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040			_aFHL
099			_aFI00163
245			_aNAMARCO retail store- National Marketing Corporation
500			_aIn the early 1960s, the rise in the prices of basic commodities was a major political issue. The prices of goods like sugar, cooking oil and milk rose because rice, the bellwether of prime commodities, was scarce. And since industries were then buying their raw materials in the free market, they had to pay more for their imports and later pass on to the consumers this additional cost. National Marketing Corporation in 1955. R.A. 1345, approve by President Magsaysay on June 17 (1955), provided for the capitalization of the new corporation, NAMARCO was designed to be a wholesale supplier to Filipino retailers.
530			_aprint
591			_aReproduction
592			_aA NAMARCO rice distributor in Baguio was nearly mobbed by rice hungry people. The grain had to be passed through a hole in the door.
648			_a1955 _911645
650			_a1950-1959 _95760
651			_aBaguio City _92495
653			_anamarco
653			_anational marketing corporation
653			_arice
653			_amob
856			_3View photo (midsize) _uhttp://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Midsize/FI/FI00163a.jpg
856			_3View photo (thumbnail) _uhttp://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Thumb/FI/FI00163a.jpg
856			_3View in Retrato website _uhttp://www.retrato.com.ph/photodtl.asp?id=FI00163
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