**Date:** Tuesday MAY 16, 1967
**Source:** Unknown
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The Uniroyal strike is having its effect on the economic life of the Naugatuck-Beacon Falls area.
With some 5,000 men and women on strike since April 21, considerably less money is flowing into the area.
Bank deposits are down and withdrawals are greater than normal, some area bankers have found. They expect this trend to continue even after a strike settlement is reached, at least briefly.
Independent grocers have noted a somewhat greater volume of credit buying, but they term the amount not excessive.
Case loads of welfare departments in some surrounding communities are up slightly, but less than some welfare officials had expected.
With time on their hands, many of the strikers apparently are working on do-it-yourself projects.
Local lumber and hardware dealers have noted an increase in the sale of home-repair and home-improvement supplies during the first two weeks of the strike.
Otherwise, they say, business is about normal for this time of year.
The violence that marred the strike early this month has faded. Trucks are entering and leaving the Uniroyal plants daily, taking out cargoes of finished goods.
Picketing is much reduced and has been peaceful.
Around-the-clock picketing ended yesterday at the Naugatuck footwear plant of Uniroyal and the original 6 a.m.-6 p.m. hours were restored.
Officials of Local 45, United Rubber Workers of America, said the move came after the company assured them at a meeting Monday morning that there would be no attempt to drive trucks into or out of the plant after 6 p.m.
Picketing continues around the clock at the chemical and synthetic plants of Uniroyal.
Some 800 office and supervisory personnel are going to work daily at the struck Uniroyal plants in Naugatuck and Beacon Falls without incident, according to Thomas J. Nelligan, industrial relations spokesman for Uniroyal.
Meanwhile, in Cincinnati negotiations are continuing in the nationwide strike that has idled about 50,000 United Rubber workers, including those in Naugatuck and Beacon Falls.