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...costs of self-government. They are already strapped by what they call F.C.L.-fearful cost of living. Virtually everything Alaska uses is brought in by steamer and airplane, and because the territory produces so little for ships and planes to haul profitably back to the States, the freight charges boost retail prices to alarming levels. A Seattle dollar shrinks about 19? in Juneau, 29? in Anchorage, 35? in Fairbanks. Wages consequently run 15-40% higher than comparable Stateside payrolls, and that is a factor that holds back large-scale investment from Stateside in Alaska's potential...
Huxley ends with the familiar recommendations to cut the birth rate, boost the food supply and decentralize urban life. But his recommendations seem perfunctory. Watching his stereotype of the satisfied American teen-ager pleasurably floating in a television world, Huxley sees little real hope for the future. And when the brave new world comes, he concludes, it will likely stay forever: "Men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution. There seems to be no good reason why a thoroughly scientific dictatorship should ever be overthrown...
...sooner was the indictment out than the oil companies stepped up, one by one, to deny the charges. To many companies, in fact, the indictment came as a double blow. They pointed out that when everyone was crying for oil during Suez, the industry was actually forced to boost the prices it paid well operators before they would increase production. Then, when production was roaring along, the bottom dropped out of the market leaving the industry holding a heavy surplus of oil that it has been trying to get rid of ever since...
...next five years, Turner expects another 100% increase in his high-flying bottoms, with a 125% boost on the Pacific route to the U.S. and Canada. Says he: "Australia is virtually isolated. Trade is vital; development is vital. Qantas has a major role to play in both...
...benefits. Auto workers would get something more than a 9? package v. the 35?-to-45? package that Reuther originally demanded. Such a settlement would be considerable, considering the slump, but less than Reuther has signed for in the past. To date, his most modest settlement was an 11? boost...