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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1968
Page
3
Washington reports a substantial exodus of both white and Negro workers from the poorest slum neighborhoods in the nation s 100 largest cities. About 300 000 left the poorest areas in the past three months, reducing unemployment and lifting the regional labor force.
The third Bureau report shows slum Negro unemployment dropping from 9.2 to 6.9 percent while white slum rates rise from 4.8 to 5.2 percent. Nationally Negro jobless 6.7 percent, whites 3.2 percent. Teenager relief largely among Negro youths. adult men in poverty neighborhoods averaged 3.6 percent jobless in Q3 1968.
The American Cancer Society urged renewed action against smoking, adopting a nine point program to curb advertising and push for stronger warnings. It cites rising lung cancer deaths and links to multiple cancers and diseases while advocating federal and voluntary measures. The group stresses adult choice but condemns social pressures and glamorized ads.
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