Economy Rebound Hopes Rise After Tough First Half
New York AP notes midyear signs of relief after a rough six months. Unemployment nears 51 percent of workers. industrial production down about 14 percent from a year earlier. GDP off 4 percent from its peak. Living costs up 3.3 percent. farm belt thriving on higher prices and good weather. Consumer spending steady, borrowing down, autos slow. Home building and highway work improve. tax cuts waxed and waned amid rising deficits. Steel demand up briefly. copper, lead, zinc relief tied to stockpile purchases. Inventory cuts marked the first half, with some foreseeing an end to the dip.
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Williamsburg Area Social Notes Include Many Local Weddings
Sunday dinner guests honored Ruth Barton’s marriage to James Justice of Orlando. Attendees included Reeves Barton family of Clyde and Bernard Barton’s family in Ottawa. Other visits spanned Kansas and California, with travel to Greensville Mississippi, Cedar House Ottawa, Garnett and Lebo. Upcoming wedding of James Clifford Stansbury to Sara Ann Austin at Cottonwood Falls Methodist Church.
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Leslie Mallory
Carol
Ruth Barton
James Justice
Orlando
Fla
Reeze Barton
Clyde
Bernard Barton
Larry
Ottawa
Harry Tuckers
Charles Greschell
California
Merrill Ellis
Milton Tucker
H. C. Milliken
Robert Roger
Overland Park
Kas
Greensville
Major
J. P. Haggard
Don Chambers
Arcadia
Calif
D. A Timberlake
C. H .Andersons
Garnett
James Benn Jr
Ripon
Elva Jones Leonard
Lebo
H. N. Traberts
Kansas City
Benn
James Clifford ‘Stansbury
Sara Ann Austin
Methodist Church
Cottonwood Falls
Frank Stansburys
Williamsburg
L. A .Green
Emporia State Teachers College
Emporia
Eileen
Jesse Ashcraft
Wichita
J. C. Ashcrafts
Allen Ashcrafts
Harold Bethells
Ray Campbell
Howard Whittingston
Kristine
Eureka
Ike Rejects A Talk Proposal
Washington AP report notes President Eisenhower refused a labor management meeting on steel wage price policy. Senator Estes Kefauver urged the talks amid warnings of a possible steel price rise on July 1. Eisenhower reaffirmed his June 3 decision and did not change his mind.
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Eiserhower
Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate
Eisenhower
Kefauver
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