Jobless At 4.1 Million Sharp May unemployment rise
May saw 160000 more workers unemployed bringing total to 4.1 million and the jobless rate to 5 percent. Wages edged up but rising living costs eroded pay while unemployment hit blue collar manufacturing and construction hardest.
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Washington
Harold Goldstein
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor Department
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Labor Federation
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Width Changes Ripple Across Trade Tariffs Fight
Washington AP reports wider neckties shift domestic trade patterns as textile firms and importers clash over quotas. The Ways and Means Committee weighs renewed tariff bargaining, with tie fabrics cited as rising imports and calls for protections. Non tariff barriers, including French advertising limits on grain spirits, illustrate broader export restraints debated as Congress nears decisions.
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Washington
United States
House
Ways and Means
U.S
Rectifying
Wine and Allied Workers’ Union
Valley Deaths Thread Local Obituaries Listed
Obituaries from the Valley area include Guy F. Emschler 66 of McGaheysville James Frederick Windle 54 of Mt. Jackson A Clyde Herold 79 of Bridgewater Paul Bishop Stout Jr 43 of Mt Jackson Sgt Varlie Lambert Jr 21 of Mt Crawford Pierce Emanuel Mitchell 78 of Franklin W Va and Mrs Fannie Shifflett 78 of Elkton Details On Page 8.
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Guy F. Emschler
McGaheysville
James Frederick Windle
Mt. Jackson
A. Clyde Herold
Bridgewater
Paul Bishop Stout Jr
Rt. 1
Varlie Lambert Jr
Mt. Crawford
Pierce Emanuel Mitchell
Franklin
W. Va
Fannie Shifflett
Elkton
Cambodia Forces Reclaim Set Bo as Frontlines Surge Toward Phnom Penh
Cambodian troops retook Set Bo, 10 miles from Phnom Penh, after heavy fighting that killed four paratroopers and wounded 17. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces pushed near the city, with Lomphat fell and other clashes widening across Kompong Thom and northern Banteay provinces.
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Saigon
Set Bo
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Associated Press
John Wheeler
Lomphat
Ratanakiri
Kompong Thom
Bangkok Post
Praphas Charusathien
Thailand
Udorn
Takhmau
Kandal
Wheeler
Khmer Rouge
North Korea Claims Sinking of U S Spy Ship
KCNA quotes North Korea saying the heavily armed spy ship intruded into coastal waters off Haeju and was sunk by the Korean People's Army navy. The U S Navy denies any U S ships were operating in the area. South Korea reports its navy craft was seized by Communist patrol boats.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Yellow Sea
U.S. Navy
Washington
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Korean Central
KCNA
Korean People’s Army
Haeju
Pyongyang
South Korean Defense Ministry
Demos Pick Murat Williams For 7th District Nomination
Murat Williams of Madison County is the likely Democratic nominee for the 7th District seat held by John Marsh. The Staunton nominating convention opens at 1 p.m. at Robert E. Lee High School with keynote speaker William Battle. Williams, 55, a cattleman and former ambassador to El Salvador, campaigns on curbing inflation and cutting wasteful military spending.
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Staunton
Murat W. Williams
Madison County
House of Representatives
John O. Marsh Jr
Strasburg
Robert E. Lee High
William C. Battle
Charlottesville
Williams
Marsh
Congress
Rep. Marsh
el Salvador
Barkley Hijack Test Clarified Amid Air Piracy Trial
Arthur G. Barkley, Phoenix jail inmate charged with air piracy, appears to have passed part of FAA designed hijacking deterrence tests. The incident follows his seven hour Las Vegas to Dulles hijack of a TWA 727 demanding $100 million. Federal hearing scheduled next Wednesday, bail denied. four F106 interceptors tracked the jet for safety purposes.
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Washington
Arthur G. Barkley
Husky
Phoenix
Barkley
Federal Aviation Administration
Trans World Airways
John Corris
TWA
FAA
Las Vegas
N.M
Dulles
Dale Hope
Hupe
Donald Salmonson
Carlos Odiaga
Fairfax
Hope
Pentagon
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Ross Perot
Perot
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Takhman
Angkor Wat
Demos
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Citabria Club
Bridgewater Air Park
Billy Williams
Supreme Court
Ager Dan Mahaney
F.C. Wiser
FBI
Mahaney
Wiser
ELKS
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Patrick W. Logan
Air Force
Cuba
North American Air Defense Command
ALL Elks
Brother E. E. Harrison
Rockingham
Broadway High School
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