Joblessness Dips as Food Costs Rise in June
The Labor Department reports a 5.7 percent unemployment rate in June, the lowest since 1974, with 710,000 new jobs led by construction. White teens saw large declines in unemployment, while food costs pushed wholesale prices up 0.7 percent, keeping inflation risk. Black teen unemployment remained high, and adults saw modest gains. Overall employment reached 94.8 million, a record share of the workforce.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Jack Bregger
Gloucester Fishermen Plan Harbor Blockade Over Cod Quotas
A Gloucester group will blockade Boston harbor unless the Commerce Department rescinds new cod and haddock catch quotas. A petition to the mayor and city council calls the weekly cuts arbitrary and unfair and notes the restrictions went into effect Sunday.
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Boston
Gloucester
U.S. Commerce Department
American and Vietnamese expatriate face spying sentences
Ronald L. Humphrey and a Vietnamese national insist on innocence as they await sentencing in U.S. District Court in Alexandria. Humphrey, in a prepared statement to Judge Albert V. Bryan Jr., says he denies all espionage and conspiracy charges.
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Alexandria, Va
Vietnam
Ronald L. Humphrey
U.S
Albert V. Bryan Jr
European leaders grapple with Bonn summit policy aim
West European representatives at Bremen discuss a common fund to stabilize currencies and economic stimulus steps while Helmut Schmidt withholds a pledge to expand the German economy to pressure the United States on oil dependence. Boston transit workers end one day walkout after 4200 workers return to jobs as union backing ends protest against a bill limiting negotiating rights.
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Bremen
West Germany
Bonn
United States
Japan
Helmut Schmidt
Europe
Boston
Boston Transit
Boston Carmen
Massachusetts House
Treason trial set for Shcharansky in Moscow
Anatoly Shcharansky, a Soviet dissident, faces high treason charges to be tried Monday in Moscow. Tass confirms formal charges amid East West tensions. U.S. officials including President Carter and Secretary Vance urged Kremlin to halt the case, linking it to U S Soviet relations.
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Moscow
Anatoly Shcharansky
United States
Tass
Central Intelligence Agency
Carter
Shcharansky
Cyrus R. Vance
Kremlin
State Department
Guards Walk Off Jobs At Three Massachusetts Prisons
A wildcat walkout by payless prison guards paused operations at Walpole Bridgewater and Southeastern Correctional Center, with 80 on a 150 guard shift. State police and corrections workers filled posts as union leaders warned paydays being withheld may trigger broader strikes.
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Boston
Massachusetts
John Harvey
Council
American Federation of State
Walpole
Michael A. McLaughlin
Afscme
McLaughlin
Bridgewater
Southeastern Correctional Center
Statehouse
Corrections Department
Larry Parnell
Parnell
Water Woes Tie Seabrook Selectmen to Water System
Seabrook faces ongoing water problems with wells four and two. Well four requires another cleaning as iron bacteria discoloration and low tank levels persist. Mill Lane wells may be reused. Lower Collins Street well unlikely to operate this summer. testing suggests 150 gallons per minute at best.
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Seabrook — Public Service Co
Selectmen
James Falconer
Warner Knowles
Falconer
Mill Lane
Robert Wyman
Collins Street
Israel and Syria confront as Lebanon crisis deepens
Israel strengthens forces along the northern border and on the Golan Heights after a Syrian attack on Lebanese Christian factions. Syria declares full military alert while Lebanese President Sarkis threatens to resign if not granted authority to govern, calling for redefined Syrian policing powers and disarmament of militias. International powers urge de escalation.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Syria
Elias Sarkis
Tel Aviv
Radio Israel
Phalange
Hafez Assad
Middle East
U.N
Golan Heights
Ezer Weizman
Sarkis
United States
Britain
France
Thomson vetoes hike for 9 000 state workers
Governor Meldrim Thomson vetoed two bills that would grant a 6 percent pay raise to about 9,000 state workers, citing a $2.5 million projected surplus as too small. He urged passage of alternative bills to set raises for Oct 1 instead of July 1 and warned of possible revenue slumps. The move spurred expected override talk from lawmakers and reaction from the State Employees Association, which plans a filing of unfair labor practices.
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Concord
N.H
Meldrim Thomson
New Hampshire
Thomson
Marshall Cobleigh
State Employees Association
State Public Employees Labor Relations Board
Ashton Welch
The
SEA
Welch
Sea’s Board
Senate
Alf Jacobson
New London
Jacobson
John A. King
Clayton Osborne
King
Cobleigh
Seabrook likely site if plant built with towers
The Seabrook nuclear project could proceed at Seabrook even if cooling tunnels are replaced by two 590 foot towers. Public Service would face delays and higher costs. a superior site elsewhere remains unproven. Some officials weigh Pilgrim as an alternative to Seabrook.
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Seabrook
Concord
N.H
Public Service
Ito
Thomas Dignan
Commission
Dignan
New England
Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board
Steve Ostrach
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Thomas Rath
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Seabrook, N.H
Norman E. D’amours
James A. Cleveland
Rath
Charles Meara
John A. Durkin
National Weather Service
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Bay State
Ann Landers
Ll Goren
Exeter Planning Board
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