Unemployment Drops to 9.5 Percent in July
The 9.5 percent unemployment rate in July marks the lowest in over a year as the Labor Department reports a 0.5 point drop and about 500000 new jobs. Women, adult men, blacks, and Latinos all see declines while long term joblessness falls for the first time in two years. Janet Norwood notes the gap between black and white workers remains wide.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Department of Labor
Reagan
Martin Feldstein
Department
Janet Norwood
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Congress’ Joint Economic Committee
Norwood
Car Bomb Kills 19 at Tripoli Mosque in Lebanon
A midday car bombing at a crowded mosque in Tripoli, Lebanon, left 19 dead and 43 wounded with rescuers still searching hours later. A second bomb in Beirut’s Christian area killed a 17 year old girl and wounded nine others as sectarian clashes erupted between Sunni and Alawite groupes.
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Tripoli
Lebanon
Beirut
Kabbeh
Mideast
U S Signals Strong Interest in Blocking Chad Overthrow
The White House states a strong strategic interest in preventing Libyan attempts to overthrow Chad or intervene militarily. Libyan backed rebels push toward Habre forces in northern Chad as rebel leader Oueddei calls for surrender. A Chad working group at State and DoD efforts to marshal weapons and supplies for Chad are noted.
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U.S
Chad
Gazette Wire
Washington
White House
United States
Muammar Khadafy
Hissene Habre
Goukouni Oueddei
Department of State
Department of Defense
State Department
Relinquishing Youth as Time Passes Away
A reflective line notes that youth often yields before one is aware, as time steadily slips away and youth no longer holds its grip. The line frames aging as an ongoing, mutual surrender between self and time.
Five-Story Building Collapses On I-55 Killing Woman
A thunderstorm caused part of a brick five story building to collapse onto a passing Buick on Interstate 55 in St. Louis downtown. A 21 year old woman Jean Morrissey of Alton Illinois died. Driver Steven Cruthers 22 of Godfrey Illinois and Benedict Monicat 21 visiting from France were injured but in satisfactory condition. The building had stood nearly a century. Fire official David Fosser suspects lightning triggered the collapse during a brief but severe storm.
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St. Louis
David Fosser
Fossel
Jean Morrissey
Alton
Ill
Steven Cruthers
Godfrey
Benedict Monicat
Morrissey
France
Firmin Desloge
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Dept. of Labor
Iowa
4A Today
Farm
At&t
Chip Magidette
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Communications Workers of America
At&t Management
CWA
Nancy Garrett
Northwestern Bell
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Telecommunications International Union
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