Jobless rate steady amid rising wholesale prices
Washington reports August wholesale prices up 0.4 percent pushing the annual wholesale index to 9.6 percent while unemployment held at 8.4 percent. Labor data show 7.8 million jobless, 85.4 million employed, with factory employment up 200,000. Goods sectors added 224 million in output as autos and steel show activity. inflation cited as main obstacle to economic recovery. Nebraska State Fair results note Columbus entrants placing in top ten events with Kelly Person taking a second in Daily Team Roping Heeler.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Cililion
Columbus
Kelly Person
Debbie Hamernik
Phil Smith
Debbie
Phil
Ploth
Attempted coup crushed in Sudan by loyalist troops
Rebel officers attempted a predawn coup against President Jaafar Numeiry in Khartoum. Loyalist forces overran the airport and key sites, killing or wounding leader Col Hassan Hussein Osman and restoring calm within about five hours. Numeiry reappeared on radio, pledging a crackdown on opposition and remnants of defunct parties including Communists.
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Khartoum
Sudan
UPI
Jaafar Numeiry
Radio Omdurman
Beailer
Hassan Hussein
Osman
Nuneicy
Nunneiry
National Unity
Numeiry
Communist Party
Rariv Omdurman
Moslem Brotherhood
Mohammed al Baqi Ahmed
Bath Time Water Crisis Strikes New Jersey Town
Trenton mayor switched on pumps to deliver fresh water to thousands as the city’s filtration plant failed. About 70 percent of Trenton and four suburbs faced water shortages, with eight million gallons supplied by outside sources. Officials halted industrial use and urged residents to conserve.
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New Jersey
Trenton
N.J
UPI
Arthur Holland
Snd
Nebraska Young Republicans to Meet in Columbus
The Nebraska Young Republican organization plans a Saturday meeting in Columbus with all Republicans invited except the press. State YR Chairman Phil Buswell of Omaha said press access will be barred and may seek minutes for the executive committee. A motion to censure Treasurer Phil Schreier is on the agenda amid disputed expenses from the Indianapolis convention.
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Omaha
UPI
Nebraska Young Republican Organization
Columbus
Phil Buswell
Guis
Buswell
Tw 2l
UA Executive Committee
Phil Schreier
Schreier
Indianapolis
Yit
Gradual clearing across Nebraska
United Press International reports a high pressure center moved into northwestern Nebraska bringing gradual clearing tonight. Early temps ranged from 40 in Alliance to 68 in Omaha with Thursday highs from 83 in Alliance to 65 in Burwell. Rain totals included 3 inches at Hickman and scattered showers in eastern counties. Winds light to variable, weekend outlook cooler with fair skies and mids 70s to near 80.
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United Press International
Nebraska
National Weather Service
State
Alliance
Omaha
Scotts Bluff
Burwell
North Omaha
Kearney
Woman Fromme Aims Pistol At Ford In Sacramento
In Sacramento California Lynette Fromme a follower of Charles Manson aimed a loaded pistol at President Ford from two feet away. A Secret Service agent wrestled her to the pavement as Ford ducked to safety. Fromme was arrested and taken to police headquarters. Ford later addressed California lawmakers decrying rising violent crime.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Charles Manson
Ford
Secret Service
Lynette Alice
California State Capitol
Miss Fromme
Fauw
Karen Skelton
State Capitol
California
Edmound G. Brown Jr
Anothir
Miss. Fromme
Manson
Hig
Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Bomb blast hits Hilton in London injuring dozens
A bomb exploded near the Hilton Hotel in London wounding 49 people, and killing two. Police suspect a breakaway IRA faction carried out the attack, with several Americans and a French singer among the injured. A caller with an Irish accent warned the blast minutes earlier.
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London
UPI
Hilton Hotel
St. George's Hospital
Irish Republican Army
Claude Francois
Martin Beltren
Crestwood
Mich
Joseph Collins
Fairfax
Bri
Joseph Cappucci
Church
James McDonald
Boca Raton
Fla
James Neville
UMW Leader Seeks End to West Virginia Walkout
Arnold Miller head of the United Mine Workers met with about 50 local officers in Charleston to quell a crippling strike amid renewed violence in the coalfields. Police reported an abandoned mine tipple fire in Raleigh County and picket actions in Greene County Pennsylvania as federal marshals issued subpoenas to key organizers.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Miller
Raleigh County
Westmoreland Coal Co
Pennsylvania
Sleven
Greene County
Subremienas
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