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...President's position. In the final quarter of 1975, the gross national product rose at a rate of 4.9%, its third consecutive quarterly increase; and inflation climbed at a 6.8% rate, down .3% from the preceding quarter. The New York Stock Exchange last week set a one-day trading record of 44,510,000 shares, and the Dow Jones industrial average surged 26.85 points in two days, to 987.80-its highest level in three years...
...Scandinavia. Divorce is relatively easy, abortion is mostly free, and in Sweden, either parent can receive temporary compensation from the state for staying home with a baby or a sick child, instead of going to work. To demonstrate that the country cannot function without them, Icelandic women staged a one-day strike in October: schools, theaters and telephone service were all shut down...
Some universities hold short versions of alumni colleges. Northwestern, for example, offers one-day programs geared to specific subjects. Lectures include "Cultural Life in the Soviet Union" and "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone?" They have been so popular that Northwestern is thinking of starting a five-day college next year...
...city and Local 195 of the Public Works Union agreed last Tuesday to accept Robert L. Stutz as arbitor in the contract dispute that caused a one-day sanitation employees strike last week...
Another high union official, who declined to be identified, said yesterday that the one-day strike had been successful in bringing movement to negotiations, which had been deadlocked since January...