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Population Total
At 175 Million Mark
WASHINGTON, UP) — (Thurs
day) — The nation’s population
reached 175 million today by the
estimate of the Commerce Depart
ment’s census clock.
The digits on trye speedometer
like counter turned over with a
clanking of cams and plungers be
for a small crowd attracted by a
goodly throng of motion picture
and still photographers.
The clock’s population tally in
creases by one every 11 seconds.
This represents the average net
effect on the population of one
birth each IVz seconds, one death
each 20 seconds, one immigrant
arrival each IVi minutes, and one
immigrant departure each 20
minutes.
Corp. Dividends
Take Sept. Drop
WASHINGTON, Iff) — Corpora
tions paid cash dividends of
$836,000,000 in September, the
Commerce Department said yes
terday. This represented a two
per cent drop from payments of
$1,672,000,000 a year ago.
Much of the decrease was con
centrated in mining and metal
manufacturing firms.. Most other
manufaturing groups and the rail
roads also reduced their pay
ments.
Partially offsetting increases
were reported by oil-refining,
public utility and finance corpor
ations. —
Small Test Blasts
Fired In Nevada
ATOMIC TEST SITE, Nev., tfl—
Another nuclear shot in the cur
rent test series was fired yester
day from a balloon suspended 500
feet over Yucca Flat.
• This was the ' first time three
atomic devices have been deto
nated here within 24 hours.
The Atomic Energy Commission
described the test as nominal, be
low one kiloton.
The blast was not seen nor felt
in nearby Las Vegas.
The biggest tunnel shot ever
fired here — but a baby as nu
clear blasts go — jarred the
ground two miles away Wednes
day night.'
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These Fords yoe’ve got to try! Far left is the new
Thunderbird . . . center, the new Custom 300
Tudor Sedan . . . and above, the 9-passenger
Country Sedan.
. eiegant new (safety glass)
Fairlane 500 Town Victoria
Styled, powered and priced for today’s driving!
.There never was a Ford like this before* Its
classic new design was awarded the Gold Medal
of the Comit£ Fran^ais de l’Etegance at the
Brussels World’s Fair! With new Thunderbird
flavor in each lively line and tastefully new
interiors, these 59 Fords are beautifully pro
portioned for elegant driving.
Power, performance and economy are served
up in new proportions, too. All standard Ford -
engines —Six or Thunderbird V-8 —thrive on
regular gasoline at regular prices. You save up
to 5 cents on each gallon! There’s a new alumi
nized muffler that normally will last twice as
long as conventional mufflers used on other
cars . . . full-flow oil filtration that lets you
change oil at 4000 miles instead of the 1000
often recommended . . . new Tyrex cord tires
for greater economy and safety ... a brilliant
new Diamond Lustre Baked Enamel Finish
that’s so durably you won’t have to wax it ever
. . . and two new economy power-transmission
teams that will bring you savings autotnatically.
That’s why we say, for ’59, Ford is truly a
masterpiece of underpricing!
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NEW economy team Number Two! lake
Ford’s versatile new Cruise-O-Matic Drive, add
the responsiveness of Thunderbird Special Y-8
power and you have the last word in automatic
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of an economy-geared axle.
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