U S jobless rate slips in November amid mixed gains
United States unemployment eased to 5.8 percent in November from 6.0, with women and Black workers showing the largest declines. The Labor Department noted slower overall job gains and sharp drops in the work weeks for auto and steel, amid forecasts of possible further rises in unemployment as a recession looms. The number unemployed fell to about 6 million as hourly earnings power weakened 4.1 percent over the year.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
John Bregger
Bregger
Social Security reforms urged by government advisory council
A UPI report shows the Advisory Council on Social Security proposing major changes to fund the retirement system without increased payroll taxes until 2005. It favors shifting some funding to personal and corporate income taxes in 1980, adjusting the payroll tax base, and expanding coverage, with mixed views on shared earnings for homemakers and divorced or widowed with long marriages.
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Washington
UPI
Advisory Council On Social Security
Council
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
al Ulman
D-Ore
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ellwood City Area School Board Chooses New President
Fred Perrotta was unanimously elected president of the Ellwood City Area School Board at a reorganization meeting, replacing James Fatula. Herman Feldman named vice president. Fatula appointed contract negotiator with teachers. joined Mancini on the Vo-Tech Board slate. John Border reappointed to library board. Jean Neve resigns as cafeteria worker effective Nov. 30. Bids approved for industrial arts equipment.
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Fred Perrotta
Ellwood City Area
Perrotta
James Fatula
Herman Feldman
Board
Fatula
Henry Mancini
Lawrence County
Vo-Tech
John Border
Ellwood City
Jean Neve
Blood pressure screenings at West Side center this week
The West Side Action Center offers free public blood pressure screenings during the week of December 10 at McGraft Manor, Wampum American Legion, Central Building, and Fishers Big Wheel. Wear nonrestrictive sleeves. Times listed: Monday 2 to 4, Wednesday 1 to 4, Thursday 10:30 to 12:30, Friday 1 to ?
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West Side Community Action Center
McGraft Manor
Wampum American Legion
Central Building
Fishers Big Wheel
Deaths of Helen Nocera, 62, New Castle resident
Helen T. Nocera 62 of 26 N Jefferson St died at 3 40 p m Dec 6 1979 at St Francis Hospital She was born Feb 9 1917 in New Castle and married to Albert Guy Nocera Sr who died July 2 1969 She is survived by two sons Louis A and Albert G Jr and five grandchildren all of New Castle Services and calling hours with a funeral mass at St Vitus Church were arranged with Edward A and Donald G DeCarbo Funeral Home Interment at St Vitus Cemetery includes Rev Msgr Joseph F Fabbri officiating
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Helen T. Nocera
N. Jefferson St
St. Francis Hospital
New Castle
Albert Guy Nocera Sr
St. Vitus Church
Edward A
Donald G. DeCarbo
South Mill
Sutton Streets
Msgr
Joseph F. Fabbri
St. Vitus Cemetery
Chicago
David Jacobson
Sheridan Drive
Louis Weiss Memorial Hospital
Edith Block
Jacobson
Gerald
Naomi) Weiner
Robert Rosenberg
Morton Grove
Firm barred from sending unordered light bulbs
Harrisburg reports that a Montgomery County Court filing bars Huntingdon Valley firm Sanford Sacks and Nationwide Lighting Inc. from sending light bulbs to consumers who did not order them. The Bureau of Consumer Protection also prohibits similar unsolicited bulb shipments by the defendants and notes a prior suit against Philmont Sites Ltd. for analogous practices.
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Harrisburg
UPI
State Bureau of Consumer Protection
Montgomery County
Huntingdon Valley
Sanford Sacks
Nationwide Lighting Inc
Pike Industrial Park
Jeremy W. Homer
Bureau
The
Robert D. Gossert
Philmont Sites Ltd
Dutch Parliament rejects U S plan to deploy missiles in Europe
The Dutch Parliament votes 76 to 69 to reject outright the production and deployment of 572 Pershing 2 intermediate range missiles in Western Europe. The center-right government faces collapse as dissidents join the opposition to oppose NATO nuclear modernization.
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Hague
Netherlands
UPI
U.S
Europe
NATO
Soviet Union
Dries van Agt
Labor
Democrats 66
Chris van der Klaauw
Warsaw Pact
East Berlin
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Weingartner Florist
Union Township Planning Commission
Union Township
Planning Commission
United States
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