Word: aprils
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...accept the "restored Gospel" if Mormons on earth are baptized on their behalf in the temple. To make this mammoth task possible the church is collecting literally billions of names in its huge genealogical files, and members are baptized repeatedly in the names of ancestors and even nonrelatives. In April Kimball's administration arranged a speedup of such temple "work...
...erosion of worldwide confidence in the U.S.'s ability to manage its economy. In just about every area that matters?inflation, productivity, investment, economic growth?the performance has been deteriorating, and last week provided still further evidence. Almost from the moment that inflation once again hit double digits in April, the Administration has been blaming the rise on food prices and promising that the climb would soon abate. Some food prices have begun to subside, though the Labor Department's June inflation rate showed that for the third month in a row prices rose at an annual rate...
Washington's reaction to last week's sell-off was ho hum, with officials arguing that it was not as bad as the confusion that gripped international money markets between October and April. Said one high U.S. economic policymaker: "The right yen-dollar relationship has never been found"; and he predicted that the dollar could go to 180 yen before Japanese exports would be adversely affected...
Automotive sales are particularly strong, and this year Americans are expected to buy a record 15 million or more cars and trucks. Housing starts have run at an annual rate of 2 million or more in April, May and June. Some retail sales have softened in the last couple of months, but the large chains are reporting strong gains so far this year: Sears, Roebuck is up 13%, Montgomery Ward 14% and K-Mart...
...pampered pilots. A plethora of labor disputes, including jealousy in the ranks of many of the line's eight unions over the fact that a few jumbo-jet pilots earn as much as $11,000 a month, forced management to ground its planes for three weeks in April. The lockout cost the company $15 million, but its problems did not end there. Among the others: a labor force of 5,500 people that some critics claim is too large, and an aging fleet awaiting delivery of new and more economical jets. In consequence, government economists predict that El Al, which...