Operation Bootstrap fuels Puerto Rico growth with 110000 new jobs
The Operation Bootstrap program in Puerto Rico surpasses a decade of expansion, lifting island Gross National Product from 750 million to 46 billion and creating 110,000 steady jobs. It also attracts mainland production for electronics and benefits from tax exemptions lasting 10 to 17 years, while labor and capital-intensive industries diversify the economy.
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Leroy Pope
UPI
New York
Puerto Rico
Bootstrap
Luis Munoz Marin
Commonwealth
Puerto Rican Economic Development Administration
United Si
Japan
Hong Kong
Fomento
Brighton social notes recount visits and local property changes
Visitors include RH Reader and relatives from Morrison Colorado and Knoxville Tennessee. Families celebrate birthdays at Ralph Smith home. Local business changes feature Mullikin Brothers taking over fertilizer plant from Dwight Robison and property transfers involving Mrs Tim Lowe and Don Statler. Rebecca Garza Garza marries Sgt Wayne Stone in Hillsboro Texas and will reside in Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
RH. Reader
Morrison
Colo
Alice Rose
Kathryn Williams
Gilbert’ Widmer
Knoxville
R.H. Reader
Reader
Jack Emry
Manchester
Don Statler
Tony Meath
Deidre and
Leisel
Keith Reighard
Lloyd Reighard
Rebling
Ralph Smith
Paul Rebling
Carl Rebling
Kristine
Vince Shelangoski
Pleasant Plain
Harold Rebling
Charles Neff
Burlington
Glen Jr
Betty Mullikin
Dwight Robison
Rock
Joe L. Garza Jr
Hillsboro
Tex
Rebecca Salmeron Garza
Wayne Leon Stone
Mary Stone
Eugene Stone
Washington
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Development Administration
R. H. Readers
Mrs
Tony Meuth
Frigidaire
Jarvis Appliance Inc
South Side Square
Harold & Yale Jarvis
Dial
Jane
America