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...REPORTS: HUNGER IN AMERICA (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Correspondents David Culhane and Charles Kuralt conduct a study of the 10 million Americans who suffer from severe malnutrition, and of the successes and failures of Government programs to help them...
...gadgets. The gross national product this year will top $846 billion, and median family income is approaching $8,000 a year?about $2,000 more than that of the country with the next highest standard of living. Sweden. The accouterments of affluence are everywhere: Americans possess more than 60 million automobiles, 70 million television sets (10 million with color), $500 billion worth of common stock. At least two-thirds of U.S. families own their homes...
Harvard's total fund-raising dropped more than $6 million in the last academic year...
...Springfield (pop. 170,000), the loss of 2,400 jobs and $27 million in annual payrolls and other expenditures from the city's third largest industry could have been catastrophic. "The whole economy of Springfield," says Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Paul J. Greeley, "was based on George Washington's decision to build an armory here...
Self-Supporting Change. Within five years, the new Springfield will provide 2,450 jobs and $23 million in payrolls; the institute will have a pool of 5,000 students from which industry can draw trained help. Best of all, the changeover is selfsupporting. The Government as part of the phasing-out process turned over the school grounds at a "100% discount"; the industrial property is financed through a $3,087,500 mortgage that will be paid off in five years from rentals. The city of Springfield, in addition, will now get $105,000 a year in tax money from...