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Show UnemploymentRate Falls to 7.6%for the Month WASHINGTON (UPI) — Unemployment fell to 7.6 per cent in February cent below the recession peak established last May Joblessness has declined a completing a rapid 1 per cent plunge over the past four months that brought the nation’s jobless rate to its lowestlevel in more than October. The employment report, combined with earlier news that wholesale prices had a declined 0.5 per cent in year, the Labor full percentage point since Departmentsaid today. The Febuary unemployment rate was 0.2 Feburary, lent substance to President Ford's campaign claims thathis conservative per cent rate and 1.6 per economic working. per cent below January's 7.8 policies are The good news prompted Ford's economic advisers to predict that unemployment mayfall below7 per cent by the end of 1976. ButJulius Shiskin,headof the Labor Department's Bureau of LaborStatistics, noted in testimonyprepared for Congress’ Joint Economic Committee today that 7.6 per cent unemployment is still “a high rate by historical standards. While total employment has returned to its pre recession peak, he noted that unemployment has been reduced only 27 per cent from the recession high “The recovery continues to be stronger in employment than that following the se recession of 1957-58," he said, “but weaker in uner ployment The improvement February brought unemploymenttc level since Dece whenit stood at 7.2 Unemployment by 150,000 pe rsons to 7,1 million during F traditional breadwin ners. There were continued clines in joblessnes: time workers. and heads of In fact, the unchanged. Bls experienced increase in 13.7. per cent unemplo still 700,000 below while fell unemploymentfor heads of households fell below 5 per After falling 2.2 total employment has now cent for the first time since returned to its p peak of 86.3 m while total employr eased only slightly t Most of the recovery | Employment among met jobs went to the so-called 103RD YEAR, NO. 187 Reagan Alters Tactics By LEWIS FORD Holley, right. Mrs. Gunther, seated at right, will assist her husband by serving as matron of the Temple. New Presidency Named For Provo LDS Temple A new presidency for the Provo LDS Temple has been named by Church officials, according to an announcement released today to The Daily Herald. Orville C. Gunther, American Fork, has been named the new temple president. His counselors are Joseph T. Bentley, Provo, and Harold H. Holley, American Fork The church office also revealed the new leaderswill be set apart on Sunday, March 14. The newpresidencysucceeds President Harold Glen Clark and his e~unselors, Joseph Y Toronto and 0. Wendle Nielsen, who are being released after five years. President Clark and othersof the outgoing presidency have served from the time the temple opened March1, 1972 as well as during the pre - opening period. The templedistrict, covering the area from Lehi to Santaquin plus the Uintah Basin,includes 425 wards in 49 stakes. ‘The templehasbeen a strong factor in attracting people to Provoas well as a great center of spirituality and perhaps the busiest temple in the church performance wise with average daily participation of 400 endowments. President Gunther, a native of Lehi, is board chairmanof the Bank of American Fork Influenza Epidemic TakesToll in Nation ATLANTA (UPI) — The nation is battling its worst onslaughtof influenza sinve the great Hong Kong epidemic eight years ago with 1,207 deaths, and the toll still climbing, the national Center Studies Options In Utah Politics If Gov. Calvin L. Rampton doesn’t seek election toa fourth term, and if Congressman Gunn McKay doesn’t run for State Senate Pres Emest H. Dean, D-American Fork, will ‘'seriously look at’ considering the party's nomination, hetold the Herald today. “If Cal doesn’t run and if Gunn chooses not to, | would seriously want tolook at it,” he said, adding, “If Gunn runs | would want to be sure someone from Utah County is day The CDC said a survey of state health departments showed 24 states, the Districtof Columbia and Puerto Rico with epidemiclevels of the disease, 15 states with regional out- breaks and 10 recording isolat- Senator Dean governor, for Disease Control said Fri- the candidate for the congressional seat, and “If the countyfelt like I should be that candidate | would respond.” Senator Dean said he will talk to Congressman McKay within the next day or two to discuss his plans. Healso said hebelievs Governor Rampton “js still debating the matter He doesn’t want the party to lose the power of state governmentor congress. ed cases, Graphs used by the CDC to depict the number of pneu: monia-influenza deaths in 121 major US. cities registered a sharp upsurge during February, and officials said the current epidemic appeared to United PressInternational Ronald Reagan's campaign officials said today they will step up his new attack on President Ford via television and Democratic presidential contender Morris Udall cautioned newspaper editors to wait and watch his party's crowded race. Reagan changed tactics in Florida Thursday,calling Ford by nameand saying he lacks vision and leadership, And officials of his North Carolina campaign said today theywill follow suit in advertising next week, “Only twoof the 30 primaries have been held,” Udall