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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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