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...enormous backlog of pent-up demand for housing could easily make home construction one of the industries that would benefit most from conversion of the U.S. economy from a war to a peace footing. Prices of conventionally built homes, however, have risen beyond the reach of more than half of the nation's families. The result, already beginning, may be a bonanza for mobile-home manufacturers, such as Redman, Philips Industries, Champion Home Builders and Mobile Home Industries...
...tens of thousands poured across the countryside last week toward mountains, lakes, trout streams and ocean beaches. Nearly as many, brandishing credit card and camera, were climbing aboard 747 jumbo jets and chartered 707s for London, Rome, Madrid or Tokyo. In Washington, the U.S. Passport Office has accumulated a backlog of 30,000 new applications. The New Orleans passport director has a bleeding ulcer...
...related decision last week showed less respect for the states' jury standards and threatened to worsen court congestion. In New York City's criminal courts, there is now a backlog of about 500,000 cases. The backlog would be even worse if a unique statute did not forbid jury trials in these courts. Instead, such cases are tried by speedier single judges or, if the defendant wishes, by three-judge panels. Robert Baldwin, charged with "jostling" (pickpocketing), was convicted by a single judge and sentenced to one year in prison. He appealed, relying on a two-year...
Coping with its own backlog, the Supreme Court also issued significant decisions on the rights of suspects. PRELIMINARY HEARINGS. The fate of a suspect may be shaped at a preliminary hearing, where a judge weighs the available evidence in order to decide whether to hold or release the accused. Last week the court ruled that suspects brought before such preliminary hearings must have lawyers present...
...Fiat, into improving housing and transportation and reducing taxes and inflation. Another 250,000 hours were wasted in unofficial strikes led by the Maoists. Result: Fiat has had to scale down this year's production target from 1.8 million vehicles to 1.55 million, and it has a backlog of 250,000 unfilled orders. The production slowdown has allowed foreign competition to establish a significant foothold for the first time in the old Fiat fief. Imports have risen to a record 25.7% of the Italian auto market for the first five months of this year, up from...