Jobless rate climbs in South Carolina June
South Carolina unemployment rose to 11.5 percent in June with 174000 people jobless, up 3600 from May and 47000 from June 1981. Gains occurred in retail trade and services as tourism rose. manufacturing hours edged up to 38.7 weekly. Revco posted 49.6 million in fiscal year earnings, opened 70 stores, and awarded two employees 7500 each. Kimberly-Clark, SCN, Florida Steel, and Owens-Corning figures follow.
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South Carolina
Robert E. David
S.C
REVCO
Heritage Square
Kalmia Plaza
Northside Plaza
Aiken
Midland Valley
Clearwater
Florida Steel Corporation
Florida Steel
SCN
South Carolina National Corporation
Women Break Ground In SRP Reactor Control Room
Barbara Jennings and three other Savannah River Plant employees become the first four women supervisors in the SRP reactor control room. Trickett and Cott are already certified after a nine month program. Jennings and Hill await certification. Training covered seven areas including radiation control. hands on work and shifts build experience. Jennings notes no bias and expects more women in nuclear fields as Du Pont recruits. Jennings aims for certification by August 2 after completing exams this month.
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Jessie Hill
Cheryl Cott
Jeri Trickett
Barbara Jennings
Savannah River
Ms. Jennings
Jesse Hill
SRP
Ms. Trickett
Ms. Cott
Ms. Hill
du Pont-operated
Jennings
du Pont
University of Pittsburgh
Navy
Health Care Spending Up
Americans spent 287 billion dollars on health care last year an average 1225 per person. Health care consumed 9.8 percent of the GNP the share rising 11.4 percent in 1981. Government entities paid 524 per person of the total. Richard S Schweiker urged reform of cost reimbursement.
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Washington
United States
Health Care Financing Administration
Department of Health and Human Services
Richard S. Schweiker
Department
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Randy Clayton
Jim Arthur
Owens-Corning Fiberglas
Clayton
Arthur
Owens-Corning
Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
K-C
Aiken Standard
South Carolina National
FDIC