UNEMYLOYMENT
On the ,conomic front - another i,adication
that recovery is
~
under way. The U S ~•,nploy,n•nt
rate taking its
~n~
,_...~
/ ~
biggest monthly~- I•
flfl•~
years;
A.
'
111,c:,it••B a
full
Ital/ a percent
1
from eiglit-t,ol,at-tlar•e
~
to seve,a-poi,sl-eiglit percentwi accordi,sg to fipre•
annou,sced today.
At tlae same time,
at1
increase of eiglal
lau•dred
llaousa,ad -
i,a
lotal employme,at.
Of/4, ••••
~
••J•-,
tw,o of every three U S firms -
•••
•
eillier
lairi,ag ,ae•
•orkers
or
reliiri•g those ,..., previo••ly
laid o f ; : - ~ . i t •
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ARLINGTON
T'lte
improved job
picture aoas also cited
~
by the President
t-oday
r..
as
vindication
of his economic
11t1ttx
policies over the past year.
T'ltis
i,s
a speech
to Republica,s leaders - at Arlingto,s, Virginia.
T'lte Preside11t sayi,ag:
''It •ould 'ltave
:l ■ YSa
bee,a
---=,
easy
to stampede - to tur,a our bacll• o,a
tlae i,alaere,at slre,agtla of tlae •orld's greatest eco,aofflic
mac'lti,se - to
tur,s • ..
••••II
to qwicll-fi~ gifflfflic• ••d
I
a.a
~
p-wt-
.::t:
snalle oil solutio,aa.A "~ Jfiit - tllis admi,aistratlo,a did
,aot sta•1>•d• - said lae. Addi11g: "We set a steady
course a,ad
stuck
to
it" -
and tlae tlooms'day ,._,.
some
•ere
predlcti,ag
J••I
",sever
came."
GUATEMALA CITY
The death toll i,i that Guatemala earthqual,e
co,iti,iues
to mou,it.
Officials ,iow
saying
it
may ••, e
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as
ma,iy
as
six
thousa,id.
;tad,
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ltw
••••t
nf
rccoury o,i,u
Hlh•••
Tod.i~ r:':erJul after-sltoclt -
registeri•g ,iearly six o,i the Richter scale.
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se,idi,ag thoa,sa,ids fleei,ig i•to tlae alre•l•j -
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some
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Jae
i,a
hysterics • ...,, ~J,J,ar•,ally
causi,ag
,ao
major damage.
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LEVI
From Attorney General
3dcar,
Levi - a
warni,ag today to Congressio,aal critics of the C I A
a ■ d
other i,atelligence agencies that tltey may be
getting in over their heads. Levi saying: "There
is
a qu estio,a of how far a comm tttee ca,a go ..,
i,a
monitoring i,atelligence operatio,as for legislative
'
-
purposes." Addi,ag: "Wl&atever meclaa,aisms are
developed for co,agressio,aal oversiKM_ - tltey must
-
leaf to the executive sHch dis'iretio,a as tlie
co,astUutio,a places
i,a his
office." •A•d tlais -
said
he incl•d/:r "tlae ability to act
witlai,a
lais
sphere -
A
witlaout
••••••••:r
.,..,arranted a,ad debilitati,ag
restraints."
ANGOLA
Pro ••stern forces in Angola aoere . . .
claiming today to Ila ve killed tlaree
Rua
s ia,a soltlle rs -
in a guerrilla-Hke raid led by a wlaite mere e,sary
- if true, the first Russia,as to die so far - i,a
lie
fighti,ag there.
NEW DELHI
the government of lnd~lend.lw
formal recognitio,a
tolluy
>..
to the Soviet-backed
popular moveme,al for the liberatio,a of A,agola.
1'1dia•'•
-
-
Foreig,a Mi,aister Chava,a sayi,ag:
"Tlte MPLA alo,ae
seems committed to preserve A,agola's i,ategrity a•d
i,ad epe,ade,ac e - a,ad f igltt Sou tlr Africa,a arm etl i•tr• • lo•. "
PEKING
Former President Nixon and
lti::s
wife, Pat,
. / ~ ~
- to visit mainland China
tr:ss1-
month at the
i11vitatlon
"
of Chinese leaders.
The formal announcement from
~
Peking
A.
later confirmed b)' the White
House.
spokesma,a
Ron Nessen saying official clearance was needed because
the Chinese will be sending a plane to pick up the
--tf..J-
.,asn•x
Nixons. Adding, however,,._ the Nixon trip will
be "a private visit - by a private ciHzfln."
CHARLOTTESVILLE
America's "blind worker of the year" -
seventy-five year old Luther Morris of Charlottesville,
Virgi11ia;
10/H,
~uses
t o d a ~
f:::
se11di11g
back
'
his social security checks - for tie , .. ,, ten years.
"If I have to retire" he says - "maybe
tlaen
I'll
have to accept them; but as long as I put
in
a full
day's work - why, there's no need.''
~
Luther Morris emp,loyed in a .worksliop f,,!!r
the blind - making mattresses, br oms, mops a•d
chairs.
••
•I■•
••• •••
pl■■~
advice - for
illllr
other blind:p•e
10••·
·
"I t~ll them to get NP a•d
~
at.t...J
walk arou,sd,
••11 le
"be
.
cause~1/ they dont, they'll
just get helpless."