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...housing trust fund that could borrow up to $10 billion a year from the Treasury to finance low-interest mortgages. Republican Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts and Democratic Senator Alan Cranston of California are sponsoring a bill to create the fund...
...low-interest group) and college graduates (21% v. 3%). They tended also to be white and middle-aged or older. Non-whites comprise only 9% of the high-interest group but 19% of the low-interest group. Only 29% of those with high interest in politics were under 35 years of age (compared with 42% of the moderate-interest and 46% of the low-interest groups), and 47% were 50 and older...
...billion deficit that the U.S. suffered last year in world trade. If Mills has his way, Nixon could raise tariffs against the goods of specific countries, establish quotas or negotiate agreements under which those nations would "voluntarily" restrain exports to the U.S. He also could grant tax credits, low-interest loans or even direct subsidies to American manufacturers who compete against subsidized foreign goods in the U.S. or "third markets." Further, Mills would let the President impose a short-term surcharge on all imports in a U.S. balance of payments "emergency...
...1940s with the help of a steady infusion of American economic and military aid, has lately taken off under the austere stewardship of the rightist military regime of Colonel George Papadopoulos. The junta, which seized power in a bloodless 1967 coup, has wooed foreign investors with tax breaks and low-interest loans, and has helped to create a healthy business climate by ruthlessly suppressing political unrest. By last December, when postwar American aid had reached $3.95 billion, the regime announced proudly that further handouts would no longer be needed...
...newspaper's announcement of a financial crisis brought support from Bronx Borough President Robert Abrams, a former advertising manager for The Spectator. Abrams said he would attempt to find "a noor low-interest long-term loan" for The Spectator...