Unemployment Rate Edges Up in March Amid Black Youth Jobs Gap
Overall unemployment rose to 6.2 percent in March from 6.1 in February as job gains slowed. Black teens saw the rate climb to 39 percent, with blacks aged 16 to 19 rising from 38 to 39 percent. Adult men at 4.5 percent and adult women at 11.4 percent remained steady. Total employment rose to 93.3 million, while the labor force reached 99.4 million. The coal strike ended March 26 with little impact on unemployment elsewhere. Wholesale prices also climbed 0.6 percent in March, signaling potential annual inflation near 7 percent if trends continue.
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Oklahoma hills yield accused scout slayer Hart captured
Gene Leroy Hart, the fugitive linked to the 1977 Camp Scott Girl Scout murders, was found in the Cookson Hills cabin after a statewide manhunt. He faced three counts of first degree murder and was taken to state prison, with charges of harboring a fugitive prepared against the cabin owner.
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Okla
Oklahoma
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Sid Wise
Hart
Stoir Hart
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
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Cookson Hills
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Wilkerson
Pryor
Camp Scott
Locust Grove
Doris Denise Milner
Lori Lee Farmer
Tulsa
Michelle Guse
Mayes County
Ohlo
Gene Leroy Hartin
NATO Allies See Neutron Bomb Policy Delays
Officials say the United States will not cancel the neutron bomb production yet while seeking Soviet concessions. Carter delays permanent decision as NATO discussions in Brussels frame the issue, with allied leaders pressured by domestic opposition and Washington urging restraint. Secretary Vance plans Moscow talks to curb bomber and ICBM developments.
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Carter
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Moscow
United States
Europe
Hans Dietrich Genscher
West Germany
England
Weekend forecast calls for showers after clear tonight
Mostly clear skies tonight with a low around 42 to 45 degrees. Saturday will bring clouds and highs in the mid to upper 60s. The morning low was 48 following a 72 degree high yesterday. The extended outlook shows possible showers Sunday with fair conditions Monday and Tuesday, highs in the 60s to low 70s and lows in the 40s.
Elderly double amputee dies after husband’s death at San Diego home
Police say 82-year-old Mabel Paulson died in Mission Bay Memorial Hospital after being found lying helpless on her bedroom floor in the duplex where her husband Orville Paulson had died days earlier. Coroner orders further tests to determine cause.
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San Diego
Mabel Paulson
Mission Bay Memorial Hospital
Orville Paulson
Third District Disrupted by Ashtabula School Strike
In Ashtabula City School District 6300 pupils faced a teachers and non certified staff strike after over nine hours of talks. Schools were to be open today but urged to use discretion. Contempt charges loomed in Brunswick as teachers and other districts pushed to settle pay disputes while Richmond Heights kept classes with few strikers.
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Associated Press
Ashtabula City
Ohio
Ashtabula
Brunswick
Richmond Heights
Toledo
Kathleen Becks
Brunswick Education Association
Medina County Common Pleas
Neil W Whitfield
BEA
Cleveland
Becks
Oberlin trustees hit with pies during meeting
Three masked men interrupted an Oberlin College board of trustees meeting, throwing pies at several trustees. Security revealed one assailant, who escaped, while another was apprehended outside. a third remained unidentified at this time.
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Oberlin, Ohio
Oberlin College Board of Trustees
Crime Alert Police Number Guidance
Crime alert urges residents to report suspicious activity by calling 425 7700. Callers are advised to provide location details and a description of the incident to aid officers in responding quickly.
Confessed Virginia killer faces life term for Norford murder
Allen Leroy Anderson, 34, Austin Minnesota native, confessed to eight murders in a summer 1976 cross country spree. In Albemarle County he received a third life sentence for the Aug. 24, 1976, Bell's Store killing of Stony Point storekeeper James Norford Jr. He cited a lack of remorse and blamed rejection and societal attitudes toward homosexuals for his rampage. He also faces a death sentence in Florida for another killing and plans to plead guilty in additional courts.
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Allen Leroy Anderson
Albemarle County
Austin, Minn
Stony Point
James Norford Jr
Anderson
Norford
Seattle
Florida
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