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Show Yol. 223, No. Salt Lake City, Utah 115 Unemployment For July Rises to 9.8 By James L. Rowe r. Washington Post Writer The unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent last month, after hovering around 9.5 percent since April, as the severe recession continued to take its toll on jobs. Tlie Department of Labor said the rate was the highest it has been since late 1941, when the nation was feeling the lingering effects of the Great Depression of the 1930s. (Utahs unemployment rate stood at 8 percent in July, according to Utah Job Service. That was slightly better than the 8.1 percent in June rate.) Despite the sharp increase in the unemployment rate, the number of Americans at work stayed about the same, at 99.7 million. But about 300,000 indi v iduals entered the labor force WASHINGTON Utah Layoffs, 15-- the last year, with only 20 percent of the 186 industries surveyed registering employment gains. Jerry Jasinowski, chief economist for the National Association of Manufacturers. said the July unemployment report "shows that the recession has reached bottom, although he predicted that the unemployment rate would probably move up for the next few months, eventually peaking at something more than 10 percent. year-over-ye- Saturday Morning Bricking In For Shelter Police LINCOLN. Neb. (LTD Friday released an unemployed man who hurled a brick through the window of a patrol car so he could get a night s shelter in jail. Ronald Laws. 27. walked into police headquarters Thusday and said he had thrown the brick through the window of officer Don Naughton's parked cruiser Wednesday so he could spend the night in jail, police said. Laws, of Lincoln, said he had no job or money, and did not want to be a burden to his brother and his family, with whom he was living. Naughton, who was not injured, said Laws told him he threw a brick through a bank window earlier to try to get into jail, but he was released and had a court appearance set for later this month. nr- - By Associated Press Israeli jets, gunboats, tanks and artillery hammered west Beirut Friday, with Menachetn Begin's government declaring it saw no progress in U.S. efforts to get the PLO to evacuate. But guerrilla spokesmen claimed final agreement has been reached on a pullout and that the next move was up to the invaders. The PLO said 250 people were either killed or wounded in an eight-storapartment building demolished by the air strike. But Red Cross rescue teams said about 10 people were killed and 25 y j ; '& c Jk -- J looking for jobs they could not find. As a result, the number of unemployed .Americans climbed from less than 10.5 million to about 10.8 million in July, the Labor Departments Bureau of Labor Statistics said. Expect Further Increases Even if the decline in the number of total employment is jobs is over down 1.1 million during the last year and the number of unemployed people it may be has risen by 2.9 million some months before the unemployment rate begins to move down. Many economists expect the rate to hit 10 percent or more before starting to decline. In the severe 1975 recession the rate peaked at 9 unemployment percent. The economy remains weak and employers typically are reluctant to add new workers until they have strong evidence that the economy is impro- All-O- unless the Palestinian fighters ving. w 1(M). Associated Press Laserphoto Hundreds of Lebanese people on foot and in Beirut across the cars flee beseiged west By Terry A. Anderson Associated Press Writer Thousands of BEIRUT, Lebanon people are fleeing Moslem west Beirut after eight weeks of Israeli shelling and bombing. But the Ariss family, living 300 yards from the Green Line that separates the west from Christian east Beirut, is staying. So is the Masri family upstairs. Where can we go?," asked Issam Ariss, a locksmith, during an interview Friday morning. We have no relatives in the east, and to rent someplace would be too much. The two Lebanese Moslem families live in the suburb of Haret Hraik, within artillery range of Israeli positions on the Green Line and eastern suburb of Baalxla. Haret Hraik and the adjacent Bourj district, which includes Seasonally Adjusted Percent of Force are drinking well water now," Ariss said, It's not good, but... " We 9.0. Green Line at the Gallery Seman checkpoint, the only passage out of the war-tor- n city. Beirut Families Detail Terrors Of Staying On in Stricken City Palestinian refugee camps, have been shelled and bombed repeatedly in Israels siege to rout the estimated 6,000 to 8,000 Palestine Liberation Organization guerrillas trapped in west Beirut. Less than 500,000 civilians are believed left in west Beirut; more than 100,000 have fled and others have been killed, leaving many neighborhoods abandoned and reeking of death. Families Still There But in Haret Hraik, each of the six apartment buildings still has from one to five families, despite the danger and lack of food and water because of an Israeli blockade. 9.5. Work wounded. Eight other people were reported killed when a car bomb exploded near the building. Heavy fighting with tanks, mortars and rockets erupted between the Israelis and guerrillas near the museum crossing point of the Green Line that divides Beirut into Moslem west and Christian east. Defense Minister Ariel Sharon toured Israeli positions in the area in his jeep earlier in the day. Not Advancing Israeli tanks appeared to be firing toward the museum from their positions on the fringes of the horse race track, but they apparently made no attempt to advance into west Beirut as they did Wednesday. Israeli forces and Palestinian guerrillas also traded artillery fire on the southern coastal fringes of Beirut following an Israeli gunboat salvo that was seen crashing near the abandoned Summerland Hotel, about a half-milsouth of the commercial center. The Israeli jets, roaring in hours after Israel refused U S and U N demands to pull back from newly gained territory in west Beirut, struck close to Lebanese Prime Minster Shafik Wazzans office, demolishing the apartment building that housed refugees