Unemployment rate holds at seven percent in California
California unemployment stayed at 7 percent for two straight months with August showing the first aerospace payroll gain since July 1968. about 2,700 aerospace jobs added. Stockton led with 10.2 percent. Santa Barbara posted 5.8 percent, while Fresno and Oxnard Ventura eased to 7.5 and 7.4 percent respectively. total unemployed 607,000 in August versus 631,000 in July.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Sigurd J. Hansen
Department of Human Resources Development
Stockton
Fresno
Oxnard-Ventura
Santa Barbara
Alaska satellite link connects doctors to world experts
In Anchorage a new satellite terminal dedicates a system linking rural Alaska clinics with medical experts across the Western Hemisphere. Gov. Egan and Sen. Gravel spoke at the ceremony as the project aims for full operation by Sept. 15 and a five day per week schedule on ATS-1, with plans to extend to seven days.
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Anchorage
Alaska
API
William A. Egan
Mike Gravel
National Aeronautcis and Space Administration
ATS-1
Egan
TV violence linked to child aggression say researchers
UPI reports at APA convention two psychology professors from SUNY and Purdue say scientific evidence shows children use televised violence as a partial guide for actions. They warn entertainment violence may contribute to aggressive behavior in many normal children.
Reagan says West Coast longshore strike progress nears end
Striking longshoremen meet shippers in San Francisco amid reports progress toward settlement. Governor Reagan said negotiations were advancing toward a settlement after talks in Sacramento, while Herb Klein echoed optimism in Portland. The dispute centers on whether Teamsters or longshoremen should handle containers, with 170 ships blocked at 24 West Coast ports.
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San Francisco
UPL
Ronald Reagan
Sacramento
West Coast
Herb Klein
Nixon
Portland
Ore
Reagan calls California focus on restraining mad dog prison criminals
Gov. Ronald Reagan told 750 leaders that California will lead in restraining violent inmates while not reversing rehabilitation programs. He noted San Quentin escape killings involving George Jackson, cited rising violent crime, and outlined added guards, stricter control, and lower parole relapse as evidence of progress. The state prison population sits around 21,300 with fewer inmates than a decade ago.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
San Quentin
George Jackson
State Corrections Department
No excess profits tax planned in Nixon program
The Nixon administration ruled out an excess profits tax on corporations during and after the 90 day wage price rents freeze. A White House official argued such a tax would deter efficiency and hurt the expanded economy. Labor leaders criticized the plan as unfair while urging shared sacrifice.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
I. W. Abel
United Steel Workers
Afl-Cio Industrial Union Department
Abel
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Teamsters Union
Art Alley Proposal Sparks Street Closure Debate
Controversy mounts over blocking a 150 ft segment of South H Street next weekend for an Art Alley walking mall. City planner Bevilacqua backs the event to boost downtown interest, while merchants such as Arne Kammerer and R L Mayer oppose the Saturday disruption to business. Several supporters urge the council to approve. opponents plan to attend the council meeting to voice concerns.
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H Street
Ocean Avenue
Nicholas Bevilacqua
Arne C. Kammerer
S. H St
R. L. Mayer
Lundberg Stationers
Karl Braun
Don Stalker
Clothier
Propenete
Bevilacqua
Lompoc
Art Alley
Art Association
Charlotte Benton
Belfast troops seal off Ardoyne amid gunfight with snipers
British soldiers locked down the Ardoyne area of Belfast after a midnight gunbattle with IRA snipers sparked by the death of 17 month old Angela Gallagher. Police blamed the IRA for the Friday shooting as a crowd jeered and an armored car was blown by a nearby explosion.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPII
Ardoyne
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Angela Gallagher
Gallagher
Paula
Angela
Granny
One-Third of Vietnam Drug Tests False Positives
Pentagon figures show about one third of servicemen labeled drug users by Vietnam urine tests were not on drugs. The issue is mostly an Army concern with 5.3 percent testing positive for heroin on initial FRAT readings, later checked by gas liquid chromatography to confirm.
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Washington
UPI
Vietnam
Pentagon
U.S
Family of seven murdered in Phoenix in domestic quarrel
In Phoenix a mother and five children along with her son in law were shot to death in their home during a domestic quarrel. Suspect John Freeman 45 captured nearby with minor gunshot wounds and treated at a hospital before jail. The family included Novella Bentley Pamela 16 Frank Martin 18 and children Tracy 1 Charlotte 9 months Adam 2 Tina 8. one other child survived.
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Phoenix, Ariz
UPI
John Freeman
Scottsdale
Ariz
Maricopa County Hospital
Novella Bentley
Pamela
Frank Martin
Missing 20 Month Old Searched On Lemon Ave Neighborhood
Frantic search across the 1200 block of E Lemon Ave as a family locates a 20 month old girl who had been playing quietly in a yard. A bystander notes the baby was safely by a front door halter tied in the 900 block.
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E. Lemon Ave
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Lompoc Furniture Mart
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