Word: rico
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Classes remain closed indefinitely at the University of Puerto Rico, where two policemen and one student were killed in a disturbance last Thursday...
...dramatic. It is one of two initial campaigns of the church's new Committee on Social Criteria for Investments, headed by Wall Street Lawyer Robert S. Potter. Another possible action, on which a report is due this week, is opposition to new open-pit mining operations in Puerto Rico by American Metal Climax and Kennecott, in which the national Episcopal Church office and local churches hold a combined $10 million in stock...
...Episcopalians might have better luck against the proposed copper mines. After Bishop Francisco Reus-Froylan of Puerto Rico persuaded the church to hold hearings about the project, five other denominations with extensive stock in the mining companies joined the inquiry: the American Baptist Convention, the United Methodists, the United Presbyterians, the Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ. The hearings in Puerto Rico revealed cause for concern; among other things, they showed that neither government nor mining firms had made plans for relocating displaced farmers, and that no conclusive investigation of environmental hazards had been completed...
...Federal Government. That would be only the floor. Through continuing state contributions atop that sum, most recipients would get approximately what they get now. But the change in much of the South would be dramatic. HEW estimates that there are 845,000 AFDC families in the South and Puerto Rico that would benefit to varying degrees. In Alabama, for instance, the maximum payment for an AFDC family of four is now $972; under FAP, it would be at least the federally guaranteed $1,600, even if Alabama decided to contribute nothing more. The maximum level now in effect in Arkansas...
...ultimate trip, tobaccomen are also discussing the potentially heady market for marijuana, and some figure that it could be legalized within five years. At least one of the very biggest cigarette makers is rumored to be experimenting with pot cigarettes in Puerto Rico. According to some cigarette marketers, packs would contain four cigarettes and sell...