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Show Thursday, May 22, 1969 Signs of growing affluence in local area Grandson graduates From Benning OCS (Special to the before despite bigger taxes and If Carbon County residents were despite inflation. to total their living expenditures The change is readily discernfor the past year and discover, ible in the local area, where as is probable, that they were more is spent on luxuries than in more than twice as big as they former years. were 15 years ago, their immeAn indication of this trend to diate conclusion would be inflabetter living is revealed in a spetion. But, according to a recent study cial Commerce Department reby the Federal Reserve Bank of port. It follows a nationwide samChicago, they would be wrong. pling survey, covering the period They would be barking up the since 1960, on the number of household accessories in the wrong tree. It appears, from the banks average home. In Carbon County, on the figures and from a Commerce Department survey, that most of strength of these findings, it apthe increase is attributable to an pears that 27.2 percent of the local families have two or more cars, advance in living standards. as against 22.4 percent in 1960. The finding is that some 60 perIn other parts of the United cent of the rise in family budgets States, 26.7 percent are two-cin the 15 years has been due to owners. higher living and only 40 percent The proportion of homes in the to higher prices. regional area equipped with Without realizing it, people in clothes dryers has also gone up Carbon County and elsewhere in the period. The increase is have been upgrading their expen- placed at 10.3 percent. ditures for goods and services, Television sets are also more with the result that the average numerous locally. About 92.0 perfamily is living better than ever cent now have one or more sets, DRAGERTON 157 Mrs. Amy S. Drag-ertoReaveley, has received word of the graduation cf her grandson Lt. William Pulsipher Jr., from Officers Candidate School at Fort Benning, Ga. Lt. Pulsipher completed his basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., for engineering advanced individual training and he graduated as a combat engineer. While at Leonard Wood he received an award and trophy in recognition of outstanding participation as a member of the First Brigade big-tick- ar - Denver St., WILLIAM PULSIPHER JR. as compared with previously. 83.5 percent Also, reported for the regional area were marked increases in air conditioners, dishwashers and stereophonic equipment. has been made possible by rising incomes, sufficient to provide these extras after absorbing the increase in prices. All of it m Bell-Ring- Pioneer baseball team. The lieutenant is now assigned to Fort Polk, Va. 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