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MORE AUTO CUTBACKS

Ford Motor Co. and Ameri. | can Motors Corp. joined Gen- eral Motors Corp. and Chrysler

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127 years. Today there are 14.- 000 British servicemen in Aden and 9,000 of their wives ehildren. They will the middle of next has promised to 1968.

Even British administrators, usually optimistic, fear the wvhole South Arabian Federa- tion, which they have nursed so painstakingly, will fall apart in a_welter of bloodshed as soon as the soldiers go. ADEN IS HUB

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WHOLESALE DOWN

Wholesale prices declined in November to 105.9 per cent of the 1957-59 average .rom 106.2 per cent in October which had brought the first drop in about two years.

The wholesale price index continued to decline early this month, falling to 105.7 per cent in the week ended Dec 6. The latest decline involved farm products, processed food, meats and industrial goods.

While- many food; - vegetable and some meat prices rose, a relatively steep drop in the farm products index was brought by declines for steers, choice calves, hogs and some

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