Economists Predict Slowdown in 1970 With Few Dissenters
Economists largely foresee a pronounced slowdown in 1970 without a major recession. While some warn of a downturn, others expect slow or flat growth as inflation remains a risk and unemployment edges higher.
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Walter Heller
University of Minnesota
Council of Economic Advisers
Kennedy
Heller
Paul Samuelson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
William Friend
New York Stock Exchange
Milton Friedman
University of Chicago
Friedman
Martin Gainsbrugh
National Industrial Conference Board
Expo 70 Beds Shortage Prompts Temple and Tent Housing Plan
Osaka expo officials warn of a bed shortage for Expo 70 with aims to shelter 30,000 more guests through Buddhist temples tents dormitories and private homes while hotels offer 117,000 beds within a mile of the site. Officials project 50 million visitors including 400,000 from abroad to the 815 acre expo north of Osaka. International exhibits include the Soviet Lenin pavilion at 328 feet and the US pavilion buried underground.
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Osaka
Japan
UPI
Nobuo Imaeda
Japan National Tourist Organization
California
Asia
Imaeda
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
United States
Nixon Thanks Congress For Philadelphia Plans Continuation
President Nixon thanked Congress for allowing continuation of the Philadelphia Plan which requires minority hiring on federal construction contracts. The Senate accepted House changes to a 278 million supplemental bill that would have killed the plan, ending veto threats and preserving new job opportunities for Negroes and other minorities in a labor short construction industry.
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Washington
Nixon
Philadelphia
Congress
Labor
George P. Shultz
AFL
Electricity Use By Workers High
Louisville report shows 1968 U.S. workers averaged 35 000 kilowatt hours per year. An average worker with 240 eight hour days uses about 67 kilowatt hours of energy.
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Louisville
U.S
Sting Victims Outnumber Snakebite Fatalities in Venomous Bites
New York report shows wasps hornets bees and fire ants cause 40 percent of venomous bite deaths. Snakebites account for about 33 percent while spider bites remain under 20 percent.
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New York
Psider
Highest point in all states at Alaska Mt McKinley
Juneau reports the highest elevation in the United States is South Churchill Peak on Mt. McKinley in Alaska, reaching 20 320 feet above sea level.
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Juneau
50 States
Churchill Peak
Mt. McKinley
Alaska
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