Unemployment hits 9.8 percent amid recession shock
The Labor Department reports 9.8 percent unemployment in July, 10.8 million out of work, highest since 1948 data began. Labor leaders urge Congress to reverse Reagan policies as Democrats demand emergency job programs.
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D-Mass
Charles Manatt
Democratic Party
Israel pounds Beirut as U S veto blocks arms ban
Israeli jets gunboats tanks and artillery hammered West Beirut while at the United Nations the United States vetoed a Soviet resolution to impose an arms embargo. The PLO claimed a final pullout agreement but Israelis pressed bombardment and shelling continued near the museum crossing and Beirut’s outskirts.
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Jerusalem
Avi Pazner
Mideast
Ohio fireworks plant blast kills at least three in Chesterville
An explosion at a Chesterville fireworks company building killed three people and injured another. Sheriff Tom Harden said two bodies were found with possible others missing while a child at the scene described recovering a family member. officials cautioned the cause and risk of further blasts until investigation.
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Chuckle Man grows crops he cannot eat yet mows weekly
A humorous note describes a creature who plants a non edible crop and tends it regularly, a playful puzzle about a gardener who must mow the field every week regardless of the crop’s edible value.
Cold War diplomatic spat expands to Moscow beach closure
The Kremlin retaliates against Glen Cove New York by closing a popular Moscow River swimming hole to U S diplomats. The Glen Cove ban on Soviet U N delegation access to beaches golf courses and tennis courts triggered the move. A senior American diplomat calls the action unjustified and a further escalation in reciprocal restrictions.
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Alan Parente
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Alan Romberg
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Reagan names Feldstein as new economic adviser chairman
President Reagan taps Martin Feldstein Harvard economist age 42 to chair the Council of Economic Advisers succeeding Murray Weidenbaum. Feldstein will take a two year Harvard leave and could stay if Reagan wins a second term. Treasury Secretary Regan welcomes the pick while Weidenbaum leaves for Washington University.
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