Word: perring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...many big cities, New York teeters on the edge of bankruptcy. Lindsay imposed a measure of rationality on fiscal operations by ending reckless borrowing to cover operating expenses. But he also increased spending by 75% and imposed a municipal income tax, giving New York City residents the highest taxes per capita in the country. The increase has not produced many tangible improvements in public services. Most of the money has been consumed by inflation, by the civil service wage settlements and by a nearly 200% increase in the cost of welfare assistance to the poor. During the Lindsay years, welfare...
...year trend shows a slowly in creasing amount of food per person...
...representative of the nation's airlines, would like to install the system (estimated cost: $24,000 to $50,000 per unit) aboard all commercial aircraft by 1974. But there is one serious drawback. Unless CAS is also carried by private planes, it will not prevent such collisions as the one between a big passenger jet and a small private plane near Indianapolis last month that killed 83 people. Many aviation men feel that the only long-range protection against more aerial tragedies lies in an all-encompassing, new air-traffic control system that would keep tabs on every plane...
...Business is harder to come by," says Saul Zeidman, vice president of Allied Stores. Accordingly, many merchants and manufacturers are revising their advertising to emphasize sound value and cost-savings. For example, Coca-Cola is promoting its 16-oz.-bottle package as the "best buy per ounce" in soft drinks, and Westinghouse Electric stresses "the most refrigerator for your money...
...Vietnam Moratorium advertises itself as "an effort to maximize public pressure to end the war by encouraging a broad cross-section of Americans to work against the war." It will expand by one day per month: is focused on ending the war with related issues (the draft, militarism, inflation) being brought in by participation on the local level; and encourages activities in which those unable to take the entire day off can participate. It calls its activities a "new polities" campaign-broad based participation, door-to-door canvassing, and small group contact...