Word: june
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...justice-the communaute Belgo-Congolaise." Now, only 19 months after the Congo's first municipal elections, the demand is for a wildly impractical schedule calling for territorial elections in December 1959, provincial elections in March 1960, and general elections and a whole parliamentary government by the following June. The dates whiz by in a blur...
Reflecting the increased pace of the new boom, the Labor Department reported last week that in mid-July, employment reached an alltime record of 67,594,000, rising by 252,000 over June. What pleased Government economists most was the 110,000 drop in long-term unemployment (15 weeks or more) to 817,000 in July...
Since the Labor Department's survey was taken during the first week of the steel strike, it showed few of the strike's effects. As the steel strike started, unemployment was down by 238,000 from June to 3,744,000. But an unusual rise in the number of unemployed farm workers in July because of bad weather, and large numbers of young workers moving in and out of the labor market, raised the rate of unemployment to 5.1% from 4.9% in June. The July rise was caused by "temporary factors," said the Labor Department, which expects unemployment...
...comparable week in years. Last week the Steelworkers Union and others called a strike at Kennecott Copper Corp. and Magma Copper Co. that idled another 15,000 workers. As a result, industrial output declined 1% in July to 153% of the 1947-49 average, two points below the record June level of 155%. But activity in most other durable-goods industries increased, and output of nondurable goods reached new highs in July. Last week Radio Corp. of America announced it had cut its usual two-week plant vacations in half to keep up with orders for TV sets, transistor radios...
...billion, 41,000-mile highway-building program from skidding to a halt. The committee, which ten times has vowed never to boost the federal gasoline tax, changed its mind; it approved a 1? hike to 4? a gallon, effective for 22 months from Sept. 1 to June 30, 1961. The lopsided vote (16 to 9) marked a partial victory for the Administration; it has championed a fiveyear, 1½? boost, bucked a congressional bond-floating plan that would have added huge interest charges, increased vastly the cost of the program. Both Congress and the Administration are expected to accept...