told Pennsylvania editors in discussing his party's crowded field of seven major candidates in University Park, Pa.. “Obviously I have to win $5.3 Billion Total; Half for Mideast WASHINGTON moneybill, half of it for the Middle East. Just before the final vote. however, the House approved an amendment by Rep. His wife, Betha Allred Gunther, will serve as matron of the Provo Temple. They have six children. President Bentley, a native of Colonial Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, is a graduate of Brigham Young University where he also earned a master's degree. He has been associated with BYUfor nearly 2 years, having served as assistant to the president, comptroller, assistant to the administrator of LDS Church schools, and as a professor of accounting, . President Bentley has served twice as a missionpresidentfor the church — in Argentina and in Mexico. He also has been a stake president. He and his wife, Kathleen Bench Bentley, are the parents of six children. A native of Mapleton, President Holleyattended Utah State Agricultural College in repayments Logan, went into the — Fair through Saturday. the distinguished Silver Beaver Warming trend, lows tonight honor He andhis wife, Leah Cannon Holley, are the parents of five near 20s, highs Saturday upper 40s. Light winds. Probabilityof measurable precipitation less than 10 percent. children. WEATHER PROVO-SALT LAKE-OGDEN to the United States, Alexander estimated there are 71 delinquent nations, including Israel, Egypt. Syria and Jordan — majorrecipients of the aidlegislation. The appropriations bill was passed late Thursday in the house on a vote of 218 to 154 ‘The bill authorizing $4.8 billion aid was passed only the day before. The appropriationsbiii todo so. I'm in the mainstream of the of the Democratic party and if nominated | could win against Gerald Ford and beat automobile business and has had his own dealership in American Forkfor 38 years. He has served as a bishop and as a memberof a stake high council. Active in scouting, he has been awarded Bill Alexander, D-Ark proh aid to nations delinquent more than one year on debt some primaries and we expect Former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter leads the crowded Democratic field in the early going with 46 convention delegates compared to 32 for George Wallace, 30 for Henry Jackson and23 for Udall While Ford moved into Illinois today for two days of campaigning, officials of Reagan’s North Carolina campaign said theywill use revised, “new thrust” television advertising next weekfor the state's March 2Bprimary. “We're changing our whole strategy,” said Ruth Jones, a New York television ad consultant to the Reagan ign. Carter, meanwhile, told supporters in Florida Jackson had “deliberately distorted” his views on national defense and he wanted to set the record straight. “The No. 1 priority for any president has got to be to guarantee the security of our country. I promise you wewill never, while I’m president, put ourselves in the position of being unable to defend ourselves from successful attack or blackmail.” — passed a $5.3 billion foreign aid himhandily,”” Prior to entering the banking business, he was a high school teacher and helater operated his own sheet metal business for 25 years. (UPI) After beating back efforts to cut aid to Israel, the House has a ORVILLE C. GUNTHER,seated left, has been named president of the Provo LDS Temple. His counselors are Joseph T. Bentley, standing, left; and Harold H. Foreign Aid Money Bill Gets House Nod was larger because it covered final session of the party’s 25th congress. (UPI File Photo) Brezhnev Retained As Soviet Leader; Farm Chief Ousted some programspreviously authorized. Rep. John Anderson, RIl, and Rep. Garner E. Shriver, R-Kan., predicted the debt prohibition would be eliminated by the Senate, which now mustact on the bill. ‘We have passed such amendments before and they have ended up on the cutting room floor, where I hope this one will end up,” Anderson said. ‘The Housedefeated, 342 to 33, an amendment by Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., to cut $200 million fromthe $2.2 billion marked forIsrael. It approved an amendment by Rep. John MOSCOW (UPI) — Leonid I The 6%year-old Brezhnev, Burton, D-Calif., prohibiting Brezhnev, applauded by 5,000 announcing he would continue funds being used for assassina Communists chanting “glory, his Il-year leadership of the tion plots or influencing elecglory,”” announced Friday his Soviet Union at the headof the tions. It also increased funds unanimous re-election as new Politburo, declared, “We fornarcotics control Soviet leader and pledged see it as our main task to The$5.3 billion bill covers the “great new victories" for ensure great newvictories for 15-month periodfromlast July communismandpeace. the cause of communism and 1 through next Oct. 1. It But Agriculture Minister the cause of peace." Delegates at the closing Dmitry Polyansky was dropped fromtheroster of men session of the 25th Communist who will guide the fortunes of party congress — Polyansky the world’s biggest nation. apparently as the egoat for glory” te the party and gave the bushy-browed party chief a last year's disastrous harvest Two newcomers, Dmitry F personal standing ovation when SALT LAKECITY (UPI Ustinov, 67, and Grigori V he announced