Waterloo Courier (Newspaper) - June 4, 1982, Waterloo, Iowa o Courier 58 pages 5 sections Friday June 4 1982 Waterloo Iowa 25 cents Jo b I e s s r ate rises to WASHINGTON AP An unrelenting ness slump coupled with an influx of college graduates into a tight job market pushed the nation's unemployment rate up to 9.5 percent last month eclipsing the post-war record set in April the government reported Friday The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate climbed of a percentage point from April to May as tens of thousands of college and university graduates entered the labor force searching for work the Bureau of Labor Statistics said ALTOGETHER 10.5 million Americans were out of work Jast month Adult males who constitute the bulwark of the blue-collar work force were once again hard hit by the lingering recession Joblessness among this ment of the labor force rose to 84 percent shattering the War n record set two months ago Since last July some 2.7 million Americans have been thrown out of work by the recession In Paris where President Reagan was ing for a summit Deputy White House press secretary Peter Roussel said the new unemployment figures were not ing The modest rise in the unemployment rate is Things are looking better for metro area in line with our view that the recession is ing Roussel said DESPITE the higher jobless rate there are Indications consumers with disposable income are growing more optimistic that the recession is drawing to an end New car sales by U.S automakers were up 11.6 percent in May from month a year earlier the companies said Thursday Major retailers re- ported too that their sales were up in May after several sluggish months of business In addition one more bank First National Bank of Boston cut its prime lending rate by one-half percentage point to the 16 percent level set last week by Citibank of New York The sales reports came as the Conference Board said its May survey of households showed a gain in consumer confidence for the second consecutive month Fabian Linden executive director of the Con- ference consumer research center said the survey indicated an economic recovery was imminent Hundreds flee deadly storm FORT MYERS Fla AP dreds of tourists and residents scrambled for higher ground Friday as a rare June tropical storm that had j been the first hurricane of the season hovered off southwest Florida Havana radio reported the storm had killed 11 people in Cuba Alberto which had battered Key West with nigh winds and torrential rains was downgraded from a ricane to a tropical storm early Friday as the cool June water in the Gulf of Mexico and the prevailing westerly winds sapped its strength The storm was reported nearly in the gulf today about 200 j miles southwest of Fort Myers At least 65 die in floodwaters i JAKARTA Indonesia AP At j least 65 people have been killed and i more than others left homeless by floodwaters that ravaged areas of South Sumatra a provincial i spokesman said Thursday Incessant rains that tapered off Tuesday flooded densely populated areas along the banks of the Enim and Ogan rivers the spokesman said Reagan cautions allies about credit for Moscow Grooming the green stuff Courier by Oakes This wet spring has been great for green things and weeds are popping up where But out of a brick Well not really It's a planter at the Education Center on the University of Northern Iowa and the shrubs and bushes are being trimmed by Dick Pelton a member of the UNI scaping crew PARIS AP President Reagan went to an economic summit of the world's major industrial democracies Friday with a warning that ca's allies risk endangering themselves by giving easy trade credits to the Soviet bloc Treasury Secretary Donald T Regan said the West could wind up as a slave to a massive indebtedness of Moscow and its allies He said that giving preferential credits to Eastern Europe amounts to propping up your adversary to your disadvantage On the eve of Friday's meeting a senior French official described Reagan's desire to limit such credits as a another likened it to a one- sided obsession In reply Regan told reporters If you loan too much pretty soon your debtor becomes the ter and you the slave because you have to keep the debtor going He said the West was not in that position yet but What President Reagan is trying to do is point out the dangers of such a course to the Western nations If that's an obsession so be it I don't think that's an obsession I think that's a fact America's allies see the issue differently ing a period of low growth and high ment and inflation they say credit limitations would hurt East-West trade which creates jobs in Europe preparing for decisive battle By The Associated Press Waves of helicopters ferried British into attack position outside Friday but Argentina to its garrison in the Falklands capital and got sophisticated from Libya for a possible ditch air assault military sources said President Reagan met in Paris with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and afterward Secretary of State ander M Haig Jr said peace in the Falklands depends fundamentally on willingness of the Argentines to withdraw to set a schedule to fix a date certain for withdrawal Argentina's 1980 Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel an- in Buenos Aires he was calling on international conscience to exert moral pressure to halt the fighting He called for a cease-fire and talks for mutual troop withdrawal from the islands Argentina seized from Britain April 2 Despite the calls for peace London's evening Standard newspaper reported that Royal Marine commandos have moved in to attack the outer ring of the Argentine defense at Port Stanley Commandos were flown into the front line by helicopter during the day to make the first strike on the enemy lines in front of the capital by night In a pooled dispatch subject to military censorship from the hilltops overlooking Stanley