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1959

Economic Profile

Dow-Jones: High 679 - Low 574
GNP: +8%
Inflation: +0.7%
Unemployment: 5.5%

Law Enforcement

Police expenditures, federal, state, local: $1.9 billion
Persons arrested: 2,613,000
Executions: 49
Prisoners, federal and state: 207,400
Juvenile court: 63,038

Random Prices

Castro convertible king-size soft: $199.75
Caribbean cruise: $355 (15 days, 7 ports)
Greyhound, New York-Florida: $87.74 (9 days)
Wiloughby’s Bell & Howell 8mm moving picture camera: $19-$48
Hi-fi tape recorder: $49.95
Macy’s “trapeze suit in transition”: $59.95
Rogers Peet young men’s tropical suit: $38.50
Summer sport coat: $14.95-$19.95


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