he had been The flu started later than usual Heavy Snows in Midwest ByUnited PressInternational A vast late-winter today left many midwestern communities near-disaster zones, dumpedheavy snows on the upper Midwest and sent damaging winds spinning into the Northeast Officials in ice-shackled Washington County, Wisconsin, closed roads to all but emergencytraffic. Mayor Paul Soglin of Madison, Wis., de. clared an emergency. The Wisconsin Power andLight Co. said up to 60,000 customers werewithoutelectricity Ford Has Farm Proposals SPRINGFIELD,Ill. (UPI) — President Ford today announced a reorganization of federal agricultural policy making machinery and proposed a 150 per cent increase in the current estate tax exemption to help many Americans, especially family farm owners. Ford camehereto start two days of campaigning against Ronald Reaganin the March16 Illinois primary. That will be their first head-to-head battle in the heart of the nation’s farm belt, where Fordissaid to bein political trouble because of declining pricesat the marketplace In a speech prepared for delivery at a “farm forum,” Ford said he had put Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz in charge of a new Cabinet-level Agricultural Policy Commit- tee’ that will coordinate decision-making domestic and on all international food issues. Balanced Growth Romanov, 53, both Brezhnev unanimously renamed general Supporters, were promoted from nonvoting candidate status to full membership in a secretary Government spokesman Vik tor Afanasiev said the 58-year. 16-man Politburo, the country’s old Polyansky, once thought to supremeruling authority (Continued on Page5) Gov. growth cancause Thursday night at Calvin Ramptoncalledfor balancein planning the future of Western economic and industrial growth in an era of inference on Planning and the Analysis of Economic Rampton said the and Demographic Impacts of concern over the Growth. environmental damage such region is in a “time when the desire for cleanair, land and water is confrontedby the need Influenza epidemics usually current epidemic of A-Vicloria military credit sales, with repayment for half of them cancelled. It also appropriates $695 million in security assistance for Egypt; $80 million for Syria, and $72.5 million for Jordan, plus $175 million in credit sales for Jordan. Another $50 million would implement the Sinai peacekeeping agreement. Rampton Stresses be still gaining momentum. occur in 8-10 year cycles. provides $2.2 billion for Israel, including $1.5 billion in foreign for the development of old and If Annual Growth Rate Continues World Population to Double in 36 Years UNITED NATIONS, N.Y (UPI) — At mid-1974 the world’s population reached 3.89 billion andwill doublein % years if the current annual growth rate of 1.9 per cent is maintained, a United Nations report said today. The increase between mid-1973 and mid-1974—the latest period covered bythe new U.N. Demographic Yearbook — was72 mi!lion. ‘Thepublication noted that eight of every 10 persons in the worldlivein the 25 most populous countries, The Yearbook, published annually by the U.N Statistical Office, presents the latest compilation of figures on population size. life expectancy, birth and less than40years The expectation in the United States was 67-4 years, for males and 75.1 for females. Western Europe and death rates, marriage and divorce for more than 200 countries or areas of the Japan continued to record the lowest infant mortality world. per 1,000births, It shows that Swedenstill has the world’s longestlife expectancy—77,.66 years for women and 72.12 years for men. At the other endof the seale 19 African countries reported a life expectancyof rates of less than 15 deaths Six countries in Africa and Latin America—Liberia Rwanda, Lesotho, Cape Verde, Guatemala and Chile—reported infant deaths of more than 60 per 1,000. The Yearbook reported The rate for the United States was 16.5. b Africa. repor that more than half the world's population—2.206 population. Population growth rates were 2 percent centof the world total—lives in Asia rapid mor increase in 43° in African countries. In Europe, 26 of & reporting areas including the Soviet Union recorded a population growth rate of less than 1 per cent In Asia and Oceania, 35 count es reported rates of 2 per or more The U.S. figure was 08 per cent billion people or 56.7. per Europe's population was put at 4/0 million, or 12.1 per cent of the world total Africa's 391 million or 101 per cent; Latin America’s 315 million or 8.1 per cent the Soviet Union's 252 million or 6.5 per cent Northern America’s million or 6 per cent, and Oceania's 20.9 million or 0.5 per cent new sources of energy. It is a ime when Americans in more congested parts of our country are crying for the preservation of the scenic Westas a national recreation area without suffi cent regardfor the need of the inhabitants of this area to earn aliving [believe the overriding need is for balance. We must work to reconcile in the best possible way the protection of the environment with the need for payrolls. There is little valuein pureair and water if no onecan affordto live where they may beenjoyed Ramptonsaid Utah's defeat of land-use planning was a blow because it strengthened would the have state's position asit faces the federal (Continued on Page 5) |