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...territories, and is growing bigger by the year. In 1955 alone, it carried nearly 2,000,000 passengers, 20% more than in 1954, and brought in an income of more than $130 million, $43 million of it in foreign currency to help balance France's troublesome trade gap...
...Gap. Israelis who have money can now buy pretty much what they want -Paris silks, sail boats, U.S. breakfast cereals. On the land, output rose 23% in 1954. Per capita income is $450, highest in the Middle East. Water now flows through 65 miles of 66-in., Israeli-made pipe to irrigate 50,000 Negev desert acres planted to cotton and grain. Israel has struck oil near Beersheba. Though foreign estimates indicate that Israel will be lucky if the find cuts her present $35 million-a-year petroleum imports by much, the first well is already producing 300 barrels...
...from world Jewry ($67 million in 1955). Unless economic reforms are made, warns one of Israel's top economists, the country faces an "even more serious inflation than in 1951." Even with exports at record levels, Israel's imports run three times as high. The tremendous trade gap, admits Finance Minister Levi Eshkol, "is causing anxiety." If Israel now gets involved in a sizable increase in its arms spending, its finances will be further out of joint. The question arises, must Israel continue to live requiring help from the outside? If so, can it be indifferent...
...Mower scoring spree on penalty shots in the last two minutes of play, though it netted six points, came too late and too little to close the gap...
Little's Goal Narrows Gap...