“A young physicist, whose wife taught school to help him earn his Ph.D. degree, lost his $21,000 job, his home and his car. She is working again, as a checker in a supermarket, to support their family of five while he hunts for a job.” Incredible that a whole family of five was supported on one salary of $21K in 1971—$155k in 2025.
AEROSPACE CUTS CAUSE JOB CRISIS (Published 1970)
Article on job crisis for technicians, engineers and scientists on West Coast because of cutbacks in aerospace contracts
nytimes.com