Record Christmas gift sales sweep Indiana markets
Hoosier shoppers drive a record Christmas season with 10 to 21 percent gains in general merchandise. Jewelry, major appliances, and especially color TV sets sell briskly amid a mild December and early snow shortages. Reports from Indianapolis, Kokomo, Seymour, Richmond, Muncie, Gary, Marion, Crawfordsville, Terre Haute, Madison, Michigan City, Lafayette note strong demand for expensive items and signs of a nationwide purchase boom.
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Humphrey Gives Santa Aid to 100 Boys at Job Corps Camp
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey visited a mountain Job Corps camp and delivered gifts and advice to 100 boys. A helicopter flew over rooftops as he urged them to prepare for life outside.
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Illinois steel plant promises river pollution safeguards
The Jones and Laughlin Steel Co says its proposed Hennepin plant will include facilities to protect the Illinois River from pollution. The Illinois Sanitary Water Board announced results of a conference on plant pollution issues and said a second meeting will discuss air pollution controls.
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