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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1979
Page
2
An unauthenticated Carter administration memo warns of an 8.2 percent unemployment rate in fall 1980, totaling 8.2 million jobless. The report, prepared by Treasury and CEA staff, contrasts with July 12 projections of 6.9 percent. June unemployment stood at 9.6 percent with 5.6 million out of work.
Producers unhappy with the weakened dollar could push OPEC to an emergency meeting, potentially lifting crude prices and adding a few cents to gas or heating oil. June base price rose to 18 dollars with a 23.50 ceiling, with December Caracas meeting planned.
Secretary designate Patricia Harris told HEW Civil Rights Office leaders that civil rights decisions often ignore political problems for government. She questioned how mayors or congress members would react and suggested private parties should file high profile suits to take heat from courts and not the government. Her remarks contrasted with official accounts from others familiar with the meeting.
Gen. Alexander Haig urged the Senate to pause SALT II and bolster U S defenses, arguing Soviet nuclear gains threaten strategic superiority. He framed renewed defense spending as essential for ratification, with Sen. Alan Cranston forecasting a ratification after a deal for increased military spending and deeper nuclear cuts.
In Santo Domingo police and troops clashed with demonstrators after the government raised gasoline prices by 60 percent to 1.85 per gallon. Four people were killed, about 30 injured, and more than 700 arrested as drivers and crowds set vehicles ablaze and halted most public transit.
American wheat supplies allow the Soviet Union to buy at least 10 million additional metric tons in the next 14 months, announced by Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland. He said there would be no wheat land set aside next year and noted secret London meetings with Soviet representatives about buying 2 million tons in August and September and 8 million in the grain year starting Oct 1. Bergland did not raise American corn purchases in London but expected talks in October after its crop estimate.
The Senate approved Benjamin R. Civiletti as attorney general and Thomas J. Watson Jr. as American ambassador to Moscow. Civiletti, Maryland lawyer and former deputy AG, succeeds Griffin Bell who resigned. Watson, ex IBM president, follows Malcolm Toon. Other nominations include Bennet as USAID administrator Feldman to the Solomon Islands and Wisner to Zambia.
Delivery areas include Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and Marion with Sunday through Friday service. Rates show four fifty monthly carrier delivery and paid in advance mail options. Contact numbers, office boxes, and classified ads lines are listed for subscription and advertising inquiries.
Typhoon Hope pounded Hong Kong with 130 mile per hour winds and torrential rains killing a 3 year old girl injuring 16 and cutting a swath of destruction across the northern part of the colony. The storm killed two more in the Philippines and Taiwan as it uprooted trees downed power lines flooded low areas and set ships adrift. Five boats with 478 Vietnamese refugees beat the typhoon to Hong Kong and were sheltered at a government dockyard.
More than 700 Indira Congress activists were detained outside a New Delhi court as Indira Gandhi challenged criminal proceedings in a special tribunal. Police and demonstrators clashed after a ban on protests near the courthouse.
The United States urges a speedy settlement of the Palestinian question. Officials warn that Palestinian terrorism could rise and Western oil access worsen unless progress is shown within ten weeks in negotiating a Palestinian homeland. The strategy aims to push Egypt and Israel to specify self rule powers and persuade moderate Arabs at the UN to press the PLO to recognize Israel, enabling Palestinian participation in talks.
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