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Uncle Sam's fire sales.

Authors :
Auster, Bruce B.
Source :
U.S. News & World Report. 1/9/95, Vol. 118 Issue 1, p28. 3p. 5 Color Photographs.
Publication Year :
1995

Abstract

Examines how the Army and Navy are pulling out of the San Francisco Bay area, closing six major bases and eliminating 33,000 jobs. How communities including San Francisco, Oakland, and Alameda are trying to retrain workers and find new uses for the shipyards, airfields and barracks that the military no longer needs; What Pentagon expects to save by the closings; Obstacles that the communities face; Shrinking funds. INSET: The casualties of downsizing.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00415537
Volume :
118
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
U.S. News & World Report
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
9501067564