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o EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, August 2, 1955 O O Italian Economy Presents Promising Picture in 1955 Rome (li.P.) Increased influx of the tourists, a continued growth of industrial output and less keen German competition on the world market combine to make a promising rjicture for Italian economy this year. Predictions were that the na tional income this year would rise at least by the five per cent which is the annual increase rate called for in the 10-year develop ment plan of Budget Minister Ezio Vanoni. Last year's in Sauvie Island Area Searched for Victim Scappoose (U.R) Search for a missing 17-year-old boy who is believed to have drowned near Sauvie Island will be con tinued today. Wayne E. Nichols of Hills- boro apparently was seized with cramps about 30 feet offshore while installing irrigation pipe in the channel. Wayne Bostad, 18, a fellow workman, told police he heard Nichols yell and swam to his as sistance but .was too late to save him. Dragging operations by state police and Columbia and Mulnomah county sheriff's deputies failed to produce the boy's body by dark yesterday. Violent Temper Charged in Divorce Portland (U.R) A 21-year old ex-Marine acquitted last year on a charge of involuntary man slaughter of his first wife, was 'iied for divorce by his second ife in Portland yesterday. Donald S. Lehman was charg- fd by his wife Nancy with cruel nd inhuman treatment. She alleged he had a violent temper and subjected her to physical harm. Lehman's first wife, Patricia, died from a 22-caliber bullet (Wound in the head which he claimed was fired accidentally. The state charged him with neg ligence but failed to prove it. Christmas Trees Used As Wild Bird Refuge Milwaukee (U.R) The state fair grounds police chief, C. A. Elfritz, has found a better use for Christmas trees after the holiday than burning them. He builds bird refuges with them. Inside the race track oval El fritz has set tree in iron pipes driven into the ground. In the center of the "grove" he puts feed into a trough covered with brush. Sparrows stay away, he said, because they do not like the particular feed he gets from a feed store. But game birds have flocked to the sanctuary. crease was only 3.5 per cent, mainly because of the excep tionally poor harvest due to poor weather. But in 1953 it was sev en per cent, and this year it should not be much below that figure. The bi-monthly economic re view of the influential Banco di Roma said: "The outlook for 1955 appears to be good. If the international political and economic situation continues to improve, the year may be expected to witness con siderable progress in the solution of the basic problems of Italian economy, foremost among which is unemployment." Among the most optimistic factors was the steady increase in the number of tourists, who are turning the hotel business into one of Italy's main foreign currency earners. While no comprehensive fig ures were available on sums sperit last year, statistics showed that the influx of tourists from abroad rose constantly from 1,590,000 in 1948 to an all-time record of 9,327.512 last year. In 1952, when 6.059,297 tourists entered Italy their contribution to the country s finances was estimated officially at 154,000,- 000,000 lire ($246,500,000). Increased Italian exports in 1954 reduced the nation's heavy trade deficit from $907,200,000 to S792,000,000. This was the re sult of improved trade openings with some countries, such as Germany, France and Yugosla via, and less keen German com petition on the world market following the adoption of the re armament program in Germany Industrial Output Up Also helpful for Italian ex ports were government meas ures, including the refund of the turnover tax on exports and the insurance of exports subject to "special risks." On the other hand, the in creased purchasing power of the average Italian and the poor 1954 harvest brought about a parallel increase in imports which partly offset the effect of the export drive. Industrial output in 1954 rose 10 per cent over 1953, to an in dex of 170 (taking 1938 as equal to 100. Largest increases were in the chemical and rubber in dustries (25 to 21 per cent re spectively), followed by metal lurgical, mining and electrical industres, engineering, paper and food processing. 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