City workers survey losses from 25 hour blackout
New York City officials and volunteers interviewed hundreds of small businesses by telephone to gauge economic losses from the blackout. By noon Saturday 800 firms reported losses totaling 20 million dollars, including spoilage and looting damage. Tally centers in Bronx Brooklyn and Manhattan with over 19 million in reported damage.
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New York
Bronx
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Economic Development Administration
Federal
Small Business Administration
Fri
Desai Halts Spending On Indira Gandhi Statue Fund
India’s prime minister blocked $15,000 in foreign exchange for a seven foot bronze statue of Indira Gandhi. Finance officials said the payment to sculptress Freda Brilliant was authorized earlier, while city relief efforts focus on small businesses and disaster aid.
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New Delhi
India
Morarji Desai
Indira Gandhi
Desai
H.M. Patel
Freda Brilliant
Salmon Counter Counts Columbia River Returns at Bonneville
Agnes Murphy works eight hours a day at Bonneville Dam counting salmon and related fish as they pass a glass chamber. Her clicker logs species like chinook sockeye steelhead and shad with arithmetic later checked by a coworker. The job blends routine with moments of lively drama as the river’s run dwindles.
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Bonneville, Ore
Lewis and Clark
Columbia River
Columbia
Agnes Murphy
Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
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N.Y
Agnes Murphey
Ghandi
Westchester County
Carter
SBA
Osborn Elliott
Oahu
Consolidated Edison
Jarrett
Stationery Company
N. Wrenn St
Salmon Counter
Wrecker
Pte
Calhoun Drug Store Inc
Westwood
Sears
Kkid
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Het Poin Ourhens
Fayetteville, Mount
Jecepene
Sears, Roebuck and CO
America
King Kong
Little Monkey
Piedmont Passbook
eTorr
North Main St
Old Winston Rd
Northpoint Ave
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