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...increase in industrial output, listed some serious deficiencies: capital investment was down 6%, and coal, iron, cement, glass, some machine tools and much farm machinery fell short of set goals. More important, from the viewpoint of the elite, dwelling construction fell short of aims by 30 million sq. ft. The same economic report told of a 20% increase in the 1956 grain harvest, mainly due to heavy plantings in the Siberian "virgin lands"-a pat on the back for those who had responded to Khrushchev's call two years ago. But the biggest setback since the last Supreme Soviet...
...Japanese exports, by concentrating on vulnerable U.S. markets, are threatening the whole U.S. industry. Last week, after months of negotiations, Japan agreed reluctantly to put a five-year ceiling on its exports to the U.S. The terms (subject to yearly review): Japan will ship no more than 235 million sq. yds. of cotton textiles, or 2% of annual U.S. production...
...Manhattan's Everseal Manufacturing Co. Sold in pale blue or green tints, the washable glare reducer is primarily designed for factories, to reduce worker eyestrain, and for warehouse windows, to protect stored goods from fading and heat damage. Price: $9.70 per gal. (enough to cover 500 to 600 sq...
...first day of 1957, the Saar-that densely populated, industrially rich, and much fought over 898-sq.-mi. territory on the Franco-German border-became the tenth state in the Federal Republic of West Germany. The Saar's people speak German; its ground is heavy with coal needed by the French. The governments of West Germany and France, hoping "to settle the Saar question in such a way that it will no longer be an issue," agreed on political integration into Germany now, economic integration in three years (economically, the Saarlanders profited more under the French welfare state, with...
RENT-FREE LAND for industry is being offered by Montana's Blackfoot Indians on 1,697-sq.-mi. reservation near railroad, highways with ample electric power. Tribe wants to create employment source for 4,200 Blackfeet, now hard-pressed to make a living on their ancestral grounds...