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...three were going full throttle, Michigan was among the most prosperous states. There are still residues of that auto-mobilized prosperity. Wages in the private sector, led by United Auto Workers' contracts, are the highest in the nation, at an average of $315 a week. State unemployment and workmen's compensation programs have generous eligibility rules. For example, Michigan, unlike other states, does not require disabled workers to accept retraining in another field. Welfare payments to families with dependent children have been cut three times this year (to about $450 a month for a mother and three minors...
...finally joined the White House presidential gallery. A flattering likeness, it was painted by Dallas Artist Alexander Clayton. The unveiling was done with a minimum of fanfare, and although an announcement was made, it was released well after the deadlines for evening news broadcasts and most morning dailies. Workmen also put up an oil of former First Lady Patricia Nixon painted by Henriette Wyeth Hurd, wife of Artist Peter Hurd. Mrs. Nixon's portrait had been in storage since it was finished in 1978 because, said a curator, "she requested that it not be hung until her husband...
...plant produces precision components, including columns and bases for lathes and other metalworking implements. To produce its monthly output of 1,400 such parts, older plants that the company runs would have required more than 200 skilled workmen laboring at 68 different pieces of equipment...
...Workmen have been hastily installing extra steel filing cabinets for the tribunal in the castle-like Peace Palace, the court's home since 1913. Companies by the hundreds will soon begin bringing in documents. Among the largest claims to date: $50 million by the Houston firm of Brown & Root for the construction of shipyards and naval bases; $100 million by General Telephone & Electronics for the development of a telecommunications switching network; and $118 million by E.I. du Pont de Nemours for the building of a synthetic-fiber plant...
...posted University police on a round-the-clock guard of the statue," Archie C. Epps III, dean of students, said, referring to the John Harvard monument which Dartmouth fraternity seniors painted Big Green on Wednesday. He added that workmen wasted no time in cleaning up the statue early Thursday morning...