64 Million Are Being Employed P3
Day Service
Washington? More than M mil
lion Americana were employed in
June, the freateat number in the
nation'! history, the Commerce and
Labor Department* reported this
week.
Unemployment, on the other
hand, increased by only 100,800 to
a total ?f 2,6TB, 000 This was one
of the smallest increases for the
month of June since World Vjfar II.
Young job seekers were dumped
on the labor market by the closing
of Khools, ss is usual in Jane but
this was offset by rising adult em
ployment on farm* and vigorous
rehiring in booming industries.
The June .employment total of
84,018.000 compared with 82,073,
000 in May. '
The number of job holders has
climbed by four million from the
winter low point, shout a million
more than the normal spring ex
pansion.
Manufacturing employment con
tinued its sharp riae, climbing by
146,000 to 18tt million in spite of
scattered work stoppages in metal
products plants.
The total of workers in trade,
services and induatrial production
rose by 400,000 to 4M00.000, de
scribed by the departments ss an
unusually large increase for the
season.
The length of the factory work
week was equal to the previous
record of 40.7 hours, but the usual
increase over May did not occur
because of strikes.
Farm employment, at 7,700,000
last month, showed only a seasonal
sua.
The seaaonally adjusted lodes of
unemployment, based on the IM7
1949 average as 100 was down to
8# In June, the lowest point is U
months.
The statement by Secretary of
Labor Mitchell and Secretary of
Commerce Weeks aided:
"Also noteworthy was the furth
er reduction in the number of rela
tively loos-term jobless. The group
out of work for IS weeks or looser
dropped by 300,000 for the aecood
consecutive month, reaching a lav
el of OOO.OpO In June."
The previous high water mark
of employment waa in August, 1963
when 63,700,000 men and women
held civiliao jobe.
Secretary Mitchell said yeater
day that the amount of overtime
work in factories in May and June
was as high aa It has been since
World War IL The lengthening of
overtime normally precedes in
creasea in hiring.
DEBT IN U. g.
Private and net public debt at
the cloae of 1994 amounted to
?008,000,000,000, a gain of three
and s half per cent over calendar
1903, according to the Office of
Business Economics, of the Com
merce Department Corporate liabi
litiea, home mortgages and other
private obligations made up three
fifths of the grand total. Federal
debt owed to the public accounted
Tor Just under two fifths, while the
state and local governmental debta
comprised a little over one-twenti
eth of the total.
In the metropolitan Waahington
- area, the Federal Government has
48,800,000 feet of office space. Of
this, about half, or 24.200,000
square feet are air-coodltlooed.
These figures do not include the
White House which baa Its own
air-conditioning unit or the Cap
ital. Senate and House Office
building, or Supreme Court build
ing?but these are all air -condi
tioned.
Local Realty Values
G.I. and F.H.A. Loans Now Available
Require Small Down Payment
1 MILE WEST OF BOONE? Good 8 room house, bath, 6 acres
alnd. Excellent condition. Priced lor quick tale.
GOOD 8- ROOM HOUSE, bath, double [an|e, tern, 2% acres land
with live-tenths tobacco base. Located at Core Creek, near
new school, known as A. S. Johnson place.
SPECIAL ? 4 bed room house, baUi"W'IH Vurn*ce, basement, M
acre land on hard surfkeed road, loacted Valle Crucis, N. C.
Priced to sell closing of estate.
CHOICE BUILDING LOTS? New development? Highland Av
enue Just out of city limits. One of the better sections to
build. Terms. <?
LAKE SIDE LOTS ? Also lot* with high elevation ? overlooking
lake. Priced 9200 ynd up.
PERKINSVILLE ? Good 6-room (tore house, bath, 2 room apart
ment in basement, steam heat, large lot Small down pay
ment
LOCATED JUST OUT OF CITY LIMITS? S-room house base
ment S-room apartment large lot Price tlflOO. $1,500
down with small monthly payments.
GOOD 6-Room STONE HOUSE, two baths, large lot Located
Grandview Heights. Price 98?00.
BUSINESS PROPERTY? Store building leased to chain grocery,
five apartments. Located in main business section. Will gross
bettor than 10%. Terms ii needed.
100 ACRES LAND ? Fenced. 80 acres cleared land. Price 90,000.
21-ACRE FARM? New 6-room bouse with bath, located on
Meadow Creek Road. Price 98,000.
9- ROOM HOUSE, includes 4-room apartment with private en
trance. Lot 120 x 200. Located near oollege. Price 98,000.
Loan can be arranged.
A REAL INVESTMENT? 10 room brick house, 9 baths, 2 three
? room brick apartment house with frontage on Main street ?
over 92.000 income from rentals. Priced % less than actual
cost Idieal for tourist or apartments. Investigate this
bargain today. /
99 ACRE FARM located at Todd, N. C. 7 room house, large
barn, frontage on highway 191 82 acres of cleared land.
Terms can be arranged.
