Word: local
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thrust of President Carter's new urban policy is to form a partnership between the federal and local government in an effort to revitalize the cities, Jack H. Watson Jr., assistant to the president for governmental affairs, said in a speech last night...
...many ways, they are a normal group of kids. They have probably seen more of Boston than most Harvard students; the majority attend local public schools; they love McDonald's ice skating, or climbing rocks on the North Shore...
Some states and cities will also step up spending. David Levin, an economist at the U.S. Commerce Department, figures that state and local spending for sewer, water and recreation facilities will rise at least 10% this year. Texas, enjoying a surplus of $3 billion, plans no tax cuts (it has no income tax anyway). But during the next two years, it will pump increases of $1 billion into schools, $900 million into medical education, $528 million into roads and $525 million into health and welfare spending. Wisconsin will use $62.5 million of its surplus ($437 million...
...plant by late this year will crank out nearly 800 Rabbits a day (200,000 a year), employ 4,000 people, pay them $50 million annually and pump an additional $50 million into the local economy by stimulating employment in auto-related industries. Already, says Plant Manager Richard Cummins, VW is doing business with some 1,800 Pennsylvania firms. If all goes as planned, VW will be assembling its U.S. Rabbits mostly from U.S.-made parts by next year, with only engines and transmissions coming from Wolfsburg, West Germany. In economically depressed Lewistown, Pa., for example, C.H. Masland...
...Local Taxes. If their projected wage increases were reduced, the states and cities could trim their sales, income or property taxes. Another reason for reduction: many states and localities are enjoying budget surpluses...