Word: southwester
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Limited Savings. Indeed, in strongly unionized places like the Northeast, the Pacific Coast and most big cities, the suspension will have little if any effect. In rural areas and in cities of the South, Southwest and parts of the Midwest, where open-shop building is more common, some contractors may be able to cut their prices ever so slightly for future projects. Big nonunion contractors may now begin bidding on federal projects, but a complicating factor is the existence of "baby Davis-Bacon" laws in 37 states. Much Government-aided construction-schools, highways, hospitals-is partly state-financed, and unions...
Mangrove forests cover about 3,000 square kilometers of South Vietnam, along the coast of the Delta in the South and to the southwest of Saigon. About half, 1,400 square kilometers, has been sprayed with herbicides, as estimated by the HAC. The HAC preliminary report discusses some of its findings...
Wielding Clout. The gravy train took many routes, according to the committee report. For example, in 1963 Penphil paid 165,000 for 10,000 shares of Great Southwest Corp., a Texas-based land developer in which Penn Central was also investing. After the railroad gained control of the company, Penphil sold its stock to Penn Central for $377,500, realizing a profit of $212,500 in less than two years.* Beginning in 1966, Penphil bought 21,380 shares of First Bank & Trust Co. of Boca Raton, Fla., for $332,924. A real estate subsidiary of the Penn Central, Arvida Corp...
Saragoza added that the first few broadcasts would try to catch up on news from the Southwest relevant to the Spanish-speaking community in the Boston area...
...size. In the Northeast, Pennsylvania's welfare costs have gone from $314 million in 1967 to an estimated billion dollars this year, and its welfare population has more than doubled; in Massachusetts, 3.9% of the population received help five years ago, while 8.6% get it now. In the Southwest, Texas saw its welfare rolls grow 67% in one year after a change in the laws. In the Midwest, Michigan expects to have one citizen in seven on welfare by 1972; last month Governor