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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1982
Page
13
A look at hard times chronicles Americans facing recession with stories from a Colorado grocer, a nationwide Times journey spanning 16 days and 16 000 miles, and families coping as unemployment climbs past ten million. It notes 9.8 percent jobless rate, 69 percent factory capacity, and a 3.7 percent GNP drop then 1.7 percent rise.
Helen Graham runs an antique shop in West Branch Iowa and notes recession blues grip the town. She links dwindling business to Hoover’s legacy, but says her family is not poor, though they cut back on meat and bake at home while fearing national decline.
Marion Ashley and her husband, both laid off from steady work, describe a downward spiral from unemployment to multiple part time jobs and shrinking pay. She supports the family while he searches for work, but the stress strains their marriage and changes their lives. The couple asks for anonymity.
Henry Studney, 36, of Harrisburg Pennsylvania, hunts for bottle deposits while visiting a New Hampshire rest stop. He notes nickel returns vary by state with Maine offering five cents and Michigan ten cents. Studney supports a family of five on a $25 000 annual income.
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