Middletown Business Scene - The thread of Middletown's November business did little to unite the confused pieces of the nation's economic picture. Figures related by the Chamber of Commerce and the Ohio State Employment Service last week continued to reveal no more than shadows on which to predict the city's business future. Crossing patterns included: 1. Bank activity that was heavier than the month before but lighter than a similar period in 1952. 2. Construction and postal receipts that dropped below the October level but were still higher than the November 1952 rates, and 3. Employment that showed a near steady decrease. Most of the indicators showed a drop from October to November this year. This is tempered, however, by the fact that a similar decline was in evidence last year during the October to November period...

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