Auto Sales Drive Broad Economic Upswing
New York AP reports January car sales hit 485,962, the best January since 1957, with General Motors leading at 54.8 percent and Ford close behind. Studebaker-Packard fell after a six week UAW strike, now settled. Steelworkers negotiations start soon under Kennedy pressure, while Chrysler shows 1961 profit of 11.1 million. Momentum across steel, plastics, and retail follows.
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Speeder Sends In $1 Fine for Speeding
Sheriff Lester A. Almstadt received a dollar from Joanne Daunt 24 along with a note claiming her speedometer was wrong when she was driving a friend to catch a bus. He delivered the dollar back to her at her place of work in New Haven.
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