Omnibus Housing Act Promises a New Era in Homes
The 1968 housing law, 300 pages long, could transform access to decent housing for low income and moderate families through subsidies, new partnerships, expanded FHA insurance, and grants for displacements. It envisions 6,000,000 units in a decade, slum rehabilitation, and a National Housing Corporation to spur private investment.
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Congress
House
Senate
Prentice-Hall
Eli Warach
Everett Dashoff
Warach
Johnson
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
National Insurance Development Corp
White House
Firms Face Trouble Abroad
New York Times service reports a National Industrial Conference Board survey showing American firms with foreign operations grapple with economic protectionism, higher tariffs, and government interference. Executives warn nationalism and protectionist spirals threaten international business, with financing woes already evident and skilled manpower shortages cited.
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New York
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
New Electric Power Plant Envisioned by UMWA Leader
W A Tony Boyle president of the United Mine Workers of America envisions a vast coal mining industry in the Rocky Mountain West to supply electric power from the East Coast to California. He says recovery would yield billions of tons of coal from Colorado Wyoming Montana North Dakota Utah and New Mexico to power the entire United States for thousands of years.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain West
California
W.A
Tony) Boyle
United Mine Workers of America
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
North Dakota
Utah
New Mexico
United States
Boyle
Surcharge Fails to Halt Economic Boom Edges At Turning Point
New York reports widespread consumer spending despite tax hikes and a 16 billion dollar fiscal cut. Economists see potential slowdown or recession, with debate over extending the 10 percent surcharge beyond June 1969 and the impact of high savings on future demand. Dublin divers recover cannon balls from a 1588 shipwreck off the southwest coast.
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Sindlinger & Co
Sindlinger
Dublin
Sydney Wignall
Santa Maria de la Rosa
Spain
Firm Buys Fourth S&L in the L A Area
United Financial Corp of California agrees to acquire Conejo Savings and Loan Association in Thousand Oaks Ventura County. The deal values Conejo at 15.3 million dollars with one United share for each Conejo share. Conejo will merge into United Savings of California or United Savings of Century City.
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S&l
L.A
United Financial Corp. of
California
Los Angeles
Conejo Savings and Loan Association
United
Elwood A. Teague
United Financial
Robert G. Dallman
Conejo Savings
Thousand Oaks
Ventura County
Los Angeles County
United Savings of
Century City
Classifieds Hint At A New Home And Heart
The notice links home buying to romance with a playful line about the key to her heart being the key to a home. Look for the pairing in today’s classified ads.
Emigrants to Australia Find Jobs Are Scarce
Sydney reports that Americans migrating to Australia include many college graduates who struggle to find suitable work. The American Chamber of Commerce in Australia notes about 3,000 Americans moved in the second half of 1967 and receives many inquiries from prospective settlers. It cites engineers, chemists, lawyers and other professionals facing employment barriers.
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Europe
Latin American
U.S
Australia
American Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Ing
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New York Times Service
Conference Board
President Johnson
John Cunniff
Denly
Sydney
San Antonio
DAC Investment Co., Inc
L.B. Blvd
Long Beach
Fidelity Federal Plaza
East Ocean Blvd
W, David Joye
Dean Witter & CO
Dean Witter
Wall Street
Waikiki
Dean Witter & Co. Incorporated
New York Stock Exchange
John B. Wells, Jr
Locust Avenue
Harge
Pacific
Garden Grove
Main St
Stanton
Beach Blvd
Santa Ana
Fourth
N. Main
Lakewood
Clark
Westminster
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