Quality vs quantity in economy via job and service changes
The piece argues economic progress hinges on quality as well as quantity. It cites unions and managers seeking better work environments to raise product quality and life, while noting air, water, and service quality influence consumer experience more than pure production measures. Government data favor quantitative metrics, though quality gains show uneven, subjective progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cunniff
NEW York
Breast cancer screening cuts deaths in over-50 women
In New York a five year study of 62000 women in the Health Insurance Plan found that annual screening reduced breast cancer deaths. Mortality dropped to 28 percent among those with cancer and 17 percent among those who actually underwent examination with mammography.
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Los Angeles
New York
Amon
American Medical Society
National Cancer Institute
Sam Shapiro
Greater New York
Shapiro
Custer Leads First Gold Rush in Black Hills
Miners with a Custer expedition found gold in gravel bars along the Black Hills region triggering a rush that produced the first major gold claims in the area under General George A. Custer’s related actions.
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Custer
George A. Custer
Union
Black Hills
Bishop Gerety Names New Clergy Assignments
Bishop Peter L. Gerety announces Oct 4 transfers including Fr Lucien G. McKeene from St Joseph Biddeford to St James Woodland and Fr Donald W. Lonsdale from Sacred Heart Portland to Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Portland. Fr Reginald Roy OFM moves to Holy Cross Lewiston.
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Peter L. Gerety
Lucien G. McKeene
St. Joseph
Biddeford
St. James
Woodland
Donald W. Lonsdale
Sacred Heart
Portland
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Reginald Roy
OFM
St. Francis College
Holy Cross Parish
Lewiston
Father McKeene
St. Paul’s Seminary
University of Ottawa
Canada
Feeney
St.John’s
Rumford
St. Joseph's
Holy Cross
St. Louis
Auburn
Lonsdale
St. Mary’s Biddeford
Baltimore
St. Mary's Parish
Westbrook
St. Denis
Ft. Fairfield
St. Joseph's Lewiston
Sacred Heart Parish
Father Roy
Quebec City
Community of
Franciscans
Quebec
Montreal
Deschamps
Franciscan Seminary
Winnipeg
Laval University
Toronto
Francis College
B ‘Ard
England
Maine
Drug patent reform faces U S price gaps in drugs
Sen. Len Gaylord Nelson says Americans pay far more for drugs than overseas buyers. He outlines a bill to curb patent protections, allowing competition at reasonable royalties if prices exceed five times cost and annual sales exceed one million dollars. Pfizer or Lilly cited in examples.
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Washington
Len Gaylord Nelson
Lilly Co
United States
Ireland
United Kingdom
Wisconsin Democrat
Senate
Nelson
Defense Department
Smith
Kline
Pentagon
Department of Veterans Affairs
Canada
Federal Trade Commission
American Pharmaceutical Association
House probes cronyism in Soviet grain export
Rep. John Melcher says the Agriculture Committee will subpoena major grain dealers to GAO for records access. He seeks probes into profits from inside information in the U.S. Soviet grain deal, including possible rebates and discounted purchases, and to examine subsidy outcomes and DISC rules.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
John Melcher
Montana Democrat
General Accounting Office
GAO
U.S
Agriculture Committee
Congress
Melcher
Nixon Administration
Agriculture Department
Treasury
Today in History highlights Sept 30 1972 events
Timeline notes include 1946 Nuernberg war crimes verdicts, 1787 Columbia’s first global voyage, 1846 ether anesthesia debut, 1882 Appleton hydroelectric plant, 1938 Munich Sudetenland accord, 1954 Nautilus commissioned, 1955 Algeria unrest walkout, and 1962 Meredith integration case. birthdays for Capote Mathis Swann. thought on riches.
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Associated Press
Nuernberg
Germany
Columbia
Boston
William Morton
United
Appleton
Wis
Munch
Nazi Germany
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
U.S. Navy
U.N. General Assembly
Algeria
Oxford
Miss
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Lyndon B. Johnson
Erwin N. Griswold
Harvard Law School
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Truman Capote
Johnny Mathis
Donald Swann
Ten Teachers Join Faculty In Biddeford
The Biddeford school system adds ten new teachers this year per Superintendent Andrew Frechette. New hires include Thomas A. DiBiase Jr in Business Ed, David E. Johnson in Special Ed and Work Study, John H. McGown Jr in Math, Parker Mann Jr in Physics, and Frederick H. Jurgen in Biology, among others with varied teaching experience and degrees from Maine, Bowdoin, Reed, and UNH.
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Andrew C. Frechette
Biddeford
Frechette
Thomas A. DiBiase, Jr
Vocational Center
Univ. of Maine
Machias
David E. Johnson
Orono
John H. McGown, Jr
Biddeford High School
Columbia Univ
Bliss College
Parker Mann Jr
Bowdoin College
Frederick H. Jurgen
Massachusetts
Univ
Jacqueline Potter
Reed College
Portland
Oregon
Oger Cyr
Ronald Cartier
St. Francis College
Linda Everett
Emery
Gorham
Nancy Boutwelll
Jr. High
University of New Hampshire
A Beecher Quote on Life as Instrument
A Henry Ward Beecher quotation frames life as a tool for living rather than a final end, reflecting his 19th century views on purpose and action.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Daylight Season Begins at South Pole Station
The U S Navy reports daylight at the South Pole Station starts September 21 and ends March 21, marking the polar daylight period observed at the research site.
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US. Navy
South Pole Station
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