Unemployment Edges Up Amid Mixed July Labor Data
The July unemployment rate rose to 7.8 percent, with overall joblessness at 8.2 million as the labor force grew and employment rose 459,000. Black and minority unemployment hit 14.2 percent, a high last seen in 1977, while teenage minority workers reached 36.6 percent. Authorities described signs of leveling off but no clear recovery.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Congress
Treasury
G. William Miller
Miller
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Janet Norwood
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Joint Economic Committee
City paper highlights and odds and ends
A collage of brief items including a 35 percent pay rise for University Hospitals director John Colloton, potential delays in railroad bond financings due to a friendly lawsuit, July farm price surge of 5.2 percent, and notes on local sports figures, Astros pitcher J R Richard, Sears Roebuck bets, Richard Shirk in New York, and family wedding guest list tensions.
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John Colloton
Abstract of a Daily Page Listing Sections and Copyright Note
The text lists newspaper sections and their times such as Sports 1-68 and Editorial 6A, with channel headings like TV T1A Farm 9A and World A Local AC. It ends with a note that English isn’t a hard language to learn and a copyright statement.
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Abby
Marion
Iowa senator accuses health chief of bias in family planning
Senator John Murray charges Health Commissioner Norman Pawlewski let religious beliefs influence the Iowa Family Planning program. Murray urges a legislative follow-up and involvement by Gov. Ray, says the 73 page report reveals a troubling picture, Pawlewski denies bias.
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Des Moines
Norman Pawlewski
John Murray
Pawlewski
Robert Ray
the Gazette
Health Department
Murray
Ray
Iowa
Reimler and Troupe Swap Yarns on Main Street Stoop
Chester Harold Reimler and Chester Troupe trade yarns while sitting on the stoop of a store on Oelwein's Main Street this week, sharing local talk and casual conversation.
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Harold Reimler
Chester
Oelwein
Billy Carter admits White House cable about Libya trip
Billy Carter said in Plains that he did receive a State Department cable about his 1978 Libya trip. He suggested the cable came from someone in the White House and said the document is now with his lawyer. He previously denied having any cables or money from Libya.
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Washington
Billy Carter
White House
State Department
Libya
Carter
Plains
Tripoli
Americus
Billy
Justice Department
Joel Lisker
Jimmy
Lisker
No legal status for fetus opinion on child abuse
Iowa's attorney general ruled that a fetus is not a person under child abuse laws, so charges based on prenatal neglect or maternal substance abuse cannot be pursued. The opinion followed a Linn County case and was requested by Social Services Commissioner Michael Reagen and district officials.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Attorney General’s
Social Services
Michael Reagen
Roger Reid
Cedar Rapids
Reid
DSS Protective Services
Jim Hennessey
State Protective Services
Gazette
Linn
Francis C. Hoyt Jr
Iowa Supreme Court
General Assembly
Hoyt
Kennedy and Anderson discuss reassessment after meeting
Senator Edward Kennedy and Independent candidate John Anderson spoke to reporters after meeting in Kennedy's office. Anderson said he would reassess his candidacy if Kennedy wins the Democratic nomination.
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Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
John Anderson
Kennedy
Anderson
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Sears Roebuck
Richard Shirk
Jerry Brown
John McCarroll
Duane Crock
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