Southern sunbelt grows fast as population shifts
A Census Bureau study shows metropolitan areas with 300000 plus gains in the 1970s are all in the South and West. The movement out of the Northeast and North Central states accelerates as Fort Myers Cape Coral leads with 94.2 percent growth, Las Vegas 69.1 percent, and Sarasota 67.5 percent among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph E. Schmid
Associated Press
Wasington
Census Bureau
Fort Myers
Cape Coral
Fla
Las Vegas
Sarasota
Fort Collins
Colo
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood
Political lines shift as sunbelt migration redraws districts
Washington sources report that Americans moving to the Sunbelt and away from cities are forcing redrawing of political boundaries. Democrats may lose an expected edge in the 1982 elections, amid post 1980 Census headaches and a GOP surge that put Reagan in the White House and gained Senate control. Both parties view 1982 as a test of 1980’s political direction shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ronald Reagan
White House
GOP
Senate
Reagan era economic program shaping 1982 results
AP analysis notes public perception of the Reagan economic program as a key factor in the 1982 vote. It says few expect a clear consensus by November and recalls decade long efforts to control inflation unemployment and interest rates with limited impact.
Energy panel backs SPR purchase despite budget cuts
Senate Energy Committee votes 20 to 0 to support President Reagan's plan to spend 3.8 billion to buy crude for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the year starting Oct 1. The move blocs a 3 billion cut from the Budget Committee, which favors a funded reserve via refinery contributions and 11 year payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kronholm
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Energy Committee
Strategic Petroleum
Ee Ceiedee
Reagan
Senate
Senate Budget Committee
Budget Committee
Energy Committee
James A. McClure
Idaho
Don Humphrey
R-N.h
Bill Bradley
D-N.j
David A. Stockman
Budget
Polish workers strike protests after police beat activists
In Poland workers held warning walkouts in Bydgoszcz Torun Grudziadz and Inowroclaw to protest police beating labor activists including Jan Rulewski Mariusz Labentowicz and Michael Bartoszcze. Lech Walesa vowed a calm yet firm response as unions formed a nationwide action staff and suspended talks with the government amid calls for peace and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Lech Walesa
Bydgoszcz
Torun
Grudziaz
Inowroclaw
Jan Rulewski
Mariusz Labentowicz
Michael Bartoszcze
Walesa
Solidarity
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Mieczyslaw Rakowski
Rakowski
Action
Bankruptcy filing by Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Houston
The Souths largest Black Baptist church in Houston filed for bankruptcy to block bondholders from seizing its new 1.1 million sanctuary. Pleasant Grove, in Fifth Ward, has 10,000 members and faces foreclosure after defaulting on the construction loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
South
Dallas
Pleasant Grove
Harris County
Charles L. Jackson
Fifth Ward
Jackson
Colma Grave Diggers Strike Halts Local Burials
In Colma California workers at Associated Cemeteries walk out over wage demands. They earn nine fifty per hour and rejected a ninety five cent raise offer. No talks planned as 1.7 million graves remain in town. Mortuaries hold excess bodies while stalemate persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Chapman
Cemetery Workers and Green Attendants Union
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Cette
North Central States
AP News
Roy Cullston
Chris Ham
Mike Baucom
Winwood Cinema
the Times
Bradley
Wes
Henry Bamgas
France
Jan Michalski
Stefan Wyszynski
Baptist Church
Colma
Calif
Wyatt Earp
OK Corral
Pretty Boy Floyd
William Randolph Hearst
San Francisco
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