correspondent Ian Bruce of the Glasgow Herald reported the last act in the battle for the and wrote that troops were taxied forward in waves of Sea King helicopters to the jump-off point for an assault on hills which dominate the capital He said British gunners exchanged artillery fire with Argentine defenders British warships continued their from the sea and quoted a British commanding officer as saying the commandos would harass and probe enemy positions until we know his exact strength and whereabouts I am not going to blunder into a hornet's nest for lack of preparation When we are sure we will go forward and take out Iron Duke Cracking down Iowa's new tougher drunk driving law will become effective July 1 and public safety officials are hopeful that it will reduce traffic deaths and injuries attributable to drinking drivers Limited experience with more stringent penalties in other states indicate they help keep drinking drivers off the highways In Wisconsin a new law became effective on May 1 While it is too early to tell statistically how effective the law is sin peace officers say it appears that fears of consequences and rumors may be scaring people into drinking less when they have to drive The rumors that have chilled Wisconsin drivers have dealt with the possibility of encountering roadblocks THE WISCONSIN State Patrol considered setting up roadblocks particularly in accident areas but have held off on the idea in view of problems with roadblocks ex- by other states along with a lack of manpower Nevertheless peace officers believe the roadblock rumors have had an impact The new law provides stiffer f mini- mum of for first requires that people spend more time in jail sobering up They cannot be released unaccompanied until 12 hours after arrest or until the blood alcohol level is 05 percent or less First offenders will have their licenses revoked for 90 days to six months and ance at traffic safety school or a treatment program no longer can take the place of license suspension The new Iowa law calls for immediate seizure of a drunken driver's license at time of arrest and subjects habitual of- with three or more loss of license for six years IT WILL probably take a year or more to statistically determine the long-term impact these tougher laws have on reducing the number of drunk drivers on the highways In the meantime if you are attending a cocktail party it might be a good idea to have a driver along those positions The British Defense Ministry re- ported thick fog cold and wet conditions in the wintry South Atlantic territory which could temporarily hold up an expected attack by British troops Argentine military sources in Buenos Aires claimed reinforcements had been flown to Stanley in the last few days boosting Argentine strength to But it was unclear how Argentine planes could have avoided British jets that have been flying almost continuous raids in the Stanley area Snake used in attack ANDALUSIA Ala AP A man accused of forcing open a rattlesnake's mouth and driving the fangs into an oil worker's arm faces an assault charge as the victim recovers from his brush with death authorities say The victim Wayne McLelland is regaining use of his right arm after more than two weeks of intensive care Jackie Morris 24 of Hoxie Ark is being held in the Covington County jail on charges of assault Sheriff Glen Chambers said Morris took the snake from a sack forced its mouth open and struck McLelland three times with its fangs McLelland said he didn't know Morris who rodfe with McLelland and other workers returning from a job at Houma La by PARIS AP A bomb planted by opposed to President Re- agan's visit to Paris exploded at the American School in suburban Saint- Cloud early Friday The explosion at blew out a number of windows but nobody was hurt police said Hinckley for his absences WASHINGTON AP A contrite John W Hinckley Jr apologized day for his courtroom absences Standing before U.S District Judge Harrington D Parker and surrounded j by U.S marshals Hinckley said he just got very edgy when he left the courtroom the previous day Hinckley who has been absent five times in his six-week trial on charges of wounding President Reagan and three other men stood at his own request before Parker and asked if he could read an apology But instead of reading he appeared to be having a dialogue with the judge who gave him a stern warning You get this thing clear you don't get up and leave when you want Parker said That's not the way this court is run Pilot by model plane CHICAGO AP Two plane operators vehemently deny that their remote-controlled plane is the one that came within five feet of a traffic helicopter in night forcing the chopper pilot to veer away There were two other red and white planes near us and either one could have been in the air when the helicopter went said Richard Grossman 43 an accountant who said he has two witnesses to vouch for his Innocence Grossman and Greg Gruninger 27 a pilot of Mississippi Valley were named in a reckless conduct complaint when they were spotted by police operating a gasoline powered Sig Kadet trainer with a inch wingspan soon after the incident was reported by the traffic helicopter on May 27 The helicopter pilot charged his chopper was buzzed on purpose I was looking down and saw this red plane angling up under said Mike Davis who has been flying copters 10 years It got to about five feet of my door before it veered off at the same time I took evasive action Inside the Metropolitan and Sports state Northeast comics Billy C u n delphia 76ers are behind the Los An- geles Lakers in the championship series Page Dl Billy Cunningham Courier readers speak out for their favorite in day's primary election Page AS Suzanne Searles The mother of Suzanne Searles says she feels less and asks for help in finding her daughter Page A2 Weather Sunny and warmer day with a high in the upper 70s Weather details on page A2
