Merchants forecast biggest Christmas sales in years
AP reports a strong Christmas shopping outlook with merchants predicting record sales despite slower overall consumer spending. Stores expect an extra shopping day, increased bank deposits, and rising gold flows as gift spending climbs toward a 7.4 billion total, with higher per‑family expenditures in wealthier households.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
Chicago Printed String Co
Officials Cited In Greenville Fund Shortage
State Auditor James A. Rhodes reports a finding for recovery of 15404 against Greenville officials Max Harley and Mrs Sarah Cole and their bonding firm Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. The examiner cites shortages across water works sewage disposal and general funds for Nov 1 1957 to Dec 31 1959.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Greenville
Max Harley
Sarah Cole
Aetna Casualty & Surely Co
General Fund
Rhodes
Kasavubu Aims To Pave Way For UN Commission
President Kasavubu heads home to prepare Congo for a United Nations conciliation commission visit. He told Dag Hammarskjold he would signal readiness within a week, while the 18 nation advisory panel waits for his word. The panel seeks to aid Kasavubu and Lumumba rivals to reconcile, amid army concerns led by Col. Mobutu and mixed reactions from member countries.
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United Nations
N. Y
Joseph Kasavubu
Congo
Kasavubu
New York
Dag Hammarksjold
Hammarskjold
The
U. N
General Assembly
Commission
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
India
Indonesia
Ghana
Guinea
Mali
Morocco
United Arab Republic
IU. N
Lumumba
Warren Niles jobless claims hit 1960 peak
In Warren-Niles the weekly unemployment claims rose to 6 043 with the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reporting an increase of 655 from the prior 5 338. This compares with 4 540 claimants at the same time last year.
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Warren
Ohio
Warren-Niles
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
BUC
Boy Is Spanked Charges Filed
AKRON Ohio AP Earl Simmons principal of Highland School in Stow is charged with assault and battery for paddling an 8-year-old boy who he says misbehaved. Simmons was accused by Glen Schaffer of striking with too much force his first grade son Richard. The school superintendent P I Van Brunt says it is a simple case noting the boy misbehaved. No trial date was set for the case in Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Court.
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Akron, Ohio
Earl Simmons
Highland School
Stow
Simmons
Glen
Schaffer
Richard
P. I. van Brunt
Cuyahoga Falls
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