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...INCOME STAGNANT. This classification includes Cambridge, Mass., McKeesport, Pa., Joliet, Ill., and Bell Gardens, Calif. Of the four types, it has the highest proportion of nonskilled and service workers-janitors, firemen, waiters, longshoremen, common laborers and the like-and the lowest proportion of commuters to the central city (34%). Here, on the average, 12% are black-although in some cases, as in East Orange, N.J., and Compton, Calif., blacks have become a majority. Residents register Democratic overwhelmingly, 63% to 28%, and generally vote that way as well. But even here, Nixon squeaked out a 1 % margin three years ago. Understandably...
...fierce fight for depositors' dollars, many banks have borrowed the tactics of the midway barker, luring customers with all kinds of promotional promises and "free" gifts. Though savings today are at record highs and loan demand almost stagnant, some bankers believe that consumers may soon begin a monumental buying-and borrowing -spree. To pile up cash reserves for this eventuality, banks are offering ever more opulent gifts to new depositors...
...Fair Practices Committee." succeeding a very successful term by Derek Bok. I met him at the time, learned in some detail about his activities, and gained an excellent impression both of his attitudes and his work. You must remember that the country as a whole was far more stagnant and stingy on the race issue even than it is today, and the Chairmanship of the Housing Committee put a person on the front line of fire from people who panicked at the thought of a black neighbor...
...personable mayor of Seattle, decreed a 5% expenditure cut for the second half of the year in an already conservative budget. A selective city job freeze went into effect, and summer park programs closed a week early. There is virtually no growth in city tax revenue now, reflecting the stagnant economy. Uhlman has already weathered a frightening bombing spree and a police scandal last year, and he says: "There are days when I wonder why I couldn't have picked another time to become mayor." The budget squeeze also troubles the schools. For every child in the free-lunch...
...associates at Sias Laboratories in Brookline, Mass., discovered that auto exhaust and industrial fumes create a new atmospheric phenomenon-a layer of "dead sky" composed of tiny, concentrated particles. Unmoved by either wind or rain, the ever thickening mass of filth hovers over Boston-and presumably other cities. The stagnant cloud has a faint silver lining: while making Boston's rain heavier, it will divert major storms from the city. The researchers do not yet know the dead sky's effect on human health...