Jobless rate jumps to 8.9 percent in December
UPI reports the December unemployment rate rose to 8.9 percent with nearly 9.5 million Americans jobless. Adult men hit a postwar high jobless rate of eight percent, blue collar workers at 12.9 percent, and total discouraged workers rose to 12 million in Q4 1981.
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Elyria-Lorain ranks 139th on livable cities list
A Massachusetts study ranks Elyria-Lorain at 139th among 277 U.S. cities in livability based on climate health care crime transport and education. Cleveland sits 13th while Toledo 74th Akron 99th and Columbus 70th. The book Places Rated Almanac notes Pittsburgh 4th and lists Asheville and Knoxville as top retirement areas.
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Friends Rally for Willie Jacksons Medical Dance
In Lorain a fund raising dance Saturday at 9 p.m. in Kennedy Hall on Baumhart Road supports 4 year old Willie Jackson who survived a car crash last August and underwent multiple operations on his mangled right foot. The Star Band will perform as friends raise money to cover medical expenses. Willie lives at 1407 West 17th Street and doctors remain optimistic about further improvements despite costs.
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Harshaw on block lays off 40 in Elyria plant
Harshaw Chemical Co. cuts 40 of 431 hourly workers in Elyria amid Gulf Oil's plan to sell the Cleveland based subsidiary. Plant Manager Robert McCarthy resigned Jan. 4. Gulf Oil acquired Harshaw in 1977 and has not yet found a buyer.
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Snow Tonight With Colder Lows Near Five
Snow is expected tonight with lows around five degrees. Saturday brings additional snow flurries and squalls with daytime highs near five to ten degrees and a 90 percent chance of precipitation. Details on Page A-3.
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Encore goes Hollywood a former Elyria High student writer
Fatty Rosecrans now Doug Warren a Hollywood writer finishes a Betty Grable biography. Shannon Jewell reports in Encore. CT film critic Steve Fogarty lists his Top 10 movies for 1981 with No 1 hinting from a photo of a man in a hat.
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AT&T to Divest Local Bell Units in AT&T Suit Settlement
Washington UPI Justice Department and American Telephone & Telegraph reach a settlement ending a seven year anti trust case. AT T agrees to divest its local Bell Telephone operating companies to separate local and long distance networks and access to international networks in exchange for dropping the suit.
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Traffic jams hit South Amherst students after bus cuts
In South Amherst at 3 p.m. cars fill a school parking lot as elementary and high school students dart between vehicles amid two bus withdrawals by the district. Parents cite safety fears and transportation gaps, with car pools forming slowly and concerns over icy streets and limited sidewalks. The disruption began after two of three buses were retired, leaving those within two miles to find their own ride and many parents scrambling for parking and timing.
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