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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes monday september 26, 1977 South told Cost of services will Rise Austin Tex. A the chairman of the . Civil service commission is warn ing Southern cities that the Cost of provid ing citizen services is bound to Rise As it did Long ago in Northern  k. Campbell Lead off speaker at a forum on regional economic growth said southerners will continue to enjoy sharply rising incomes in the foreseeable future while income patterns in the Northeast and Midwest decline relative to the Sun  increased income Levels Are accompanied by rising costs the sort of fiscal pressures that sent municipal budgets soaring in Many big Northern cities during recent years he noted. The very forces that have expanded the budgets of Northern cities will probably surface in the South and West Sai Campbell. With expanding per capita income and expanding population in the Sun Belt the volume and Cost of Public services is Likely to grow. Unionization also will become More common. Whether the social consciousness that led Northeast localities to provide health and welfare benefits will surface in the South is hard to say. I see no reason Given an expanding economic base that it will not said Campbell. The air Flo a hot air balloon symbolic of the almost extinct Blue whale is launched on a tether against the san Francisco Skyline. The balloon sequence Here is flaws in Federal setup part of the film Flo an adult fairy tale about a Young whale that travels around the world to learn about bipeds people who walk the Earth. Up paychecks Are heavy but their duties Light Washington up Carl Carlson special assistant to Philadelphia s regional postmaster general draws a $37,000annual Federal salary but his Job consists Only of Reading the daily newspaper and afew reports. Carlson said a Superior eased him out tomake room for a Friend. Another Federal worker a $31,168-a-year Baltimore social Security supervisor said he sits at a Bare desk As punish ment for trying to Stop subordinates from coming to work late and taking two hour lunches. Even mild reprimands Are not Toler ated by employees who Don t have to listen nor by directors who Don t want things Dis Turbed said the Baltimore worker. These Are examples of the problems facing civil service commission chair Man Alan Campbell who said in a . News and world report interview the administration is considering ways to make government managers  would argue that the Federal govern ment is much better at policy making Thanet policy implementation he said. It was t that the great society programs for example were ill conceived it was that they were  he spoke to experts who gathered at the Lyndon b. Johnson Library for a symposium on balanced National growth and regional  Campbell is a former Dean of the lbs school of Public affairs at the University of Texas. Campbell noted these trends the South is gaining population As is the West As More americans continue to leave the so called Frost Belt in search of Job opportunities better climate and a lower Cost of living. The migration of Black american from the South has been reversed. Thou Sands of Blacks who headed North looking for work returned Home Between 1970 and 1975. Changes in the nation s Energy transportation and tax picture have opened up the South and West to manufacturers and Job opportunities that for decades existed mainly in the Industrial corridor from  to new York City Are opening up throughout the Sun Belt. Campbell said the accelerating Pace of these economic and population shifts has created new political pressures. In fact already this year there have been several confrontations in Congress concerning the distribution of Federal Money to states that generally Are losing population he said. While it is the avowed aim of the carte administration to target Federal Aid to troubled areas Many Sun Belt politician say their Region needs increased Aid in order to foot the Bill for sudden  the National recreation and Park association the National recreation and Park association helps military and civilian recreation and sports Lead ers operate More and better recreation and Park programs for servicemen women and families. Lappy 1978 pop combined Federal Campaign overseas area 1978 National health a agencies International service agencies american red Cross this is a stars and stripes Public service advertisement  
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