Phone's Silence Hurts Laid-Off Auto Worker
Lloyd and Sally Durkee of Allen Park face prolonged unemployment after his layoff from Ford Motor pilot plant in Detroit. With four children, they live on $89 weekly unemployment checks and odd jobs while hoping for a new job and enduring stress, hunger fears, and fading savings as Christmas nears.
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Lloyd Durkee
Ford Motor
Allen Park
Sally
Durkees
Lloyd
Durkee
Automotive Assembly
Ford
Troy
Mich
Michigan
Canada Tops U S Record On Inflation
The Chase Manhattan Bank study contrasts U S and Canadian responses to inflation and recession. From 1973 end to 1975 early, consumer inflation rose 11.3 percent in both nations, but Canada boosted output by 9.6 percent while the United States saw a 6.5 percent decline.
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United States
Canada
Chase Manhattan Bank
Chase
U.S
VA Lacks Drug Controls Warned by Proxmire
Sen. William Proxmire cited an alarming lack of control over drug use storage and dispensation in Veterans Administration hospitals. He noted missing drugs and unaccounted dangerous medications across VA facilities and said GAO findings warrant close monitoring of reform efforts.
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Washington (Ap
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Veterans Administration
General Accounting Office
GAO
Senate
Proxmire
Floridian Nominated To Lead GSA
President Ford nominated Florida drugstore magnate Jack M. Eckerd to head the General Services Administration. If Senate confirms, Eckerd aged 62 would succeed Arthur F. Sampson who resigned effective October 15.
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Ford
Florida
Jack M. Eckerd
General Services Administration
GSA
Senate
Eckerd
Arthur F. Sampson
Midwest Faces Severe Economic Crisis Over Gas Shortage
Wisconsin energy director Charles Cicchetti told a Congressional hearing the Midwest confronts its worst economic crisis since the 1930s due to a natural gas shortage. He warned of leadership gaps in national energy policy and noted Tokyo relies on Cook Inlet gas, while Alaska gas could only stabilize, not solve the Midwest’s outlook.
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Wisconsin
Charles Cicchetti
Congressional Joint Economic Committee On Jobs and Prices
U.S
Tokyo
Cook Inlet
Alaska
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