Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...doing what he is supposed to do, under the Constitution, as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives: representing the people of his district and, as a byproduct of that, trying to get himself re-elected." So wrote TIME Associate Editor Champ Clark early this month to TIME Detroit Bureau Chief Marshall Berges, as he outlined the reporting requirements for this week's cover story on Michigan Congressman Charles Chamberlain. Writer Clark had a rare and unique understanding of what he was looking for. The first Champ Clark, the grandfather for whom he was named, was a Missouri...
...wasn't very happy, and turning the heel of his engineer's boot on the young lords, he made for his Detroit charger...
...extra push for employment was partly due to Detroit's early changeover for 1959 models, which not only raised auto payrolls but spurred better business in many related industries...
...areas hard hit by unemployment, repossessions (especially of autos) and delinquencies on installment payments naturally rose. But even they were not alarming. In Detroit, businessmen reported a "definite upsurge" in repossessions and mortgage foreclosures. In Worcester, Mass., where non-farm unemployment reached 10%, loan companies reported repossessions up from a normal .5% to nearly 2%. In Gary, Ind., dependent on steel, auto repossessions rose from five...