Word: philadelphia
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Leon H. Sullivan, D.D., pastor of Zion Baptist Church, Philadelphia; founder of the Opportunities Industrialization Center...
Milwaukee. . ..9,544 Philadelphia... 9,079 Baton Rouge...
...facts are summed up in a new study prepared for the nation's top five orchestras-New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Chicago-by the management-consultant firm of McKinsey & Co. Because rocketing costs -most notably, sharply increased salary scales-have not been met by a similar gain in income, the orchestras' combined annual operating deficit rose from $2.9 million in 1964 to $5.7 million in 1968. The loss will soar to $8,000,000 by the 1971-72 season unless drastic steps are taken...
...York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra are not that badly off, but they are sufficiently worried to have joined a newly created committee of managers and orchestra presidents. A major concern is the symphonies' lucrative recording agreements, which may be endangered by the contract signed in April with the American Federation of Musicians. The new rules, affecting length of sessions and overtime pay, will make recording in the U.S. at least 20% more expensive, and thus may force record companies to sign up more orchestras abroad, where labor costs are lower...
...University of Pennsylvania, also helped start a counseling service for black entrepreneurs last year. When he confronts a student protester, he likes to ask: "What are you really doing to help society?" A Villanova alumnus and Navy veteran, he turned down 24 other job offers and signed on with Philadelphia-based Comserv, which markets computer services, for $15,000 a year. "Money is not my immediate concern," he says. "With this job, I'll have a chance to get fully involved in management decisions...