Friday, October 18, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page "Three trda,-ctbe11,1941HEMIHIA DIL PgeThe GNP 1' Lakes a plunge WASHINGTON (P-The total value of the nation's output of goods and services dropped at an annual rate of 2.9 per cent from July through September, the third consecutive quarter the Gross National Product has declined, the government re- ported yesterday. A drop in the GNP in two con- secutive quarters is a primary, indicator of recession, although President Ford and his top economic adviser, Alan Green- span, contend the economy is not in a recession. FEDERAL Reserve Board Chairman Arthur Burns has characterized the current eco- nomic phase as a recession. The last time the GNP de- clined three quarters in a row was during the recession ofI 1960-61. The Commerce Department's latest figures showed that the face value of the gross national product increased by $27.8 bil- lion to an annual rate of $1,411.6 billion. BUT AT the same time, Com- merce said inflation pushed Our Prices Are Not Sale Prices THEY'RE LOWER! Including "The Whole Earth Epilog": The New (Vol, 2, in effect) Whole Earth Cotaloque 529 E. Liberty 9 a.m.-midnight 7 days The School of Joplin, Gershwin, and Broadway in a POPS CONCERT , U. of M. Chamber Choir Ragtime Ensemble FRIDAY, NOV. 1-8:00 p.m. HILL AUDITORIUM TICKET ORDER No. tickets Amount I General Admission: $2.00 1 Student Admission: $1.50 Send check and stamped, self-addressed en- velope to: U. of M. Chamber Choir, School j of Music, Ann Arbor, Mi. 48104. I AP Photo MEMBERS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS National Guard's military police units wait out Boston's racial tension over school busing by playing checkers yesterday in the city's armory. The Guardsmen were standing by on orders from the governor, but the schools remained quiet yesterday and attendance was high. . ice . --.. , POLICE STAND GUARD: Boston schools quiet THE MICHIGAN DAILY Volume LXXXV, No. 38 i i E i F i r' F I: ,{ : , BOSTON (P)-Attendance was high and schools were quiet yesterday as police patrolled in force, National Guardsmen wait- ed on alert and federal troops: stood ready to enter the city in case of trouble. A school department official said final figures would showj attendance up substantially from Wednesday's 66.7 per cent, de- spite a white boycott at some schools and continuing tension among students. HE SAID black attendance at the three high school buildings in predominantly white South Boston had climbed steadily in the last two weeks to a high of 403, or more than 50 per cent of the projected enrollment of 797. Just one black student went to high school in South Boston on Oct. 7 and 8 after a massive antibusing parade in the area and several incidents of vio- lence. White attendance there yes- terday was 338, or about 20 per cent of the projected enrollment of 1,539. POLICE remained at South Boston High. The 450 National Guardsmen put on alert Tuesday were at three armories in the city, in-, terspersing their drill and brief- found in his sleeve. ings with games of softball and A spokesman said no body volleyball. search was involved, but that Friday, October 18, 1974 prices up by 11.5 per cent in is edited and managed by students the same period. Thus the real at the University of Michigan. Newsgross national product actually phone 764-0562. Second class postage s paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106. declined. Published d a i 1 y Tuesday through The latest decline compared Sunday morning during the Univer- to a seven per cent drop from sity year at 420 Maynard Street, Anntrgphp Arbor, Michigan 43104. Subscription IJanuary through March and a irates: $10 by carrier (campus area); 1.6 per cent drop from April $11 local mail (Michigan and Ohio); through June. $12 non-local mail (other states and That means the gross national foreign. roduct has declined from an Summer session published Tues- p day throughrSaturday morning, inflation-adjusted rate of $845.7 Subscription rates: $5.50 by carrier billion at the end of last year (campus area); $6.00 local mail to $821.1 billion in the most (Michigan and Ohio); $6.50 non- ___________ _______ recent period. izwy..W* M- Avg 's OOLCY Gov. Francis Sargent was in close touch with lawenforce- ment officials and was ready' "to take whatever action is necessary to maintain public safety," a spokesman said. b S s( sc tr ti c ti AND ARMY paratroopers Ft. Bragg, N.C., remained alert for a possible call to tervene, as a "last resort," the Boston school crisis. at on in- in ags and purses were examined. everal students declined to be earched and did not enter the chool, he said. Police maintained their pa- rol at the school with more han 5 uniformed officers in the orridors and at least 200 on the streets outside. IWO7}7)I&-7 TGIF Thank God It's Friday Today and every Friday The mayor's office reported, meanwhile, overtime police costs directly related to school safety in Boston reached $1.36 million in September. At Hyde Park High, where violence Tuesday resulted in the National Guard alert, 626 stu- dents attended classes Thurs- day. Only 353 were present - Wednesday. JOSEPH Crowley, 15, who was stabbed in the chest at the school on Tuesday, was released yesterday from Carney Hospi- tal. 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