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Construction contracts in the United States in Tune rose sharply over May on a seasonally adjusted basis, iccording to F. W. Dodge Corporation, although they are slightly below the all-time peak reached in June of last year. The dollar value of contracts in June was $3,659,017,000, down 4/o from June 1958.

According to Dodge vice-president and economist, Dr. George Cline Smith, June 1958 "was the highest month ever recorded, partly because of government stimulation of housing and highways as an anti-recession measure at that time. The current figure is almost as high, but without these special stimulants."

Sharp gains were in apartment buildings, up 46/o over June 1958; one and two-family houses, up 30/o, and commercial buildings, up 24/o. Total residential contracts for

June, at $1,761,621,000, were up 29/o from last year; residential buildings, at $1,055,333,000, were up 8%. Cumulative figures for the first half of 1959, with centage changes from the corresponding period of last show non-residential buildings, $5,717,560,000, up 4/o ; dential, $8,884,451,000, up 37/o.

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State Forester F. H. Raymond has appointed Deputy State Forester C. E. Metcalf of Fresno as Chief Deputy State Forester, efiective April 1, to replace John Callaghan, who left State service on that date to accept a position with private industry. Since entering State service in 1927 as a state forest ranger in Tulare county, Metcalf was appointed to the position of deputy state forester and placed in charge of the San Joaquin district with headquarters in Fresno, and has continued in that capacity until this appointment.