Idaho Unemployment Drops Slightly in April 1977
Idaho's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate eased to 6.4 percent in April from 6.5 in March, with mining and construction showing gains. The logging industry stayed above last year's figures due to a milder winter and drought effects, while power cutbacks hit the FMC phosphate plant in Pocatello.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho
Idaho Department of Employment
Department
Sunshine
FMC
Pocatello
Monsanto Phosphate
Steel Prices Rise as U S Steel hikes 6 percent
United States Steel raised base prices about 6 percent on flat rolled bar red and plate products effective June 19. Carter administration urged moderation after Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet & Tube boosted 7 to 9 percent, aiming to curb inflation and keep larger boosts in check.
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Scott Macleod
Pittsburgh
UPI
United States
Carter
Indus
London
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
US Steel
Evecots
Carters
U.S. Steel
White House
Jody Powell
Big Steel
Powel
Bunker Hill Strike Seeks Parity With Sunshine Miners
Striking workers at Kellogg Idaho’s Bunker Hill block out as long as needed to win parity with the Sunshine miners who stayed on strike from March 1976 to 1977. Offerings included $1.43 hourly rise over three years versus Sunshine’s gains, while the crafts contracts expire tonight and a union vote looms.
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Kellogg
Idaho
Bunker Hill
Sunshine
Bunker
Hill Management
Jerry ‘Tumbow
Fire devastates Hotel Polen in Amsterdam blaze
Dawn fire at Hotel Polen collapses the building trapping victims. At least 10 killed, 29 injured, two bodies removed. About 100 guests, many foreigners, occupied the hotel near Dam Square. Witnesses describe guests leaping from windows and dramatic escapes as fire engines were engulfed.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
UPI
Fire ‘Brigade
Jan Allema
Amsterdam Heath Service
Dam Square
Robin Boulevard
Amsterdam Palace
Juliana
Middle East Talks in Geneva Under Tight Security
Geneva hosts President Carter and President Assad amid Geneva’s heaviest security, with 10 000 Swiss police and security teams guarding the Intercontinental Hotel and transport routes. Talks aim to share views on a global settlement and Palestinian homeland, with no major decisions expected.
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John A. Callcott
Geneva
UPI
Middle East
Carter
Hafez Assad
Syria
Kurt Furgler
Assad
London
Furgler
Pierre Graber
Washington
Crossword Clue List Fragment With Partial Answers
A readable crossword style clue set with entries across and down including Suitably, Egyptian sun god, marriage slang, fragrant resin, and common terms. Provides partial hints like Drop bait and Measured, as well as abbreviations and classic wordplay indicators.
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Elizabeth Regina
Peru
Idaho farmers urged to apply for drought emergency loans
Drought hit Idaho counties have an emergency loan option via the Farmers Home Administration. Acting state director L Ray Peterson announced 37 counties eligible for federal aid. Applications must be filed by September 30 at local county offices.
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Boise
API
Idaho
Farmers Home Administration
L. Ray Peterson
Peterson
National Inter-Agency
Power
Teton
Twin Falls
Valley
Washington
County Farmers Home Administration
France U S Back Strained Ties Over Africa Aid
President Carter told French leader Giscard d Esteing the United States fully supported France troop deployment to Zaire and discussed Africa with emphasis on ending the Shaba invasion without outside interference. Carter invited Premier Barre to visit. Francois Mitterrand also plans to visit the United States this year as relations improve after earlier friction over a Brazilian nuclear project.
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London
APS
Carter
Valery Giscard
Estaing
United States
Zaire
Giscard
Africa
Earler
Zare
Mobutu
Sese Seko
Raymond Barre
Barre
Francois Mitter
France
America
Brazil
Hecla Reports Silver Strike Near Gold Hunter Mine
Hecla Mining Co. president William Love said a strike likely occurred beneath the old Gold Hunter mine in the Coeur d'Alene district. Miners drilled four thousand feet to reach a vein with silver lead and zinc ore. If confirmed, an estimated $10 million would be needed to prove 300 000 tons of ore and develop the mine.
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Kellogg, Idaho
UPI
Coeur d’Alene
Hecla Mining Co
William Love
Gold Hunter
Hecla
Love
Satellites Could Map Resources but Sovereignty Hurdles Rise
A National Academy of Sciences panel says two Landsat like satellites circling Earth 14 times daily could help developing nations locate resources and monitor crops and water. Sovereignty security and economic fears may delay use. international control could ease concerns. More than 50 countries have cooperated in Landsat experiments and 120 nations have accessed satellite data.
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Washington
UPS
U.S
Earth
National Academy of Science
Agency For ‘International Development
Sunday Aid
Landstar
United States
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