Bet crime novelist who 4 ates her 64th birthday this n, told & reporter: “An ar vist ig the best husband oman can have. The older mets the more he fs interest. | B her.” yy yee Apathy : Business C Outlool For Coming Year | HA VE A WONDERFLL Chri st m. a 8 We sish 4 you and yours, . a Merry Christmas, full: , of wonderful sorprgel ‘ everybody the blessings ~sunderstanding that are the very essence of Chri ma Vaviely Store - bh we celebrate His - Natal Day, we wish ‘for of friendship, love and: Tae Staff and Management of tu, Chante tO a cee nce om ren” Our sincere wishes come In a big package. whig enough for all our (rlénds and helghbors, Happy Holiday to alll | | LA GONDOLA CAFE | , ‘ Laren ' " ' weesatity WVO moti VE nti Closet AW Day San Day for Statt Hotta : Plumbers Omen antit 4 nm, Now Yor Eve, New Yours Day Onen WW am In Sa Me mag -? Att A, “By. te A. BROPHY NEY YORK ve Things ' Hook | 1954, there was: a six-per-cent|., good for '55!° That's how the'U.8, drop in inet’ farm earpings, Reéal | business: ‘situation shapes up now, the course’.of the economy. were | Dot as cheerful about the outlook for 1954,:. Bome saw: depression ghosts, . It: didn't work out: that way. : Business . ‘dia slow down ‘from ite fast post-war pace in the first half of ‘the. pear, ° It picked up speed in the fall and now {s rol- ling along at a rate that means Prosperity for ‘Most people. AIR OF CONFIDENCE. .And that is the way. is should continu. tin. 1958, predict the ma- jority’ of private: and Public CX | perts, ‘ : This year, was the second best for business and industry in the]! history: of the US. Give or take a few soft spots, ii was not too far behind’: the smashing record set-in’ 1953, ~ _ There: ate -hard. reasons “why the. prospects for the New Year are. considered rosy, Here are some: . f “1, The “1953 economy was sparked by an amazing building boom, Ptinefpally ji: private building, ‘It-is ‘confidently éx- pected the; boom’ in building. will roll: along. in 1955, and some ’be- lieve it may top the: ‘1054, tecord of: $37, 000 000,00 000 MANUFACTURERS optomistic 2. Expectation, ‘that ; ‘the.’ gross national. ‘product,’ (the. value. of all goods ‘and: ‘gervices) -may.top the, 1954 figure of $356; 000 000,000 by five per’ derit, - “Hehry’ G. Riter 3rd, hewly-eleeted.. ‘president. ‘of "| the’ National Association: of Man ufacturers,’ thinks: it-may exceed; ‘the 1953 record of. $365 ,000,000,000, mulating: sales, : 4.-A risé in.consumer spending. Prudential Insurance Co. econo- mists. believe” there: may be a bulge of $5,(00, 000,000 over 1954: 5. Continued Ahigh “production | in the autorhobile industry.-and continucd’ * tough © competition. | other: big’ volunie year with. pre- ‘dictions Nat production of- -pas- oy senger’ gars may reach ‘6,000 000. {It may 5,385,000 ji 1954. 6. Expéciation that-firs