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Show THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, December 7, 1961 Q!l Ammran 3fark (Eltisrn Published Every Thursday at American Fork, Utah by the ALPINE PUBLISHING CO. Entered as-Second Class Matter, at the Postoffice at American Fork, Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879. NATIONAL EDITORIAL AS(! Subscription Rate $3.50 Per Year " -A A Y RALPH HO BEY Production Resumes Upward Trend Industrial production reached a new alltime high in October. The previous high was in August. In September there was a slight drop as a result primarily of strikes in the automobile industry. Such a curtailment of production in this industry always backs up and affects the output at various var-ious other points in our economy. Production in this nation is measured by the index of the Federal Reserve Board. It uses 1957 as equal to 100 and is extremely broad in its coverage. Further, the index is based upon physical output and hence is not influenced by changes in prices. The recent low of this index was in February of this year at 102. From that it showed a month by month increase until it reached 113 in August. Actually the exact figure for that month was 112.9. In September there was. a decline of one percentage point, and in October the index rose to 113-1 or two-tenths of a percentage point above the August high. Those are seasonally adjusted aggregate figures. The recovery has been quite broad but there are still many industries in-dustries operating at below their previous high. Among these are the automobile industry, which was still troubled by minor strikes in October, and steel, which has been held back by lack of orders from the car producers. The largest increase in-crease was in utilities, and mining revealed a slight upturn. This rise in production was only one of many favorable items which have been publized in the past few days. Among others the following are important: 1. Over-all construction in October was some 5 percent above a year earlier. Private non-farm housing starts also showed another rise and were at an annual rate of 1.4 million. 2. Retail sales, which have been sluggish and spotty for many months, revealed a definite pick-up. Much of the increase in-crease was caused by better automobile sales, but department and apparel stores turned in a better performance. 3. Personal incorrie was up quite sharply in October. We have been having an increase of around $1 billion a month since the middle of the year. In October the rise was $4 billion, and this reflected a rise in almost all major categories. 4. Farm production this year has been high and this, combined with higher government support prices, is giving those in agriculture a slightly larger net income than in 1960. 5. , Employment, seasonally adjusted, continues to advance. ad-vance. For various reasons, however, including a large increase in-crease "in our labor force, the number of those unable to find work remains at close to 7 percent of the civilian labor force, 6. Dividends being paid have increased slightly, although al-though business profits still are too low for the good of the nation. Many companies are showing an increase in net earnings, but many are finding it impossible to meet the level of a year earlier. 7. Industrial prices on the New York Stock Exchange have broken through their previou high, and they did it under the impact of large volume. The immediate reason for the break-through was an unexpected extra dividend by General Motors, but back of this was a large volume of funds waiting to be invested. Those are merely some of the encouraging nation-wide developments. In the aggregate they give a picture of a general recovery movement. They do not mean that we still do not have some most serious problems. We do, and in time these difficulties will have to.be faced and solved. But at the moment we clearly are on the, upgrade. i The Rahlih will spend Christmas Christ-mas In jlfie cooler, and. Judge Terry Draper gave Singh 30 days or $35 in a fine. Singh is now singing the prisoners song. This is the second time in a couple of weeks he has been apprehended by the local police. Some think there is method in his madness. He is being housed and fed free for the winter. Back-Log From Citizen News Columns TEN. YEARS AGO The result of the Utah County Coun-ty grand Jury investigation so far as the Utah State Training School is concerned, Is a fabric of heresay and absolute falsehoods false-hoods obtained by former disgruntled dis-gruntled employees. Dr. Vischi, Superintendent of the school states that there is no drunkenness in the institution institu-tion at the present time. There Is no immorality between the male staff and the female inmates in-mates and certainly no brutality or neglect of the inmates at the school. . ' He further reports that the main problem at the school at the present time is the overcrowded over-crowded conditions. "This we cannot regulate unless we have more buildings," he commented. Sgt. Bert E. Wrlde, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Wride, who has been on the battle front in Korea for the past several weeks has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. His parents received the medal and citation Nov. 27. Rahajah Hagana Singh is in the local clink for drunkenness. TWENTY YEARS AGO A "Bundle for Britain" program pro-gram and tea will we held next Monday In the City Hall, sponsored spon-sored by the four federated women's clubs of the city. A bundle for Britain will be the price of admission. Vrhe bundles bun-dles will be sent tof New York where they will beAaken by a steamship line vvnich guarantees guaran-tees their afedellvery to the needy people of England. