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...demand. He now employs 35 people and does more than $15 million worth of store projects a year. In the U.S., his chief clients are various divisions of Federated Department Stores, the nation's largest department-store chain; he has also done jobs in Venezuela, Canada and Puerto Rico...
...notable achievements of the brief Ford Administration has been its success in selling foreign governments on a go-slow approach to economic growth in order to hold down world inflation. At the economic summit in Puerto Rico last June, President Gerald Ford and the government chiefs of Britain, West Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan agreed that they would follow cautious policies aimed at a moderate annual expansion of world production, say 5%, through 1980. Today it appears that the Administration was altogether too persuasive: in most industrial countries, as in the U.S., expansion has slowed to a crawl...
...there were 36 Democratic Governors to only 13 Republicans and one independent, Maine's James Longley. In the 14 contests decided Tuesday, the Democrats triumphed in nine and the Republicans in five-a pickup of one statehouse for the Democrats. A prostatehood candidate won office in Puerto Rico. A generally youthful group of G.O.P. hopefuls scored impressive wins in Delaware, Illinois and Vermont. The Republicans also re-elected their popular chief executive in Indiana, and returned to office for the third straight two-year stint Archconservative Meldrim Thomson of New Hampshire on his single plank -no taxes. Democratic incumbents...
This fall the foundation will take its first nominations from colleges and universities. One scholarship will be granted in each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and one for a student from Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa or the Pacific Trust Territories. On the basis of their merit and commitment to careers in public service, 53 students who will be college juniors next fall will receive the awards. Each will be good for up to four years and will carry a maximum stipend of $5,000 per year. Though less than the funds backing the international Fulbright...
...Rico Picardi would rather not be storing all the souvenirs so early this year, but none of the 20 people in Fenway Park yesterday seemed interested in plastic helmets, team photos or T-shirts. Especially since one long year ago yesterday Rico's concession stands did a brisk business in hotdogs, beer, and peanuts, as well as pennants, while the Red Sox won their first playoff game against Oakland...