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Even the gloomiest figures, though, now offer some paradoxical cheer. The fourth-quarter dive in G.N.P. resulted largely from a cleanout of inventories of unsold goods, especially cars. That puts business in a position to raise production sharply and rehire workers once final sales turn up, as auto sales already have. Housing starts last year, at 1,061,000, were the fewest since 1946. But the monthly rate, even after a December setback, has jumped 43% from its October 1981 low. Further increases are likely because of a sharp drop in mortgage interest rates that also was the primary force...
...city, which once manufactured everything from pickup trucks to Corvettes and provided jobs for 10,000, now employs only 1,400. Chrysler Corp. closed its truck plant in nearby Fenton, throwing 4,300 people onto the street. There are some signs, however, that St. Louis may have more to cheer about next year than the World Series-winning Cardinals: Chrysler is adding a new shift of 1,700 to its Fenton auto assembly plant, anticipating a brisk demand for its new line of G24 sports cars...
...MAYOR WHITE is not finished yet, the media consensus not with standing White's opponents certainly had little to cheer about when The Globe reported on January 8 that the mayor's campaign treasury was 50 percent fatter than all six of his rivals' combined Nor can they be optimistic if they remember the 1975 race well. When The Globe was investigating the mayor's fundraising practices, and Timilty was attacking corruption at City Hall and White still held...
They had reason to cheer. The number of union production workers employed by Firestone at the factory had dwindled from a peak of 850 in early 1980 to 260. Bridgestone intends to keep on all current employees and recall 170 laid-off workers, probably by next week. The company will invest $35 million over the next five years to retool the factory with efficient new equipment and perhaps quadruple the current tire output...
There is plenty to cheer in Kate Nelligan 's acting in Plenty...