Jobless Rate at 13 Year Low in April
The nation’s unemployment rate fell to 5.4 percent in April as 606000 people found jobs, the Labor Department said. Unemployment dropped 0.2 point from March with gains concentrated among adult men, while adult women’s rate stayed at 4.8 percent. A separate payroll survey showed 175000 new jobs, led by factory work and export‑related industries, with hospital and business services adding 55000.
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Washington
Janet L. Norwood
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Federal Reserve Board
Rare jet black bird delights local Audubon group
Galen Pittman of the local Audubon Society calls a rare jet black bird with showy spring plumage a once in a lifetime sight. The bird, described as dramatic and elusive, has attracted birdwatchers hoping to study its unique features.
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Jbircers Press
Birdwaters
Galen Pittman
Audubon Society
E F Hutton charged with laundering funds for organized crime
Providence R I AP The government charged E F Hutton Co Inc with conspiracy and laundering at least 532000 for organized crime figures who hid income from the IRS U S Atty Lincoln C Almond said the company faces a 101 million fine and a May 16 guilty plea two Hutton brokers are named one has died and the other will face charges next week Almond said Hutton was acquired by Shearson Lehman Bros last year and the Providence office investigation outlines larger sums involved including at least 1 2 million while the Securities and Exchange Commission rules could trigger suspensions for felony convictions
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E.F. Hutton & Co. Inc
Internal Revenue Service
U.S. Atty
Lincoln C. Almond
Hutton
Almond
E.F. Hutton
Shearson Lehman Bros
Providence
John Voorhees
Justice Department
Securities and Exchange
Striking Polish shipworkers brace for police assault
Police ring the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk as hundreds surge to defend the strike. Inside, workers report tense conditions and fear hunger tactics as riot troops near. Church mediators condemn the raid while Solidarity leader Walesa mingles with strikers amid a tense stand-off.
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Gdansk
Poland
Lenin Shipyard
Nowa Huta
Krakow
Warsaw
Adam Michnik
Baltic
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
All Star dairy plant to close in Lawrence Kansas
The All Star Dairy plant in Lawrence will shut down with final production on June 10. Country Farms Dairies CEO Elmer Dryden cited economic reasons and said processing will move to Kansas City and Wichita plants. About 75 local employees may transfer, with negotiations set to begin May 18 with Teamsters Local 552 to discuss transfer options.
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All Star
Lawrence
All Star Dairy
Elmer Dryden
Country Farms Dairies
Mid-America Dairymen Inc
Kansas
Kansas City
Wichita
Dryden
Steffen
Teamsters Local 552
Jeffrey Carroll
KU Professor Charged With Threat at Dance Department
Kansas University assistant professor Scott Morrow, 34, was charged with making a terrorism threat against Janet Hamburg, associate professor of dance and head of KU’s dance program. He was arrested by campus police at 7:45 p.m. Thursday, following a campus protest.
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Kansas University
Douglas County
Scott Morrow
Janet Hamburg
Dist
Jim Flory
Marsla native Jeanette Jonsson to leave KU after win
After a cloudy night chance of rain, the forecast calls for clear skies. KU junior Jeanette Jonsson, recent Big Eight No.2 singles champion, will skip her senior year and return to Marsla Sweden in good health. Medicare trust fund now has cash reserves to 2005, trustees say.
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Jeanette Jonsson
Marsla
Sweden
Index Area Report and Market Notes
A compact page item lists sections such as BC Editorials Hospitals Markets Real Estate Sports TV Woes and Weather on PAGE-1B. The page features a quote about fairness from Jesse Jackson, noting inspiration and diligence as outcomes of fair treatment.
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Teaching earns new allure as education schools see surge
Ronald Jarrell left a six figure Anchorage tax practice to study teaching in New York. The shift reflects a broader retrend with rising salaries and a 50 percent jump in applications at Stanford, Columbia, Harvard, and other schools. National surveys cite enrollment gains as education schools respond to renewed demand. At Kansas University the education school reports growing interest and may cap programs due to demand.
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Ronald Jarrell
Anchorage
New York
Jarrell
Stanford
Columbia
Harvard
David G. Smig
American Association of Colleges For Teacher Education
Kansas University
Jerry Bailey
Journal-World Publishes Delivery Rate Increases
Effective Sunday the suggested home delivery rate for the Journal- World will be $6.50 for four weeks an increase of 4 percent from the present comparable rate of $6.25. The suggested delivery rate for motor route subscriptions will be $6.95 for a four-week period an increase from the present $6.70. Prices for mail subscriptions were readjusted recently following an increase in second-class postage rates.
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