Reaganomics under fire as unemployment hits 42 year high
Washington reports the United States faces 10.1 percent unemployment, a 42 year peak. Regan argues recovery is near while critics demand public jobs and warn the downturn could worsen. President Reagan, Treasury Secretary Regan, AFL-CIO leader Kirkland, Udall, Kennedy, and Dole echo mixed views as the Fed lowers rates to 9.5 percent.
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Lane Kirkland
Kirkland
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
Buried Lorain County Democratic leader Joseph Ujhelyi
Lorain County Democratic Party chairman Joseph Ujhelyi, 75, was buried after funeral rites at St. Michael Byzantine Rite Catholic Church. He died Wednesday at St. Joseph Hospital from a heart ailment. A 44 year party veteran, he was honored by 250 mourners including Richard Celeste and Anthony Celebrezze. Burial was at Calvary Cemetery.
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Ohio
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St. Michael’s Byzantine Catholic Church
Lorain
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Democratic Organization
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Dave Zapotosky
Weekend Forecast With Showers And Mild Temperatures
A cloudy night brings a 30 percent chance of showers and low temperatures around 50 to 55 degrees. Easterly winds 10 to 15 mph. Sunday remains cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms and wanning high near 70 to 75.
Poland Bans Solidarity as Parliament Outlaws Unions
The Sejm voted 450 to 10 to outlaw Solidarity and curb new unions, ending worker democracy in Poland. Martial law chief Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski pushed the bill amid ongoing unrest and internments, with strikes still allowed under strict limits and penalties for violations.
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Lech Walesa
Lorain Countians face rising street homelessness amid recession
In Lorain, a 61-year-old woman was found sitting alone at Oakwood Park with no home, highlighting a growing number of homeless amid the recession. A separate Accent feature covers congenital toxoplasmosis and its impact on infant deaths linked to maternal exposure to soil tainted by cat foraging.
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Oakwood Park
Rome synagogue attack shocks capital with deadly blast
Police say terrorists lobbed grenades and fired on Jews leaving a Rome synagogue killing a 2 year old boy and injuring at least 34. As many as five attackers fled in a red Volkswagen and a white Austin. Initial reports had six attackers.
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