Commerce Department predicts housing downturn in 1960
The Commerce Department foresees a 1960 housing slow down after 1959's nine year high. Private starts for 1959 are tipped at 2,325,000 with 1960 projected around 1,200,000, reflecting tighter mortgage credit and a shift toward more apartment construction. Officials expect a leveling off rather than a steep drop, noting government stimulus earlier in 1958 influenced a temporary surge.
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Edward, Cowan Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve Board
Bulding
Thig
Coniive & Ae
Congresas
Navy to deploy Polaris subs early in 1961 amid five under construction
The Navy announced four Polaris submarines would be operational by early 1961, each armed with missiles capable of delivering explosive power rivaling WWII bombs. The fleet aims for 49 subs with 30 in range of targets, including the George Two and Hatch. Burglaries in Sullivan County and Pendleton’s Grocery added local crime notes as the service progresses.
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Washington
LPS
Navy
Sullivan County
Pendleton's
Patrick Henry
West Carter’s Valley Road
Robert E. Lee
Theodore
Sullivan Gardens
Roosevelt
0. C
Tex) Akard
Inet Navy
Etratagi
Gril
Man Attacked By Rabid Fox in Sullivan County
An elderly Gunnings Community man, 72, was knocked down Tuesday morning by a rabid fox while investigating a chicken house nurse. He was not bitten. The fox head tested positive for rabies at a Johnson City lab. The county has now killed three rabid foxes this year, with no human bites reported.
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Sullivan County
K. N. Barnes
Ralph
Price
Givings
Community Event Listings and Fund Drive Notes
Kingsport area venues show dance and activities at Moose Lodge Auditorium and recreation centers with time slots from 4:30 to 9:50. Johnson City reports funds toward a campaign goal, noting a shortfall of 2 300 dollars toward an 186 000 target after a fall drive ended in October.
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Thoradat Clyte
Moose Lodge
Tenn Center
Donglars Recreation Center
Donglar Recreation Center
Johnson City
United Fund
George Ordnany
Hollywood Tragedy Marks 1958 in Review
Hollywood faces a year of losses with Errol Flynn Lew Connie Wayne Martins Kay Kendall and Cecil B De Mille among the notable deaths. The year also sees shifting morals and top news items from Washington on plans to lift the government bond interest ceiling to a broader debate impacting inflation and the economy.
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Ethel Barrymore
Cecil B. de Mille
Victor McLaglen
Edmond Gwenn
Errol Flynn
Lew Costello
Wayne Mar
Tins
Kay Kendall
Adrian
Charles Vidor
Wiliam Bishop
Preston Sturges
Paul Douglas
Carl Switees
George Reeves
Khrushchev
Hollywood
J Kind
Stelar
Phil
Debbie Reynolds
Edy
Fdie Fisher
Eddie Fisher
Elizaabeth Taylor
Hell
Bing
Kathryn
Bing Crosby
Ero
Flynn
Anna Kashfi
Marlon
Brando
Maria Lanza
Rome
Washington
Tne
Treasury
Revival Underway at West View Free Will Baptist Church
Revival services are in progress at West View Free Will Baptist Church led by Rev. G. E. Francis with Pastor Rev. J C Barnett. Evening services start at 7 o clock and continue nightly. Washington UPI report notes the Organization of American States council postponed indefinitely the 11th Inter-American Conference planned to open in Quito Ecuador on February 1.
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West View Free Will Baptist Church
G. E. Francis
J C. Barnett
Washington
UPI
Council of the Organization of American States
OAS
Quito
Ecuador
1959 Was Safest Year In Nation's Highway History
The National Safety Council reports 1959 traffic deaths between 37,500 and 38,000, the safest year for U S highways despite about 14,000 fatalities mentioned in some figures. The annual death rate stood at 54 per 100 million miles driven, with 1,490,000 people disabled by auto crashes.
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Chicago
Safety Council
Ike's Grandchild Birthday Fire Hits Store in Elizabethon
Mary Jean Eisenhower, the President's granddaughter, turns four as a downtown Elizabethon store suffers a fire. The blaze caused about 200000 dollars in damage to a two story structure, with initial losses including a foreign goods outlet and appliances. Fire departments from Elizabethton and Johnson City contained the blaze, with no injuries reported. The Dashiel Ledge building in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, saw stock damage around 1400 dollars, insured for 50,000 dollars.
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Mary Jean Eisenhower
Eisenhowerer
Elizabethton
Elizabeth Dayton
Carr
Mary Jean
Johnson Sa Ee Mai
Gettysburg
Dashiel Ledge
Glenn Scolt
Man found dead in Bristol hotel room
A Greeneville Tennessee man, identified as J. T. Newberry, was found dead in a Bristol hotel room on Wednesday afternoon. Investigating officers said death was believed to be from natural causes. the man was thought to be on leave from Mountain Home Veterans Hospital. Age not immediately available.
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Bristol
Tenn
Greene‘ville
Enn
J. T. Newberry
Mountain Home Veterans Hospital
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Abraham Lincoln
Sam Houston
John Marshall
Friendly Singing Convention
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Erwin
Unical County
The
Superior Fone Company
Sullivan
Kingsport
Harper & Ladd
Church Hill, Tenn
KING
JEG Coffee
Little Sailor Peas
Gan
Clorox
Fletcher
Garton
Hawkins County
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Banlons
Orlon
Coats
Seconts
Vy Price
Cowra
Bob Thomas
Jonesboro
Clarence E. Erskin
Jones Pra Kiwanis Club
Kenneth Keys
Tommy Dillon
Stanley Hilbert
E. P. Fleenor
Treasuri
Anderson Furniture CO
Times-News
E. Market Street
Ike
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