Unemployment Rate Dips as March Jobless Decline Shifts Outlook
The U S unemployment rate falls from 7 5 to 7 3 percent in March with about 513 000 more employed bringing total to 80 5 million The change fuels debate over the economy with Carter pushing a 50 tax rebate while critics urge a permanent tax cut The Labor Department notes the household survey measures job seekers and employment but may miss underemployment and part time work
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Ohio grocery costs rise 6 percent in March
The AP Market basket survey in Ohio shows 18 standard grocery items across 14 cities averaging $24.38 in March, up from $22.96 in February. Fresh tomatoes and lettuce led the gains, with lettuce up about 36 percent and tomatoes rising, while Cleveland posted a 14 percent rise to $28.26.
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Ohio
Akron
Athens
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Conneaut
Findlay
Fremont
Massillon
Portsmouth
Salem
Toledo
van Wert
Youngstown
Coffee price hike pushes up family grocery bill in March
An Associated Press market basket survey shows coffee prices rising in March, lifting the overall grocery bill as eight cities report coffee over 3 dollars per pound. Folgers boosts wholesale to 4.53 a pound, while some shoppers switch to tea and other beverages.
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Associated Press
Death definition debate and license plate changes stir Ohio legislature
The Ohio legislature weighs a definition of death with medical input while a Elyria father and Warren lawmaker push for personal testimony about respirator decisions. House actions address weather and fuel closure days for schools, vehicle registration timing, mail plates, and a helmet law repeal faces subcommittee scrutiny amid safety arguments.
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Fauver
Richard Carmen
Elyria-area
Representatives
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
House
Highways and Highway Safety Committee
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Sceta
Ohio
House Iron and Urban Affairs Committee
Virginia Avenir
D-17
Lyndhurst
Mobutu orders officials to root out fifth column in Kinshasa
President Mobutu Sese Seko called for permanent revolutionary supervision of the masses to identify and denounce subversive agents amid war against Angolan rebels. Kinshasa officials were told to curb dissent as government tightens control. The report notes a stadium rally praising the regime and ongoing military shakeups including a Shaba army commander replacement.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
Mobutu Sese Seko
Angola
Popular Revolutionary Movement
Shaba
Mobutu
Eluki Mongo Rundu
Partol
Lunda
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Congo
Gromyko criticizes new U S arms limits in Moscow address
Foreign Minister Gromyko brandished the Carter policy as a breach of Vladivostok terms and urged Moscow to return to the 1974 pact. He warned that reducing ceilings would discard Soviet missiles and called the Vladivostok accord a solid basis for a new strategic arms agreement.
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Moscow
Andrei A. Gromyko
Carter
Gromyko
Cyrus Vance
Vladivostok
Ford
Leonid Brezhnev
Vance
Energy researcher cites slow growth hindering SE Ohio development
A regional energy investigator told local businessmen that questionable energy resources and slower economic growth threaten future Southeastern Ohio development. He urged regional leaders to broaden their focus to attract non-traditional manufacturing industries.
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Ohio
Hectic Night in Town Shocks Athens Officials
Athens police report a hectic night with an armed robbery and a jail fire. About a dozen people faced 21 minor charges as investigations continued.
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Athens
Logan-Hocking considers new landfills after state ruling
County commissioners were told Thursday that Logan-Hocking may need to open one or two landfills. Health officials advised that Green Landfill No. 2 fails to meet state standards, prompting possible expansion plans.
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Logan
Hocking County
Weather outlook: mostly cloudy with showers possible
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions tonight with a chance of showers and thundershowers and a low in the mid to upper 40s. Saturday brings showers and thundershowers in the morning, then partial sunshine in the afternoon with about a 70 percent rain chance.
Sheriff Faces Money Dilemma in Dye Stained Cash
In Warren County Ohio an unidentified couple from Oregonia found 2260 dollars stained with red dye believed to be loot from a bank robbery. The sheriff awaits a decision on awarding the money while police doubt merchants would accept the dyed bills.
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Lebanon
Ohio
Warren County Sheriff's Department
Oregonia
FBI
Roy Wallace
Bill Montgomery
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George Foreman
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