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Walker are announcing the approaching marriage of their daughter Edith and V. Arthur Gordon, son of Mrs. G. H. Gordon. They will be married Dec. 6, and leave immediately for Long Beach, California whre they will make their home. December 2, 1941 was a happy day for John and Betsy Hunter who on this day reached the fiftieth milestone along the path of a very happy wedded life. An open house was held at their LIVELINESS AND LUXURY AT A LOW, L0WPRM Never before such a team of totally new cars! Sedans, hardtop, station wagons, even a convertible . . . you name it. Chevy II has it. Nine models in all now in production. They're easy on the eyes,' easy on the road and easy oh your pocketbook. Two spunky engines, a four and "a six (your choice in most models), purr along merrily on regular gas and darn little of it, too. Thanks to Mono- Tlate rear springs, the ride reminds you of the big Chevroletand Chev-roletand you know how smooth that is. The space and cushy comfort inside put you in mind of big cars, too. But Chevy II parts company from anything else around when it comes to offering all these fine features at a sensible low price. Check your Miilfitu uievroici aeaicr ana see ior yourscu. 7377 r v CHEVY II 300 4-DOOR 3-SEAT STATION WAGON. Packs a whopping 76.2 cu. ft. of cargo. CHEVY II NOVA 400 CONVERTIBLE. CONVERT-IBLE. It's Chevrolet's newest and lowest priced convertible. CHEVY II 300 4-DOOR SEDAN. Chevy II 's saving ways in a practical prac-tical 6-passenger family model. a Now , look 'cm over and try one oiit! CHEVY II NOVA 400 SPORT COUPE. Handsome hardtop with top-of-the-line go and glamor at a pleasin' kind of price. A NEW WORLD OP WORTH-Chevrolet Chevy II . Corvair Corvette at your local authorized Chevrolet dealer's jjppnooGos uoTon eonPApv CORNER MN fr ZlNTtfi AMERICAN FORK Telephone SK 6-3547 Letter to The Editor Dear Editor, I hope some of the parents who took the time to read the letter by Mr. Allen, principal of the Greenwood School, were shockt'J as I was'. I think that we as parents should know where our boys and girls are and what they are doing. We also stress with them that our school grounds are our property proper-ty and we won't toletate tht'm being destroyed. That is what they are because be-cause we all helped to have them built. It camt' out of our taxes. We wouldn't permit them to - break windows in our own homes just for the fun of It, because we would feel the expense ex-pense a little more when it comes out of our, pockets. There is a need for more schools, in our state. Our schools are filled to the brim now ana wa need the classrooms, but the children can't have them if our School Board has to taKe me money to repair broken windows win-dows and lights. The money that Gretviwood used to fix the damage could have bought more playground equipment or books forthe classrooms. Some of the schools in Salt Lake City are going in three ocooiuiio. i &ituw mis to be a fact. Lt'i's all teach our children child-ren to respect other people's property. -Mrs. Norma Hansen Am. Fork If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot can-not save the few who are rich. John F. Kt'nnedy home to honor them. One hundred hun-dred and forty friends and relatives rela-tives called between the hours from 2 p.m. until evening. Many came from out of town for the occasion. THIRTY YEARS AGO Miss Loraine Boley, a junior at the Utah State Agriculture College, Col-lege, has been busy for the past two weeks as student manager of the cast "Sun Up," a modern comedy to be presented by the Theta Alpha Phi, a college thes-pian thes-pian society. Miss Boley is registered in the school of Home Economics and is majoring in textiles. . The following highest scores were made at the weekly Rifle Club practice held Monday night. The officers Invite more of the local men to join in the practices held in the new quarters quart-ers in the basement of Dixon-Taylor-Russell store. The scores: E. Chipman, 94; Hap Varney, 92; Leo Varney, 89; Sid Beck, 89; Stan Chipman, 89; Ernest Hind-ley, Hind-ley, 84; and A. W. Bromley, 82. . O -fyV 4' ft , hVx Drink Milk at bedtime and relax. Milk is the aightcap beverage with protein. You always need protein. That's why you never outgrow your need for Milk. Drink 3 glasses every day. Drinft Mos-e MUUt AMERICAN DAIRY ASSN. 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