Unemployment rises as December figures hit 8.9 percent
The Labor Department reports 8.9 percent unemployment in December with about 9.5 million job seekers and over a million discouraged workers. White House and Democratic leaders blame Reagan policies for the recession while officials anticipate a partial upturn by mid-1982. The report notes a sharp rise among adult men and auto workers, with 2 million job losses since last July. Page 11A.
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House
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BLS
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Norwood
Jobless rate in Linn County may not beat 1980 peak
Cedar Rapids Job Service chief Mike Millard says current unemployment is just over six percent, far below Linn County’s 1980 peak of 7.2 percent. He cautions that no layoffs have occurred this month and doubts the 1980 figure will be surpassed.
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Mike Millard
AT&T to Sell 22 Bell Operating Companies
AT&T agreed to divest its 22 Bell operating companies valued at about 80 billion dollars to settle the government antitrust case. The deal preserves AT&T long distance and clears IBM antitrust actions, with divestitures likely elevating local rates in Bell areas and expanding AT&T into high tech areas.
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American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Bell
Justice Department
International Business Machines Inc
William Baxter
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Bell Companies
Baxter
Northwestern Bell to become independent after antitrust settlement
Ed Mattix of Northwestern Bell says the change will be mainly internal with little effect on customers. The firm, a AT&T subsidiary serving Iowa Nebraska the Dakotas and Minnesota, will restructure as an independent company under a Friday antitrust settlement.
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Northwestern Bell
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Odor at Novak School Forces Classroom Evacuation
At Novak Elementary in Marion a foul odor in a basement classroom caused the room to be vacated and sixth graders reassigned to the library. Principal G Richard Evans reports extensive checks, cedar shavings tests, and plans to jackhammer the four inch floor to locate the smell source.
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Novak
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Brink's holdup suspect captured in Philadelphia arrest
Anthony LaBorde, 32, a Black Liberation Army member, was arrested in North Philadelphia after a struggle with two officers. He faces extradition to New York for the April Queens slaying of Officer Scarangella and wounding of Officer Rainey and for the October Brink's robbery in Rockland County that left three dead.
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John Scarangella
Richard Rainey
Nanuet
Nyack
Marilyn Jean Buck
James Dixon York
Rainey
Scarangella
Sumter
S.C
Joanne Chesimard
Brink's
Tax exemptions restored to racially exclusionary church schools
The U S administration backed by Treasury and Justice restored federal tax exemptions for more than 100 church schools that refuse to admit black students reversing a 12 year old civil rights policy The move follows Supreme Court appeals from Bob Jones University and Goldsboro Christian Schools ending a dispute over government power to enforce anti discrimination in religious schools
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Goldsboro
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Supreme Court
Greenville
Bob Jones III
An 8-year-old's view of thinking defined
An 8-year-old describes thinking as when the mouth stays quiet yet the head keeps talking inside. The quote reflects a child's internal dialogue and its relation to silence and mental activity.
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