The Readers Digest March copy features Imelda in the article “Minutable Imelda” by Beth Day. I attach the copy.
And her speech at the luncheon given for her by Mr. Edward Thompson, Reader’s Digest Editor-in-Chief and his wife Nancy this noon at the Hilton Coral Room.
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Official Gazette for February 27, 1976: THE PRESIDENT increased by P2 per kilogram the present minimum prices of locally grown Virginia leaf tobacco due to higher production costs and to ensure the economic well-being of local Virginia tobacco farmers. Under Presidential Decree No. 897, beginning March 2, 1976, the start of the Virginia tobacco trading, no person, corporation, partnership or association shall buy locally grown Virginia leaf tobacco per kilogram at prices lower than the following: Grade A-P7, Grade B-P6.50, Grade C-P6, Grade D-P5.50, and Grade E-P5. The Philippine Virginia Tobacco Administration (PVTA) shall determine the description of each grade.