Jobless Rate Dips to 7 Percent Amid Recovery Signs
Labor analysts say the 7 percent jobless rate marks the lowest since 1974, with April employment rising by 548 000 to reach 90 million as unemployment falls to 6.7 million. Congress passes a 4 billion public works bill expected to create at least 150 000 jobs. Inflation outlook remains uncertain with wholesale prices up 1.1 percent in April and consumer prices rising at a 10 percent annual rate in early 1976.
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Congress
Bert Lance
Office of Management and Budget
West
Lance
Carter greeted as Geordie in northeast England visit
President Jimmy Carter, on his first overseas trip, is welcomed with cheers and flags in northeast England. He tours Old Hall ancestral site of George Washington, meets locals at Sunderland glass works, and plants a tree before heading to London for weekend economic talks.
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Washington
England
Jimmy Carter
George Washington
Carter
Geordie
London
United States
June Thompson
Norman Davidson
Corning Glass Co
Sunderland
St. George and
James Callaghan
Old Hall
America
Callaghan
Audrey
Air Force One
Newcastle
Atlanta
Washington Town
Canada
Japan
West Germany
France
Italy
Weekend Rain Chances With Warmer Saturday
Skies stay mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with a 50 percent chance of showers or thundershowers. Tonight low near 60s and Saturday high around 75 with rainfall measured at 0.04 inches.
South Africa may bar US Ambassador Andrew Young
Foreign Minister RF Botha said South Africa would bar Andrew Young from visiting in May unless he agrees to avoid meetings with black leaders. Young planned to meet black representatives in Soweto and possibly Sobukwe, while U.S. officials cited invitations to speak to a Johannesburg business group and Witwatersrand students. The dispute comes as Mondale was to meet Vorster in Vienna on Rhodesia talks and the Carter administration faced international criticism over U.S. policy toward South Africa.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
RF Botha
Andrew Young
Botha
South African Press Association
Cape Town
State Department
Washington
Young
University of Witwatersrand
United Nations
Mozambique
New York
Soweto
Robert Sobukwe
Sobukwe
Youngs
Atlanta
Rhodesia
South-West Africa
Namibia
League of Nations
Walter F. Mondale
Vienna
John Vorster
Cyrus R. Vance
U.S
Fickle spring rain leaves regions variably flooded or dry
NOAA reports uneven rainfall with some areas improving soil and crop conditions while others face severe droughts. California drought cited as the worst on record. Northern California reservoirs at about half normal.
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Washington
United States
China
Caribbean
Spain
Africa
Australia
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
US. Geological Survey
California
North Dakota
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Geologic Survey
Florida
NOAA
sub-Saharan
Manchuria
Plan of action closes bishops meeting in Chicago
Bishops of the US Roman Catholic Church approved a five year plan of action born from grass roots talks. All 182 recommendations were referred to committees, with some rejected such as easing contraception and ordination of married men and women. The body also asked theologians to study issues behind the Vatican ban on women ordination.
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Chicago
United States
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Joseph L. Bernardin
Cincinnati
Detroit
Vatican
Kathleen Keating
National Assembly of Women Religious
Raiding troopers crimp high school fundraisers
State police raided John Marshall High School’s parking lot carnival in Glendale West Virginia arresting Mayor Howard L. Byard for interfering with officers amid a series of gambling raids. Troopers from the Moundsville detachment recovered $600 from a Bishop Donahue High School fundraiser and warned boosters to seek funds differently.
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Glendale
W.va
McMechen
Howard L. Byard
John Marshall High School
Boosters Club
Moundsville
State Police
Bishop Donahue High School
Harley Mooney
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Geological Survey
Europe
Ireland
Oregon
Cascades
Rockies
mid-America
William D. Borders
Baltimore
David O’brien
Worcester
Mass
Crimp
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Rockefeller
Trupp
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