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...payments to the jobless swelled from about $5.6 billion in fiscal 1974 to an estimated $18.3 billion in the 12 months ended last June 30 (see chart). In 21 states, unemployment funds have run dry, forcing the states to borrow $3.1 billion from the Federal Government to maintain the flow of money to recipients for as long as 65 weeks...
However reviled in the West, the Berlin Wall has achieved its grim purposes. The flow of refugees through West Berlin has been reduced from a pre-Wall high of as many as 20,000 people in one day to a mere trickle of 900 in 1975. By sealing off the exodus of professional and skilled labor, the Wall has helped turn East Germany into the world's most prosperous Communist nation...
...original Palestinian refugees in the camp-both Christians and Moslems-came from villages along the border of what is now northern Israel. They settled at Tel Zaatar in 1950. Later they were joined by impoverished Lebanese from areas of South Lebanon devastated by Israeli attacks. The flow of refugees eventually swelled to a crushing total of 30,000. At Tel Zaatar they provided a cheap labor force for the Christian-owned factories in the area. For most, it was a sweatshop existence in airless rooms where they rolled tobacco or cut cloth or finished dresses...
...impact of the rubber strike has been minimal. At first, the union hoped that auto plants would have to shut down for lack of new tires. Instead, tire inventories were so high, mostly because of auto-industry stockpiling during the winter and spring, plus the flow of tires from companies still in operation, that the strike caused almost no repercussions-except for the workers themselves. The union's strike fund was exhausted after only four weeks, and many of the workers were forced to use up savings and go deeply into debt...
Potential Violations. That theory needs some revision. Over the years, Kennecott and Peabody proved to be well suited for each other. Kennecott was able to raise money to open more Peabody mines and boost production. Peabody has the steady flow of income from long-term coal contracts to even out the wild fluctuations in copper prices. Result: both companies became stronger-more rather than less competitive in their industries...