Fairbanks Faces Economic Whirlwind From Oil Boom
Fairbanks, Alaska endures rapid change as 9,000 newcomers arrive for oil pipeline work. Rents surge, hundreds struggle to find housing, phone lines jam, and locals worry about altered values. Despite shortages, commerce booms with Alyeska spending around 500,000 daily, while unemployment rises seasonally.
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Fairbanks
Don Gilmer
Joe LaRocca
North Star
Chamber of Commerce
Wally Baer
Alyeska
Aftermarket Boom Forecast For Auto Parts In Detroits Market
Ailing car industry boosts parts sales. Analysts Arvid Jouppi and Arthur Davis foresee the automotive replacement parts market growing faster than new car sales. They project 5 to 10 percent real growth in the aftermarket through 1975 76, with shifts if environmental rules delay new models. City driving may alter demand for parts like shocks while long-trip wear stays variable.
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Arvid Jouppi
Wall Street
Arthur Davis
Cleveland
Prescott, Ball & Turben
Gallery of Also-Rans honors failed presidential candidates
In Norton Kansas the 1975 Rand McNally Discover Historic America edition notes a new tribute shrine, the Gallery of Also-Rans, displaying mementoes of unsuccessful presidential contenders.
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New York
Rand McNally
Discover Historic
Norton
Kan
United States
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Iier H Shai Line
Ellen Wolfe
Alaska
Janet Baird
North Slope
Prudhoe Bay
Arctic Sea
Valdez
Gulf of Alaska
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Ft. Wainwright
Francie Humphreys
Frank Murkowski
The
Trans-Alaska Pipeline
Donald C. Bauder
Copley News Service
Detroit
Pennsylvania House
Betsy Ross
Monroe
Ohio
Central Ave
Middletown
Canada
Franklin Square
Bopping Village
Springboro
Franklin
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