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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1982
Page
14
August data show U S builders spending on new construction up 1.6 percent, the fifth gain in six months as lower mortgage rates and easing costs lift the sector. Private construction rose 1 percent while total construction spending hit an annual rate of 232.3 billion dollars.
UAW vice president Marc Stepp warned that if Chrysler’s tentative contract fails, Lee Iacocca would be blamed. He said union leaders are angry at Iacocca for saying Chrysler has a $1 billion cash cushion. Spokesman Britt Temby declined comment. analysts see the money talk as investor reassurance amid near bankruptcy fears.
In Richmond California a black suspect Willie Lee Drumgoole died after a chokehold incident stirring community outrage. The city under a federal consent decree for minority treatment faces ongoing suits over police shootings including Johnnie Roman and Michael Guillory. Drumgoole, 36, allegedly tried to escape a holding area after a burglary arrest.
The Commerce Department reported a 2.8 percent drop in new orders for manufactured goods in August, the steepest one month fall in two years. The data, along with a weaker leading indicators index, suggests limited incentive for manufacturers to boost production or rehire workers as the economy lingers in recession. Robert Ortner called the orders decline disappointing yet unsurprising amid broader dull August figures. He reiterated the economy is in a transition phase between recession and recovery, with a small positive gain for fourth quarter expected, softer than Regan’s 3 to 4 percent growthForecast.
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