Time Clock, Nov. 10, 1958

CHRISTMAS CLUBS will pay record $1.3 billion, 3% more than 1957, to 13 million members through 7,900 banks and savings and loan associations. Top saving states: New York $281.8 million, Pennsylvania $184 million, New Jersey $144.8 million.

VANISHING RAIL COACHES may be stockpiled by worried Pentagon, which needs at least 1,047 for troop transport in case of war. With railroads scrapping passenger cars (present total: 10,262) three times faster than they buy new ones, Pentagon hopes to lease old coaches, keep them on sidings for emergency use.

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