“People are being pushed to the very margins.” The task force spent a year tracking the economic health of Appalachia. More than 350,000 manufacturing jobs were lost from 1982 to 1983, with incomes for those who did find replacement work falling as much as 60 percent. tories, textile mills and coal mines close. There are people so far down the economic ladder that their self-esteem is destroyed. The middle class is disappearing.” The study of the 13-state region re- ports massive job losses as steel fac- Wednesday to the Commission on Religion in Appalachia. What we have in Appalachia are the makings of an underclass that is mostly white. “It’s not a matter of subjective are there. JOHN Associated Press Writer combat poverty.” cern. Marys, Pa., Thursday, OctoHomeless Leader Spirit Of People In Appalachia Is Crushed Is Critical Of Shelter Programs Under Weight Of Poverty And Hopelessness By PAIGESt. This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.ġ6, 1986 The Daily Press, St.
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