Jobless rate remains high despite June dip
The Labor Department reports unemployment at 8.6 percent in June, down from 9.2 percent in May, but a key analyst says the true rate was likely about 8.9 percent in both months. The change is blamed on a voting labor force quirk involving young entrants.
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Washington
Labor Department
Julius Shiskin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate Banking Committee
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Energy advisers warn of winter gas shortages in Midwest
President Ford's energy team says no summer gasoline shortage but Midwest and Northeast states may face natural gas shortages this winter that cannot be offset by other fuels. The assessment came after an hour White House meeting with Ford and Frank G. Zarb. FCC refuses to reconsider Bell rate hikes. rejects petitions claiming inadequate notice for AT&T long distance increases.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Frank G. Zarb
Federal Communications Commission
Bell System
FCC
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
At&t
Auto firms report peak June sales and top imports
Detroit based Chrysler Corp says June sales were the highest since last August and beat May deliveries by seven percent. American Motors reports its June sales as the best of the model year. Among imports Toyota takes top spot from Volkswagen.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
American Motors
Japan
Toyota
Volkswagen
Mitchell Disbarred in New York State
Former U.S. Attorney General John N. Mitchell, a central figure in the Watergate scandals that toppled President Nixon, was disbarred Thursday in New York State.
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New York
U.S. Atty
John N. Mitchell
Richard M. Nixon
New York State
Terrorists Ambush U.S. Embassy Vehicle in Tehran
An American spokesman said terrorists stopped an embassy car on a crowded Tehran street, then two men emerged and one in a police uniform shot and killed Hassan Hassnan, a 25 year old visa section employee. It marked the embassy’s second fatal attack in six weeks.
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Tehran
Iran
U.S
Hassan Hassnan
City to auction Center liquor concession bid
The city council backed private operation of the Scottsdale Center for the Arts liquor concession. Bids will be sought from concessionaires with contracts of two or three years based on the highest percentage of gross income to the city. Some officials favor private management. one council member opposes liquor sales in a public building.
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Scottsdale Center For the Arts
David Harris
General Services Department
Heinz Hink
Hink
Arizona May Sue New Mexico Over Electricity Tax
Arizona Attorney General Bruce Babbitt said the state may sue to block a New Mexico electricity levy on out of state shipments. APS asks permission to pass the tax to consumers. Turley warns the tax harms trade and could cost households about 19 cents more in summer. If overturned, refunds would be issued.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Atty
Bruce Babbitt
Arizona Public Service Co
U.S. Supreme Court
Babbitt
APS
Keith Turley
Turley
Phoenix Rescue Team Halts Search After Mountain Misread Signals
Rescuers including a Phoenix police helicopter and 21 Arizona Mountaineering Club members searched Camelback Mountain at night for two teen climbers, John York and Chavin Emonds. Spotlights and two teams were deployed, but the distress signals proved to be a mistaken beacon from six partygoers, and the boys were found safe bedded down on the slope.
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Phoenix
Arizona Mountaineering Club
Camelback Mountain
John York
Chavin Emonds
Mogollon Rim
Herb North
North
Indians face substandard housing in Phoenix area and Navajo Nation
A Senate report prepared for the interior committee finds 4,982 of 9,106 Phoenix area homes substandard in 1974 with 4,425 needing replacement and 557 movable to standards by renovation. On the Navajo Reservation 18,809 of 22,765 were substandard, with 5,719 needing replacement. Local hearings in Scottsdale highlighted delays and red tape in federal housing. A Salt River Community request for 80 new units since 1971 remains unbuilt. Abourezk calls for a national housing authority to streamline Indian housing requests.
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Phoenix
United States ‘Senate
Senate
Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Scottsdale Community College
James Abourezk
Subcommittee For
Abourezk
Navajo
Dixon Andreas
Salt River
National Housing Authority
Weather Outlook: Warm Humid with Dust Storm Risk
Mostly sunny and warm today and Friday with high near 102. Becoming cloudy evenings with a chance of dust storms and a possible thunderstorm at night. Lows tonight around 89.
Fireworks to flare over Valley on 4th
A coordinated Independence Day celebration kicks off Friday in Scottsdale Paradise Valley and East Phoenix. The Scottsdale Jaycees host the sixth annual Old Fashioned 4th at Scottsdale Stadium with games, food, music and a 4 p.m. start. An 8:45 p.m. fireworks show closes the stadium program. Fountain Hills plans a largest-in-Arizona display near Saguaro Boulevard with a simulated Niagara Falls, cost near 10 000. Additional shows light up Paradise Valley Tempe and Tempe Stadium with dusk starts.
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Paradise Valley
East Phoenix
Scottsdale Jaycees
Fountain Hills
Jaycees
Scottsdale Stadium
Osborn Road
Civic Plaza
Scotty
Phoenix Suns
Alvan Adams
Ricky Sobers
Cave Creek
F.H
Saguaro Boulevard
Arizona
Niagara Falls
Camelbatk Inn
E. Lincoln Drive
Paradise Valley Country Club
N. Tatum Blvd
R&g Ranch
Indian School Rd
Fourth of July holiday editions resume Monday
The Scotts dale Daily Progress and Weekend supplement will publish on the Fourth of July. No edition appears Saturday to allow employees a holiday weekend. Offices close Friday after noon and all day Saturday and Sunday. Normal six day schedule and hours return with Monday's edition.
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