Rise in 1956 business seen by 15 industry groups
Washington Dec. 10 Fifteen key industry groups forecast rising business next year with 1956 likely the largest sales and production year in history. Auto sales and home building may slow under credit limits while prices edge up one to two percent amid material shortages and higher costs.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
National Trade Assn
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Emergon P. Schmidt
Chamber
Accord
Cousins
NADA
Schmidt
National Assn
John M. Dickerman
Dickerman
Mule Shoe Bank Opens With Open House Exhibition
About 400 visitors attend the Mule Shoe First National Bank open house in Mule Shoe with more expected Sunday. Will Miler of the First National Bank of Dallas attends. The bank features a currency exhibit from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas tracing U S currency from colonial times to today. The building cost 175000 dollars and was designed by Tiles Roberts Associates and built by BMFP Construction of Lubbock.
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Muleshoe
First National Bank
Will Miler
First National Bank of Dallas
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
U.S
Massachusetts Bay
W. T. Andrews
tiles-Roberts & Associates
Bmfp Construction Co
Lubbock
Early Frost Blamed In Dawson Cotton Harvest Deficit
Insects and early frost are blamed for a 25 900 bale loss in the Dawson County cotton harvest this year. Agricultural agent Lee Roy Colgan says estimates later rose by 8 000 bales to total 83 000. Dayton Carrell had boosted figures earlier as cotton strippers work, with potential gains if weather stays favorable.
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Dawson
Lee Roy Colgan
Dawson County
Dayton Carrell
Texas Employment Commission
Colgan
R. W. Matthews Students Plan Christmas Program In Spanish
Los Amigos the Spanish Club at R. W. Matthews Junior High School will present a 7 30 p.m. Christmas program in Spanish featuring the birth of Christ and Mexican customs. Students Mary Sue Hand Richard Jordan Sherry Holloman Charles King Nan Cooley Mary Johnson Marjorie Lacy Mary Hoffman Kitty James Ronny Smotherman Frances McKnight Dan Crump Mervin Gross Gail Lambert Dee Hill Sue Alewine Thomas Conway Johnny Gonzales participate. The club will hold its annual Christmas party Friday at Mary Sue Hand home with Spanish games and a piñata.
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Los Amigos
R. W. Matthews Junior High School
Christ
Mary Sue Hand
Richard Jordan
Sherry Holloman
Charles King
Nan Cooley
Mary Johnson
Marjorie Lacy
Mary Hoffman
Kitty James
Ronny Smotherman
Frances McKnight
Dan Crump
Mervin Gross
Gail Lambert
Dee Hill
Sue Alewine
Thomas Conway
Johnny Gonzales
Dallas J. Pierce
Church Agencies To Get Surplus U S Grain For Foreign Charity
The government plans to release thousands of tons of surplus grain to church agencies for overseas relief. Secretary Ezra T. Benson is expected to announce the action in the coming week as officials emphasize relief appeals from religious leaders to share surplus with those abroad.
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Washington
Sec. of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Agriculture Department
Benson
Livestock Market Summary From Kansas City and Fort Worth
AP reports weekly livestock results with variances across grades. Cattle see mixed shifts while hogs and lambs show price ranges. Fort Worth notes declines in beef steers and steady cattle values with varied stocker activity and calf prices.
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Kansas City Report
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Taiteberg
Market Review Notes Mixed Signals Across South Texas
Week review reports a closing undertone unsettled by poor markets in South Texas. Supplies remain adequate with moderate trading and steady sources. prices show little change as firms trace supply levels and demand.
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Austin
Texas
Aus
Wall Street Nears Record High but Falls Short
The market tried to top the record 181.50 but closed at 181.30, with only modest gains and lingering doubt after Eisenhower’s heart attack. Superior Oil and other stocks showed volatility while traders watched for splits and policy signals. An anti Dulles protest in New Delhi outside the American Embassy drew about 75 demonstrators before dispersing.
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New York
Wall Street
Associated Press
Eisenhower
New Delhi
India
Rayburn Breaks Ground For Library To Bear His Name
Bonham Texas December ceremony marks the start of the $492,000 Sam Rayburn Memorial Library to house Rayburn papers and a replica of his Washington office. A crowd gathered as snow flurries fell and Rayburn called it the fulfillment of a lifetime dream.
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Rayburn
Library
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