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...coming U.S. defense cuts will bring wrenching changes in America's sprawling military-industrial base, whose $120 billion in annual revenues is larger than the entire economy of Sweden. The shrinkage will effect more than 250,000 firms in 215 industries, ranging from the shipbuilders that construct aircraft carriers to the clothing companies that sew uniforms. Says Frank Shrontz, chairman of Boeing, the ninth largest U.S. defense contractor: "We are going to face a broad realignment across the whole defense spectrum, and I can't tell where that's going to hit us hardest...
Many councillors--among them Mayor Alice K. Wolf--have suggested that the city may need to construct a new plant to solve problems in the water system. Others, including Councillor Jonathan S. Myers, have balked at this plan, saying the city should conduct an independent review before going ahead with such a plan...
...brick Hampden jail is a microcosm of the nation's correctional crisis. Constructed when Grover Cleveland was President, it handles offenders with sentences of up to 30 months, many of them for violent crimes. For years Massachusetts prisons have been among the most overcrowded in the country, recently housing 15,000 inmates in space built for 10,000. New facilities lag far behind demand. In 1989 alone, the number of Massachusetts inmates increased by 820. Simply to stay even, the state would have to construct a new large facility every year, an impossible objective. Since 1983 Massachusetts has committed...
...Many potential hundreds of units could be lost as a result of this law," said Myers. "We have time to construct a good law. We don't want to live with...
BOSTON--A 16-lane highway interchange proposal that has spurred a wave of opposition throughout the city received a tentative go-ahead Wednesday from outgoing Environmental Affairs Secretary John P. DeVillars, who approved the project along with the rest of the state's multibillion plan to construct a new Central Artery...