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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1961
Page
10
Sam Dawson surveys reasons blamed for rising unemployment near 7 percent with 5.7 million jobseekers. Factors include overall business slump, weather, shift to skilled labor, and foreign competition. Layoffs rise as production and demand lag, with autos, materials, and construction affected.
A Lenten devotional from Iowa Wesleyan College students explores truth as faith in God and following Jesus’ example. Author James Fiete, a Garnaville native, discusses how belief guides daily life and frees the believer through observable conduct and trust.
The undated article discusses unemployment stemming from skilled job shifts and young workers' lack of training. It notes consumer demand moves toward services, foreign competition, and labor union concerns, with mechanization and skill shortages widening the job gap. Congress could curb foreign competition, yet chronic unemployment among unskilled remains a core issue.
Norman Wilson 18 received life imprisonment for fatally stabbing John Campiglia 17. On the same day three judges also sentenced Lonnie Jackson 19 to 7 1/2 to 15 years and Franklin Sutton 16 to 5 to 10 years in connection with the same slaying.
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