How Not to Provide More Jobs in Los Angeles
LAC says boosting employment by raising construction costs will backfire. About 55,000 carpenters are jobless in Southern California amid a nationwide recession. The union seeks a 25 percent wage rise, shorter work week, higher pension and health fund contributions, and new perks. Contractors warn costs would swell housing, schools, and stores, pricing projects out of the market. The piece argues automation requires shorter weeks but cautions against price hikes to create jobs.
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Pravda Attacks Merchandising Chits in Moscow
Moscow Pravda denounces Russians who sell top waiting-list places for scarce goods like televisions and refrigerators. It urges banning chit speculation in the Moscow region, citing a case of a man who sold a delivery chit for 20 rubles while the set cost 175 rubles and workers earn 80 to 100 rubles monthly.
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Moscow Pravda
Georgia
Reece Dies After Cancer Battle in Congress
Rep. B. Carroll Reece of Tennessee, longtime GOP power and former national chairman, died at 71 after a battle with lung cancer. He had recent hospital stays in Bethesda and continued treatment at his hotel, voting from the chamber during illness. The death leaves the House Republicans with 172 seats to 260 Democrats and five vacancies.
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U.S. Navy Medical Center
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Sam Rayburn
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