December business mood sags despite hopeful 1959 outlook
New York reports a gloomy business climate with the Federal Reserve index at 138 percent of its 1947-49 average, down from October and last December. Unemployment rises to 7.8 million, personal income dips, and factory layoffs persist. Steel and copper production fall, yet some optimism remains for a pickup in mid-1959 as buyers resume purchases and postwar demand steadies.
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Federal Reserve Board
Ania
Jatal
Weil
Area Men In Service at El Toro MCAS Santa Ana
Raymond T. Clopton son of Mr and Mrs Everett Clopton Route 1 Lawton is now at the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in Santa Ana California serving with Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 36.
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Raymond T. Clopton
Everett
Clopton
Rt. 1
Lawton
el Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Santa Ana
Calif
Five teens flee smog in Southern California
Santa Cruz report says five youths who ran away told sheriff's deputies they left home because they could not stand the smog any longer.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
California
City Council OKs Condemnation For Lake Lawtonka Tract
City council advances a condemnation suit to acquire the remaining 1 acre in the Lake Lawtonka expansion. The case targets land owned by Mrs. Mabel Huckleberry, with appraisers to be appointed. A related bid activity covers hangar space, airport office, manhole components, and a water meter device fund.
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Lake Lawton KA
Lake Lawtonka
Alleyney Ware Chrisman
Gasoway
Mabel Fluckleberry
Taher BR. Eubanks
Huckleberry
Superior
Anlla
SITV
Huckicherry
Sheridan Lodge
Cin
Clay Johnson
Johnson, Biellers
Taytee
Wichita Falls
Morrison Supply
Clare
Comin
Water Committee
Superinterat
Don’t Leave Dogs at City Dump Warns Officials
City officials warn against abandoning dogs at the city dump grounds during a rabies quarantine. Owners are urged to contact the city animal warden for surrender and vaccination rules state dogs must be leashed or penned. The warden cannot pick up stray animals beyond city limits.
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Nwn
Edders
Connie Hill
Ine Spador
Ely
Qoterd
Wife Gives Up Second Husband in California Fallout
Anderson California report details Danny Schmidt who returned from a three year Red China prison to find Una Schmidt married to Alford Fine. Two weeks later Una left Fine for Danny, then later chose to stay with Fine again. Danny Jr and Christian Joseph are their children. the piece notes Schmidt’s work at a planned plant and Shasta Junior College while awaiting changes.
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Schmidt
Red China
Una
Alford Fine
Boeliel
Danny
Will Uiele
Danny Jr. Behmid
Anderson
Cilif
Shasta Junior College
Christian Joseph
Cameron College Holiday Schedule Set for Christmas Break
Cameron College announces dismissal for the holidays at the close of classes Friday. President Clarence Davis says Aggies will resume on January 6, 1958. The Cameron cafeteria closes after the noon meal at 12 15 p m and reopens for dinner January 4.
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Cameron College
Clarence Davis
Ted Aggies
Cameron
Farmers Report Bountiful Crops On Less Acreage
Washington report shows 1957 crops matched 1956 yield expectations and set a record per acre. Despite local setbacks, total output rose with corn near record levels, oats and barley high, soybeans strong, hay up, and wheat well below average.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Anc
Rain Snow Forecast Passes Across Major Regions
Wet weather expected for much of the nation with a belt of precipitation from the central Plains to the Ohio Valley and into Arkansas and Tennessee. Snow in northern areas and freezing rain in the central Great Lakes were anticipated, with rainfall amounts varying widely across regions.
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Great Lakes
Mississippi River
Rockies
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Associated Press
Central Plains
Ohio Valley
Arkansas
Tennessee
Michigan
Weather drift and Arctic Ocean facts in brief
Drizzle and rain mix across regions with East area seeing rain and snow and freezing rain forecast in parts of Pennsylvania and New York. Southward rain shadow extends to North Carolina while the Arctic Ocean surrounds the globe. Michael Farren tells a judge he aimed to escape the state penitentiary to complain about lacking a lawyer when convicted of armed robbery. sentenced to two more years for attempted escape.
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Pennsylvania
New York
North Carolina
Columbia, D.C
Michael Farren
State Penitentiary
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