and was frequented by guerrillas. Wazzan was in suburban Baabda negotiating with U.S. presidential envoy Philip C. Habib at the time, and neither PLO chief Yasser Arafat nor any ranking PLO official was in the bulding when the planes smashed it into a pile of smoking rubble. Assault? The United States said it had sent a message to the PLO warning of a real danger of military action by the Israelis assault, meaning an all-oe S2Tv 1 The nations manufacturing sector, hich has been on the ropes for several years, continued to lay off workers in July. About 90,000 manufacturing workers lost their jobs in July, nearly half of them in the machinery industry. The decline in manufacturing employment was offset by increases in service industries House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip said the rise in the ONeill, unemployment rate reinforces the need for immediate action in creating jobs. He called on President Reagan to support a House measure that would employ 200,000 workers on projects such as bridge and road construction. Robert Ortner, chief economist for the Department of Commerce, said the is not as bad as it July report appears," because it contains signs that the employment situation may be stabilizing after months of deterioration. The increase in unemployment is related to the increase in the labor force, he said, although he noted that the economy had not improved enough to absorb the new entrants. Ortner said the number of people filing their first claims for unemployment insurance in July fell to the lowest level in five months. Cased on Mouthly Survey The unemployment rate is the percentage of people without jobs in the total civilian labor force which is comprised both of those with jobs and those who are actively seeking them. The unemployment rate is based on a monthly survey of about 60,000 households and is adjusted to account for seasonal variations in the economy. Another study, based on a monthly payrolls, showed survey of non-farthat employment remained steady at 89.8 million jobs. According to the payroll survey, considered more reliable but less inclusive than the employment survey, the number of non-farjobs has declined by 1.6 million during I The Arisses and Masris make bread from flour they have stored. Several blackened holes from shells and machine-gu- n walls. bullets pockmark their It's terrible when the bombs come," said Omaima Ariss, a stout woman who says she has a heart condition. The two families include Mrs. Ariss, her husband Omar and son Issam; Nahmoud Masri, his wife Mesarra and their four children who range in age from 9 to 21. They all flee to the cellar during heavy shellings and bombings. We spent 48 hours there Sunday and Monday, Issam Ariss said. We took our food and some water and stayed there. They said they have grown accus- - Cotning Sunday In The 1 Can She Save Th e Last Slipper? Dallas Wuiulerbar In W est Germany Who Can Resist Naslassia? we..U-- l ixo (.cut Carnage Escalates, PLO Hints Pullout I & Price 1982 August 7, lomed to the occasional shell or bomb that slams into their neighborhood. Shells falling about 300 yards away during the interview caused not a flinch among them. Why Do They Stay ? The three older men of both families, who did most of the talking, had trouble explaining why they stay We are Lebanese. This is our place, they said. They also insisted the war may soon end, despite diplomatic setbacks of the past two months and years of fighting before that between Lebanons feuding Christian right-win- g Phalangists and predominantly Moslem leftists. Perhaps in two or three weeks this will be over, said Omar Ariss. "If the PLO leaves and the Israelis leave, it will end. If the His son Issam disagreed. Phalangists try to take control, I will fight them," he said. The Phalangist militia, which has controlled east Beirut for years and openly collaborated with the Israelis, have moved behind the invaders into Moslem-populate- d mountain towns southeast of Beirut and indicated they intend to take control of west Beirut after the war. Cash Running Low The Arisses and Masris say they are running out of money. Neither Issam Ariss nor Mahmoud Masri, a barber, have worked since the siege began. Masris shop was bombed into rubble. No other family members have found work. "We had some savings. Issam said. "We have a few thousand Lebanese pounds (about $600). Enough for another month. Then nothing. evacuate west Beirut soon. Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon, architect of the June 6 invasion aimed at crushing the PLO, said Israel was giving Habibs diplomatic effort more time, but that Israeli troops will not hold their fire if the other side fires first. He toured his armys battlefield positions in a jeep. Sharon also told Israel's Armed Forces Radio that the besieged guerrillas were in no position to bargain and described their situation as "very bad. "Actually, they have no reason today to gain any conditions because of their situation, Sharon said. Positions Improved He said Israels tank thrusts Wednesareas of west day into Palestinian-hel- d Beirut had greatly improved his forces field positions and ability to pressure the guerrillas. It is entirely clear that our situation today is without comparison better than it was two weeks ago, he said. In Jerusalem, after the jets returned to their home bases, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Avi Pazner said, We hope to persuade our American friends that Habib's efforts will col- - Todavs Chuckle A guy we know started out at the bottom. He struggled, worked and sweated, climbing the ladder of life hand over hand, rung by rung. He's not exactly a fantastic success, but you should see him climb a ladder. lapse unless there is a credible military option." Unless we see indications on the ground that the PLO is ready to leave, we remain skeptical." said another Israeli officials in Jerusalem who requested anonymity. "Until now all we ha e heard are words and more w ords and we don't believe them anymore. Sources close to the PLO said guerrilla security offices were oil the same street where the apartment