04 Nov 1977
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1977
Page
1
Kevin Clifft, now 17, has lived a year in a coma after a crash that left brain damage and injuries. His parents Ray and Marti say time is the healer and cling to small signs of progress as medical bills exceed 5,000 dollars a month.
The U S unemployment rate edged to 7 percent in October from 6 9 percent as 6.9 million Americans were unemployed Nearly all the rise occurred among Black workers whose jobless rate climbed from 13 1 to 13 9 percent White unemployment stayed at 6 1 percent Labor officials noted limited payroll growth despite a 135 000 rise in employed persons to 91.2 million The report cited steel layoffs and strikes in aircraft and auto parts as contributing factors and warned of pressure for tax cuts and new jobs programs.
The Carter administration plans to return Hungarys crown jewels with Secretary of State Cyrus Vance delivering them in Budapest after President Carters nine nation tour. The move signals U S support for Hungarys liberal regime and aims to improve trade relations while ending a wartime custody that began in 1945.
Middletown reports a morning low of 62 degrees with yesterday’s high near 73 and a 83 degree reading at 5 30 p m on North University Boulevard. Tonight shows mainly cloudy skies with a low in the low 50s. Saturday brings a cloudy 62 degree high, with a gradual return to fair skies Sunday and Monday and a chance of showers Tuesday.
The increase in cigarette taxes has boosted smuggling into Indiana Ohio Illinois Minnesota and Michigan. Smugglers buy cheap cigarettes from North Carolina or Kentucky and move them to high tax states, costing Minnesota Ohio and Michigan about 75 million dollars annually. Indiana losses grew after a July 1 tax hike from six to 10.5 cents per pack. A Minnesota official notes a Kentucky to Minnesota truckload yields about 54000 dollars in profit for smugglers, while the state loses over 100000 dollars.
University of Missouri archaeologists, with the National Park Service, believe Civil War tinclad Queen City may lie in the Sonig e River mud south of Clarendon Arkansas. They caution salvage is costly and uncertain but the wreck could hold significant archeological value if the vessel is intact.
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