Our Economy Did Well All Things Considered
New York AP summary of 1968 economy notes strong factory and farm output up 66 percent from a decade earlier and a 3.3 percent unemployment rate, with over 76.6 million employed. Housing rose to four-year highs, inflation at 4 percent, but real income gains kept living standards rising. Government-business cooperation improved urban issues and job programs exceeded targets.
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New York
Johnson
Federal Reserve Board
Wall Street
National Alliance of Businessmen
Nine Negro men to stand trial in Wichita case
Nine black men must stand trial in district court in Wichita on charges of extortion first degree robbery and felonious assault arising from an alleged militant action. Bond was reduced from 5000 to 1000 dollars each with trial set for January 20. The defendants allegedly beat and threatened Wichita Model Cities officials Frank Carpenter and R W Blake in a motel over a hiring dispute.
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Wichita, Kan
Wichita
Daniel P. Dwyer
Sedgwick County Court of Common Pleas
Chester I. Lewis
Dwyer
Frank Carpenter
R. W. Blake
Wichita Model Cities
al Cole
Christmas In Holy Land Battle Rages Near Jordan
Jerusalem AP reports Israeli warplanes pounded Arab guerrillas inside Jordan while preparations near Bethlehem for Christmas intensified. Attacks hit Al Fatihah saboteurs said to be based in Manshiya near the Beisan Valley. Rockets and light arms exchanged along the Jordan ceasefire line at 7:30 am. heavy smoke and rain as jets and tanks targeted the village with no Israeli casualties. It marked the third aerial strike in a week into Jordan.
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Bethlehem
Jordan
al Fatah
Manshiya
Beisan
Sea of Galilee
Jordan River
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Julie Nixon
David Eisenhower
White House
Marble Collegiate Church
New York City
David
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Julie
Nixon
Tricia
Holy Land
Mildred McKee
Hom
Ottawa Savings
Federal Savings and Loan
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