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...subsidizing mechanization on the farm, the U.S. Government helped uproot hundreds of thousands of poor Southern blacks, who flocked to Northern cities during the 1950s and 1960s. The city has also been forced to accept an unlimited migration from Puerto Rico; traditionally, New York has served as the port of entry for most immigrants to America. Yet that function has never been properly recognized or reimbursed...
Despite opposition, notably from the suburbs, a sensible approach would be to increase regional government in the tristate area. Some starts have been made. The Port Authority maintains maritime facilities and bridges and tunnels connecting New York City...
...increase, which took effect Oct. 1, follows a nine-month price freeze imposed by the cartel last December. World prices had been pegged to the $10.46 that Saudi Arabia charged for a 42-gal. barrel loaded at the Persian Gulf port of Ras Tanura. In the U.S., which imports about a third of its oil, the increase when averaged in with prices of domestic oil will add less than 10 per gal. to the price of gasoline, heating oil and other products. Most other nations import a greater percentage of their crude and will feel the increase more, especially those...
...buildings-too heavy or expensive to be moved by truck. There is a slim chance that the fleet could still get through-about 20% according to weather experts. Barring that, the delay may well mean the first trickle of oil will not begin flowing south to the deep-water port of Valdez on schedule in the summer of 1977. The expected flow of just under 2 million bbl. daily could be delayed until well into...
Some 7,000 foreigners, mostly Americans and French, have moved to the ancient 8th Century port city of Stavanger since it became the center of Norway's oil industry. Housing is in short supply, and high-rise apartment buildings are going up to accommodate a metropolitan population growing at 2% to 3% a year; it now stands at 150,000. Wages are high-for some skills twice those in the U.S.-but so are prices. Scotch costs $3.50 a shot, discouraging noisy sprees by roustabouts and divers and keeping Stavanger almost as quiet and staid as ever. Because...