Detroit Faces Deep Budget Woes as New York Struggles
Detroit confronts a severe budget crunch with 10 percent shortfalls in city income tax receipts and a 25 percent unemployment rate. Mayor Coleman Young cuts 2,900 jobs in 15 months and lines up a further 1,500 layoffs, seeking state and federal aid while seeking to boost city revenues and control spending.
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Walter Stecher
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Detroit Institute of Arts
William Beckham
United States
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Health Department
White House
William Milliken
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Henry Ford
Detroit House of Correction
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Detroit Public Library
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U S Ready To Extend Offshore Sea Limits
Washington reports that the failed Law of the Sea Conference increases chances of unilateral U S action on two fronts. Congress pushes to extend jurisdiction over fish stocks to 200 miles and to begin mining rights leasing amid rising foreign fishing near U S shores.
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D-Mo
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D-N.y
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General Accounting Office
John M. Murphy
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