Growth in South Promises More High Wage Jobs
A study by the Southern Growth Policies Board finds the South's economy expanding faster than the nation and attributes 40 percent of regional growth to in migration from other areas. Florida leads income gains at 81 percent, with North Carolina at 69.3 percent. per capita income rising from 35.7 percent of US average five years ago to 1082.3 percent of the same average by late 1975. The board projects continued gains in high wage industries and service jobs, calling for intelligent regional planning.
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South
Midwest
East
Southern Growth Policies Board
Florida
North Carolina
U.S
Labor Department
Wegal
The Volkswagen story and its American plant move
The piece traces the Volkswagens rise in the United States through 1970 and into decline as the dollar strengthens and German imports falter. It notes Volkswagen plans a US assembly plant, predicting about 5,000 German jobs lost and 5,000 American jobs gained, with broad political and economic implications.
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Germany
Adolf Ilitler
Volkswagen
Japan
United States
America
Aliens and the Economy A Debate Over Costs and Policy
A critique cites ICF figures claiming illegal aliens cost the federal government up to 13 billion yearly through benefits and tax losses. Estimates of illegal immigrant numbers vary widely, with INS officials suggesting up to 12 million, including possibly one million in New York City.
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ICF, Inc
Washington, D. C
United States
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The
Immigration and Naturalization Service
INS
Leonard F. Chapman Jr
New York City
Investigations and
Border Patrol
Senate probes Dan Flood ethics case amid HEW loans flap
The Senate Permanent Investigations subcommittee referred charges against Rep. Daniel Flood to the House Ethics Committee amid a probe into unaccredited West Coast schools. The report alleges schools bilked taxpayers of millions in federally insured student loans, with Flood and aide Steve Elko linked to prior HEW pressure on loan decisions. The piece notes historic inaction by the House Ethics Committee on congressman misconduct and hints at broader inquiries into Amtrak incentive bonuses and rail timing practices, naming Amtrak, ICC investigators, Burlington Northern, Seaboard Coastline, Sen. Vance Hartke, and Sen. Birch Bayh.
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Senate
House
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Daniel Flood
D.pa
House Ethics Committee
Flood
Adolph Menjou
HEW
Steve Elko
West Coast
Amtrak
Interstate Commerce Commission
Burlington Northern
Congress
ICC
Seaboard Coastline Railroad
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Birch Bayh
Dind
Is Carter a stalking horse for De Gaulle in Pennsylvania
A 1950s era correspondent riffs on uncommitted Democrats and stalking horse theory. He analyzes Pennsylvania primaries showing Carter, Jackson, Udall, and Wallace, with uncommitted delegates mounting behind Carter and Shapp. The piece muses on who the uncommitted truly back and warns against speculative political stalking horse labels.
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Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
General de
Pennsylvania
Ellen McCormack
Tasmania
California
Teddy
Jimmy Carter
Mo Udall
Kennedy
Scoop Jackson
Carter
Wallace
Ford
Milton Shapp
Nates
Shapp
Shriver
My Honel
Jackson
Udall
Hubert Humphrey
Theodore Roosevelt
Ts Jackson
Conversation Stoppers From The Art Buchwald Column
A collection of witty lines and party quips about politics celebrities and everyday life. The snippets include jokes about Frank Church Woodward Bernstein Beverly Hills Beirut trips and various autographs with light satire on media television and government figures.
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Frank Church
United States
Woodward and Bernstein
Hal
Beirut
Lockheed Aircraft
Jimmy Carter
Howard Hughes
Wall
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Fourth Republic
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Renny Kissinger
Betty Ford
Citizen Band
West Point
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Northrop
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Liz Taylor
Barbara Walters
Bo Callaway
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