See footnote 1, table 2.

TABLE 7: Consumer Price Index United States City Average For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Items 1966 indexes and percent changes from selected dates (1957-59=1 unless otherwise specified) Item or Group Total food away from home Restaurant meals Snacks _1/ at home Cereals and bakery products Flour Cracker meal JL/ Corn flakes Rice T.read, white Bread, whole wheat 1_/ Cookies Layer cake \j Cinnamon rolls \J Meats, poultry, and fish Meats Beef and veal Steak, round Steak, sirloin 2] Steak, porterhouse \J Rump roast \J Rib roast Chuck roast Hamburger Beef liver 1/ Veal cutlets Pork Chops Loin roast 2J Pork sausage \J Ham, whole Picnics 1/ Bacon Other meats Lamb chops \J Frankfurters Ham, canned l_l Bologna sausage JL/ Salami sausage \J Liverwurst _1/ Poultry Frying chicken Chicken breasts \J Turkey 1/ Fish Shrimp, frozen 17 Fish, fresh or frozen Tuna fish, canned Sardines, canned JV Dairy products Milk, fresh, grocery Milk, fresh, delivered Milk, fresh, skim JL/ Milk, evaporated Ice cream Cheese, American process - Butter See footnotes at end of table. Index 1966 Unadjusted adjusted 113 122 123 15 112 114 11 115 122, 17 119 17, 97, 12, 15, 114, 116, 112, 18, 16, 11, 14, 118, 14, 116, 18, 127, 123, 124. 131. 134, 113, 125, 132, 119, 119. 119, 12, 117. 113. 117. 96. 97. 15. 17. 118. 11. 122. 115. 16. 19. 16. 11. 13. 19. 94. 128. 19. 114. 112 115 118 115 11 12 19 116 127 126 126 114 134 119. 119 96 118 122 11 18 129. 19 Percent change to 1966 from May 1966 Unadjusted adjusted Unadjusted 1 1 1-3 8 1 1 6 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1-1 - 1 - - 1 3-2 - - - 2-1 3 4 3 3 6. 2 4 4-1 4 5 7 8. 2 - - 1-8 6 7 13 7 9. 17 1 23 18 11 4 9 19. 12 1 12 3. 2 4 7 5 13 2. 5 5 5 5. 3 1 6

1 TABLE 7; Consumer Price Index United States City Average For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Items 1966 indexes and percent changes from selected dates Continued (1957-59=1 unless otherwise specified) Item or Group Index 1966 Unadjusted adjusted Percent change to 1966 from May 1966 Unadjusted adjusted Unadjusted Fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits and vegetables Apples Bananas Oranges Orange juice, fresh \J Grapefruit Grapes * Strawberries * Watermelon * Potatoes Onions Asparagus * \J Cabbage Carrots Celery Cucumbers \J Lettuce Peppers, green \J Spinach \J Tomatoes Processed fruits and vegetables Fruit cocktail, canned Pears, canned \J Grapefruit-pineapple juice, canned \J Orange juice concentrate, frozen Lemonade concentrate, frozen _2/ Beets, canned \J Peas, green, canned Tomatoes, canned Dried beans Broccoli, frozen J./ Other food at home Eggs Fats and oils: Margarine Salad dressing, Italian \_l Salad or cooking oil 17 Sugar and sweets Sugar Grape jelly Chocolate bar Syrup, chocolate flavored \J Nonalcoholic beverages Coffee, can and bag Coffee, instant _3_/ Tea Cola drink Carbonated fruit drink 1/ Prepared and partially prepared foods V Bean soup, canned \J Chicken soup, canned \j Spaghetti, canned ]_./ Mashed potatoes, instant 1/ Potatoes, french fried, frozen 2J Baby foods, canned Sweet pickle relish 1/ Pretzels 1/ 121 131 155 11 119 84 159 139. 125 152. 148, 13, 141. 128. 116, 123 19 153. 99 113 11, 1, 14, 97, 93 89 13 115 112 124 96 11 89 13 11 12 11 19 116 92 99 1 94 99 11. 129 14 99 97 98 14 12 85 15. 13 99 115 121 128 1 121 148 * 157 12 131 136 129 123 115 18 17 95 12 1 2 3 1 1 4 12 5 (4/) 5 6-5 -12 1 15 - - 4-2 -1 2 1 1 1 1 1. 1 9 1. 1,1 1-4 * 14 W) - 5 1-11 1 17-6 - 1 7-3 - 7 13 6. 1-7. 1 * 1 5-29 2 9-17 13 9 9-35 - 6-3 - 7 4 5 9-2. - 3-1 4 8 16 6 1. 1 1 4 2 1-12 5 3 2 1 1 4 6 8 2 3 1/ December 1963=1. 2/ April 196=1. 3/ July 1961=1. 4V Not available. * Priced only in season.

11 Brief Explanation of the CPI The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures average changes in prices of goods and services usually bought by urban wage earners and clerical workers, both families and single persons living alone. It is based on prices of about 4 items which were selected to represent the movement of prices of all goods and services purchased by wage earners and clerical workers. Prices for these items are obtained in urban portions of 39 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSA's) and 17 smaller cities, which were chosen to represent all urban places in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. They are collected from grocery and department stores, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments which wage earners and clerical workers patronize. Prices of foods, fuels, and a few other items are obtained every month in all 56 locations. Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every month in the 5 largest SMSA's and every 3 months in other SMSA T s and cities. Mail questionnaires are used to obtain local transit fares, public utility rates, newspaper prices, fuel prices, and certain other items which change in price infrequently. Prices of most other goods and services are obtained by personal visits of the Bureau 1 s trained representatives. In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with weights which represent their importance in the spending of all wage earners and clerical workers. SMSA and city data are than combined in the total index with weights based on the 196 populations of SMSA's and cities they represent. Index numbers are computed on the base 1957-59=1, and are also available on the bases of 1947-49=1 and 1939=1. The national index (the United States city average) includes prices from the 23 SMSA f s for which separate indexes are published in this report, as well as from the following additional locations: Alabama - Florence Alaska - Anchorage California - Bakersfield* Colorado - Denver* Connecticut - Hartford* Florida - Orlando* Indiana - Indianapolis* Indiana - Logansport Illinois - Champaign-Urbana* Iowa - Cedar Rapids* Kansas - Wichita* Louisiana - Baton Rouge* Maine - Portland* Massachusetts - Southbridge Michigan - Niles Minnesota - Crookston Mississippi - Vicksburg New Jersey - Millville New York - Kingston North Carolina - Durham* North Dakota - Devils Lake Ohio - Dayton* Ohio - Findlay Oklahoma - Mangum Oregon - Klamath Falls Pennsylvania - Lancaster* South Carolina - Union Tennessee - Nashville* Texas - Austin* Texas - McAllen Utah - Orem Virginia - Martinsville Wisconsin - Green Bay* *Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area Comparisons of indexes for individual SMSA f s show only that prices in one location changed more or less than in another. The SMSA indexes cannot be used to measure differences in price levels or in living costs between areas. A description of the index and historical tables of index numbers for the United States city average and for 23 large SMSA's are available on request to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D. C. 2212 or any of its regional offices (addresses below). BLS Regional Offices 1371 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 339 45 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, California 9413 341 Ninth Avenue New York, New York 11 John F. Kennedy Fed. Bide. Boston, Massachusetts O2llO 219 South Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 664 1365 Ontario Street Cleveland, Ohio 44114