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Thornburgh governed his state through one ofthe toughest economic periods in its history. Hardhit by economic recession and the decline of itssmokestack industries in coal and steel,Pennsylvania's unemployment rate reached seventhhighest in the nation when he took office...
Thornburgh governed his state through one ofits toughest economic periods in history. Hard hitby economic recession and the decline of itssmoke-stack industries in coal and steel,Pennsylvania's unemployment rate reached seventhhighest in the nation when he took office. Byencouraging national economic trends towardservice-oriented and high technology businessesand creating job retraining programs, Thornburghis credited by his followers with creating morethan 500,000 new jobs and reducing unemployment tothe point where Pennsylvania was at the nationalaverage. His voters seemed to approve as theyreturned him to office by more than 100,000 votesin...
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