Jobless rate dips to 17 month low of 9.3 percent
The Labor Department reports September unemployment at 9.3 percent the lowest in 17 months with 382000 more employed reaching 101.95 million. the labor force rises to 112.37 million leaving 10.4 million unemployed. White House calls the drop heartening while critics call it still a disgrace.
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Washington
White House
Parren Mitchell
D-Md
America
Labor Department
U.S
Reagan
Larry Speakes
European troops to police Lebanon cease-fire agreed
Druse and Shiite leaders accept European observers to monitor a Lebanon truce, with Italy and possibly Greece to oversee the cease-fire in Beirut's southern suburbs and central mountains. Syria backs the plan, while France is rejected by Druse and Amal due to past clashes with French forces.
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Gazette Wire
Beirut
Lebanon
Italy
Greece
Syria
U.N
Abdel
Halim Khaddam
Washington
United States
Bandar bin Sultan
Reagan
Middle East
Robert McFarlane
Walid Jumblatt
Druse
Amal
European Economic Community
France
Jumblatt
Rome
Bettino Craxi
Defense Ministry
Lawyers Bar Passage Then Unstoppable Careers
A concise note asserts lawyers need only pass the bar once to begin practice with no further legal barriers. the statement implies enduring credentialing sufficiency and unlimited professional scope.
Branstad Eyes Federal Gasohol Subsidy Policy Push
Governor Terry Branstad plans to urge fellow Midwest governors to shift ethanol subsidy to the federal level. He will propose a policy at the Midwestern Governors Conference in Lawrence Kansas to raise federal tax breaks for ethanol blends and reduce state-by-state incentives that fragment the market. He notes Iowa accounts for a large share of ethanol use and urges interstate cooperation on energy and power plant projects.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Midwest
Branstad
Lawrence
Kaw
Iowa
Abbeville woman fined for contempt over letter to editor
Circuit Judge Billy Joe Sheffield fined Connie Cox 100 dollars plus costs for contempt after she wrote a letter to the Abbeville Herald criticizing the judiciary. Cox said she was expressing opinion and defending free speech, while the judge said the letter disrespected authority and aimed to shame the court.
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Abbeville, Ala
Billy Joe Sheffield
Connie Cox
Cox
Abbeville
Denny Holloway
A and Henry Counties
Sheffield
FDA finds only a third of OTC drug ingredients safe and effective
The FDA reports only one third of 700 non-prescription substances are proven safe and effective after a decade long review. Two thirds were voluntarily removed or await further testing as 58 reports from 17 advisory panels are released. Critics from Public Citizen urge quicker removal of questionable ingredients.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Margaret Heckler
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Heckler
Sidney Wolfe
Ralph Nader
Public Citizen Health Research Group
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