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It's Getting Impossible to Get Service Across the Nation
The piece outlines a nationwide shortage of skilled tradesmen as demand rises with more appliances and housing needs. It cites estimates of five million more workers needed by 1980, regional gaps from plumbers to roofers, and rising repair costs amid stagnant youth interest and higher training barriers.
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South
Asheville
N.C
Biltmore House
Russell M. Sanders
American Homeowners Association
AHA
Midwest
Sanders
Los Angeles
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
Boston
Dallas
Theodore
M. Kheel
Anthony Ferrari
Ferrari ‘Plumbing
Lexington
Mass
Jack Schenpp
RCA Service Co
New Jersey
Seattle
Louis 0. Stuart
State Labor Council
Afl-Cio
House
John B. Anderson
Illinois