GRAND BLVD. ? Good nine room house (two apartments) bath,
large lot Hot air heat Will self or trade for smaller house.
? Priced for quick sale.
140 ACRE FARM? ? miles from Deep Gap. New troom house,
bath, good barn. Plenty of commercial shrubbery, 4 acres
bottom land. Price $8?00.
FOR SALE? TWO FOURltOOM DUPLEX APARTMENT house
large lot, located on Facility street near College. Price
? IMOO.
FOR SALE? New S-room brick houae, full basement hardwood
floors, lot 79 x 190, on Carolina Avenue. GI or FHA loan
available.
APARTMENT HOUSE-Locatod near college. Four apartments
including refrigerators and stoves, three baths, large lot
located an Blowing Bock Highway. Long ten lean avail
able. This property will pay for itself. ,
GOOD 2-BEDROOM BRICK HOUSE, bath, furnace, largo lot
located near schools and stores. Price 98,400. Terms if
BAMBOO SECTION? Five rooms, water, two acres, 93,000.
GOOD BUSINESS LOT located an Main Street Desirable for an j
type of business.
SELECT RESIDENTIAL LOTS FOR SALE.
DIAL AM 442M ? BOONE, N. C ? Z1T MAIN STREET
List Your Property with Vt for a Quick Solo
Have Demand for Small Busineoa ? Ala* for Farnaa
Tri-County Realty Co.
E. Ff COE, Matfpgma C M. CR1TCHEE
Johnson's Loss
Felt In Washington
Washington.? The heatf attack
which cut (town Majority Leader
Lyndon Johnson just aa the clos
ing month of the first session of
the Mth Congress was approach
ing was s blow to Senate Demo
crats. u<
The 46-year -old Texan had de
veloped unity among Democrats
in the upper legislative body with
surprising ability and efficiency fn
the short time he had been Ma
jority Leader. This will he hard
for someone else to match.
Johnson was known in this city
as a quiet worker, with none of the
loud talk or bluster about him.
He quietly prevented the contro
versial issues, which wreck1 Demo
cratic unity in Congress in some
years, to come to a head.
He worked amoothly and made
the minimum number of enemies
in doing so. He counted his ad
mirers among both the leftwingers
and the conaervativea, and both
trusted him in the Senate, even
though often diaagreeing with him.
Johnson's sudden heart attack
removes him from the picture as
a possible candidate at the Demo
cratic National Convention next
year. He could probably have had
the aecond spot on the Democratic
ticket for the aaking.
The general opinion in Washing
ton was thst he would have had
the support of too many delega
tions and top state officials, In
cluding Senators, had he wanted
to be the party's vice-presidential
nominee in 1M6.
Stricter Federal controls over
bank mergers is urged.
4-H Members Are J
Back From Camp
Nineteen 4-H club memben from >
Watauga County have returned *1- l
ter spending the week of July 4
9th at 4-H Camp Sehaub at Way- ,
nesvllle. Club member* from Wake ,
and Madiaon camped during the t
week alao. ?
The club members participated (
in the varioua camp activitiee aa i
daily veapert, flag raising and
lowering, morning assembly and
evening programs..
Classes were conducted dally in
swimming, recreation, handicraft, i
conservation and farm and home
electric. On Friday afternoon a
swimming contest was held. Entr- :
le* ware (elected from the regular
iwimming dmw. Thunday night
ill cam per* attended the drama
"Unto Thaae Hilla" at Cherokee
ind also had a picnic tat Great
Smoky Mountain Park area.
The club member* that attended
eaup were: Bethel Junior and
Senior Club, Lynn Matheson, Clif
ford Farthtng, Hugh Benson, Bill
Vine*; Cove Creek Senior and
Junior*, Betty Sue Fox, Elizabeth
fUia Campbell, Bobby Eggers, Wan
la Wilaon; Valle Cruel*, Laura
Milton Church; Boone Senior,
Qeorge Cowle*; Boone Stt^ and 7th,
Mary Helen Hampton, Judy Sny
der, Gloria Jean Hampton, Jimmy
Rigglns, John Ralph Buchanan, ]
Barbara Edward*; Parkway, Patsy
Vanaoy and Jimmy Smith; Blowing
Bock, Ban Lee Greene.
jyp '
Hie U. S. ecu to bar the "leak"
of ctirpiae good* to Bed*.
DON'T COUGH
YOUB HEAD OPT
ASK FOB
Mentho-Mulaion
If it fail* to itop your cough due
to eelde, ask for your
money back.
BOONE DRUG CO.
The KKIALL Store v 1
SAVES MONEY!
The UnbenaTJeep'doee bandied* of joba bettor ?d farter .?
in 2-wheel drive on the highway, or in 4-wheel drive when
the going it rough ? on or off the road, in al kind* of wealhec.
It hauls heavily loaded trailer*, and with power take-off off
hydraulic lift operatea a wide variety of farm implement*
and industrial equipment
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