Unemployment declines in February in US figures
The Labor Department reports February unemployment at 7.3 percent with 106.7 million Americans employed. About 8.4 million seek work, a small drop of 85,000 from January, while service-sector gains offset declines in manufacturing. Black unemployment rose to 16.3 percent. whites fell to 6.2 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Janet L. Norwood
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Fish Hope Big One At Freedom Park Pond
Fish wish G W Hanson left 3 percent and Trace Winters 5 hope to hook up with a big one at Freedom Park pond located at East University Boulevard and Dawn Avenue on Thursday. G W Hanson is the son of Gary and Charlotte Hanson of 1809 East.
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G.W. Hanson
Freedom Park Pond
East
Senate deadlocks on Social Security cost of living freeze
The Senate Budget Committee, led by Pete Domenici, remains split over halting next year's 35.5 million Social Security COLA to trim deficits. After votes against freezing and blocking freezes, parties expect further action next week. A GOP plan to freeze would save about $6 billion in 1986.
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Washington
Senate
Pete V. Domenici
R-N.m
Domenici
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
D-N.y
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Congress
Salvadoran military leader assassinated at tennis club
Three gunmen in sports outfits shot Lt. Col. Ricardo A. Cienfuegos as he rested after a match at a posh club in San Salvador. Witnesses described a near point-blank headshot and the draping of a red and yellow guerrilla banner over the body. The killing marks one of the war’s deadliest urban flare ups and drew statements from President Duarte.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Ricardo A. Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos
Posh International Sports Club
Popular Liberation Forces
Shultz opposes sanctions over Mexican drug killings
Secretary of State George Shultz told a Senate panel he opposes economic sanctions against Mexico despite the slaying of DEA agent Enrique Camarena Salazar. He urged pressure on drug dealers, praised some Mexican law enforcement moves, and rejected punitive sanctions as a tool, while Meese vowed pursuit of suspects.
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Washington
Mexico
George Shultz
Senate Appropriations
U.S
Enrique Camarena Salazar
Shultz
Edwin Meese II
United States
Committee divided on eligibility revisions
AUSTIN AP A State Board of Education committee will wait for House input before acting on a Senate resolution urging revision of the no pass no play rule The five member panel agreed on a reply but split over changing the policy drawing protests from parents coaches and school officials amid alleged injustices and student withdrawals
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Senate Committee
Texas
Katherine Raines
Cleburne
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Trace
Willis
Diane Winters
Byron Ave
Chicago Tribune Graphic
Social Security Administration
Jose Napoleon Duarte
Radio Venceremos
Faribundo Marti National Liberation Front
Camarena
Alfredo Zavala Avelar
Guadalajara
DEA
John C. Lawn
John Gavin
Mexico City
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