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Gross national product will probably rise $10 billion in each of the first two quarters, then flatten out to end the year around $480 billion for a 6% increase. Inventories have already reached bottom, will slowly be rebuilt. Businessmen are once again increasing their outlays for plants. Forecast: up $1 billion to $31 billion. Says A.T. & T. President Kappel, who will add $2 billion to the $2.2 billion he laid out last year: "When the recession came along, we had to decide whether to trim capital expenditures as in past recessions. We felt sure that renewed growth was coming...
Bassey made the big effort to flatten his Brooklyn opponent in the seventh when he staggered him with a left hook. Despite heavy punishment, Costa rallied enough to win the round on one of the official cards...
...Pinch. In San Benedetto di Verona, Italy, a circus crowd watched Strongman Giuseppe Armandola take on four members of the audience who came forth to challenge him, saw Giuseppe flatten two of them before the others overwhelmed him, soon learned that the winners were cops and Giuseppe an escaped convict...
...neighbour tried to flatten his shoulder against the seat...
...their expiration dates between the end of May and early June. And though union and management are poles apart, everyone hopes a strike can be averted. At most, the U.A.W. may walk out on one automaker, most likely Ford. A strike against G.M.. the biggest employer, might well flatten the U.A.W.'s $50 million strike chest, while a strike against lagging Chrysler could wreck Chrysler. But Reuther, who notes that the industry has 900,000 unsold 1958 models, is not eager for any strike at all. Says he: "The effect of a strike would be to deplete those...