building was bombed Friday. The flattened building was about 260 yards from Wazzan's office. U.S. Vetoes Israel Arms Ban - The UNITED NATIONS (AP) United States vetoed a Soviet resolution in the Security Council Friday that called for a worldwide anus embargo against Israel for failing to pull back from west Beirut. U.S. delegate Charles Lichenstein, who cast the veto, said Washington rejected the resolution because it calls for sanctions and because it. ..will not contribute to our goal of achieving a peaceful settlement. Britain. Togo and Zaire abstained from voting and the other 11 council members voted for the resolution. They were China, France. Guyana, Ireland. Japan. Jordan, Panama, Poland. Spain, Uganda and the Soviet Union. Accomplice of Tel Aviv In Moscow, the government news agency Tass reacted with unusual speed in denouncing the U.S. veto. British Ambassador Hamilton Whyte, explaining his abstention, said that though Britain condemned Israels actions, we do not support this draft resolution, taking into account the hasty manner in which it was introduced and that the sponsor made no effort to take into account the views of Lebanon. The Soviet measure would have had the council say it strongly condemns Israel for not implementing previous cease-fir- e and pullback resolutions and demand that Israel "immediately implement these resolutions fully. Cut Off Arms It also would have had the council declare "that in order to carry out the decisions of the Security Council, all the members of the United Nations should refrain from supplying Israel with any weapons and from providing it with any military aid. Israel invaded Lebanon on June 6 to crush the Palestine Liberation Organization and for eight weeks has bombed, shelled and surrounded west Beirut where an estimated 8,000 PLO guerrillas are trapped. The Israelis have ignored U.N. resolutions 516 and 517 passed earlier this week that demanded Israel and the PLO cease fire and called for Israel to pull back from west Beiut and allow U.N. observers into the sector. above-mention- war-ravage- d Historical Debate Towns Bash Early? The PORTLAND, Maine (AP) date to celebrate is up for debate, but this town didnt hesitate to start its bash and let the historians clash. Maines largest city is in the midst of Celebration 350, featuring festivals in memory of the arrival of the areas first white settler. The citys most popular history book, written in 1865, puts the date for George Cleeves arrival as 1632. That would make this year the 350th anniversary. But many local historians say the celebration is a year early. "The date is 1633, said Thomas Gaffney, curator of manuscripts at the Maine Historical Society. The citys own monument Eastern Promenade reads: on In honor of George Cleeves, Founder of Portland 1633. Jerry Holtenhoff, the executive director of Celebration 350, said he based the 1632 date on the old book. Credit for picking as the 1982 anniversary year goes to former Mayor John J. O'Leary, w ho thought 350th birthday while researching his mayoral acceptance speech in 1980. of a 8.5. U.S. Steel Assails Plan for European Quotas - 8.0. WASHINGTON (UPI) European and U.S. government negotiators agreed Friday on a plan for Europe to limit its steel exports to the United States, but the leading American steelmaker quickly rejected it. 7.5. 7.0. 6.5. y ASONDJFMAMJ J 1981 82 Source: Dept, of Labor -- Associated Press Chart Unemployment hit 9.8 percent in July, highest in four years. David M. Roderick, chairman of U.S. Steel Corp., said that with reluctance and regret U.S. Steel could not accept the agreement reached by the administration and Western European governments. The specialty steel industry also turned it down. Under the proposed three-yea- r agreement. European steel manufacturers would limit their exports to the United States in return for U.S. firms withdrawing subsidy and other unfair trade ports into the American market place, practice cases against European firms. The agreement is designed to cool off Roderick said. The agreement also is not fair to the a major trade confrontation between tens of thousands of steel workers now the United States and Europe, precipitated in January when seven U.S. unemployed nor does the proposal steelmakers filed complaints charging remove the injury to the industry, he seven European countries, Brazil and said. But Roderick called it vital to the South Africa with subsidizing their steel future of the American steel industry" exports. that an acceptable plan be found to Acceptance by both the U.S. and bring order to the chaotic" import European industries was essential in situation. order to put the agreement into effect. "It is our hope that our governments We believe the negotiated proposal and the European representatives will is neither fair nor equitable and to continue to explore other alternatives accept it would be to condone a for a fair and equitable solution that continuation of massive subsidies by will allow us to withdraw our dumping European governments of their steel and countervailing petitions," he said. "This proposed settlement is totally companies and permit a continuation of unreasonably high levels of steel im unacceptable to the specialty steel said Adolph J. Lena, industry. chairman of the Specialty Steel Industry Advisory Committee. "We reject this proposal in concept, with respect to the quantitative levels negotiated and w ith respect to the scope of the products covered." Lena said the agreement only covered one group of specialty steel flat rolled stainless steel products and ignored others. He said it would limit European manufacturers to only 90 percent of what he called their high 1981 level of unprecedented exports to the United States. His branch of the industry intends to press ahead with unfair trade practice cases it has filed against the European Economic Community, Lena said. Inside The Tribune Tribune Telephone Numbers, Page A-- 2 Saturday's Forecast Salt Lake City and vicinity Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the mountains. Highs in the 90s. Lows in the 60s. 70s. Weather details on D-l. |
