02 Sep 1977
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1977
Page
1
The Labor Department reports the August jobless rate at 7.1 percent up from 6.9. Unemployment among Black workers climbs from 13.2 percent to 14.5 percent, matching the postwar high seen in September 1975.
A reader asks about building bus shelters at two city-owned corners Nathan Hunt and Wesley Drive and Wesley Drive and Worth, noting rain keeps children from waiting dry. The editor cools the proposal citing tax costs, maintenance, and private-property backlash, urging raingear or plastic covers instead. The page also answers about why New York City is called The Big Apple, cites mushrooms expert at High Point College, and reports August unemployment data with black youth rates at 34.8 percent and overall joblessness near 7 percent.
Hurricane Anita, with winds up to 155 mph, struck the northeast Mexican coast causing washouts mudslides and power cuts with evacuations in several fishing villages. No immediate casualties reported. rains flood farming areas and some roads remain blocked.
City officials plan to study a Denmark inspected 400-bed hotel ship to house Rotterdam's estimated 700 prostitutes in a designated area of the docks. The plan, backed by brothel owners, would rename the ship Eros Center and include a restaurant and bar while police crackdown on noncompliers.
Washington AP A spokesman for Bert Lance says federal bank examiners question his habit of writing checks against a Georgia bank account and covering overdrafts with funds from another bank. Dietsch notes no shortfall and cites Lance’s longtime practice of using Calhoun and National Bank of Georgia accounts.
The Army launches a major study to assess women in combat environments while maintaining policy against direct combat roles. About 200 women will join field units in Western Europe to test endurance and effectiveness, as 92 percent of Army skills now open to women.
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