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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, Saturday, October 9, 2 1982 Unemployment Rate Reaches Continued From Page One and we think were in that portion now, right at the start. Analysts with the Bureau of Labor Statistics noted that joblessness during that era of hard times involved almost exclusively male heads of households. In recent years, they said, there has been a substantial surge in the number of women entering the labor force and competing for available work. Statisticians also noted that figures for the third quarter ending Sept. 80 showed that 59 percent of the unemployed Americans were in households in which there was at percent, established in May, 1975, was shattered. Since the current recession took hold during the late summer of 1981, the national jobless rate has soared 2 9 percentage from 7 2 percent to 10 1 points percent. The bleak unemployment picture, however, doesnt compare with the kind of joblessness suffered during the depth of the Depression in 1933, when unemployment was at an annual average of 24.9 percent of the labor force. On Capitol Hill, House Speaker Thomas P. ONeill Jr. directed the congressional Joint Economic Committee, despite the election recess, to hold hearings on the state of the economy. American joblessness had been War II running at record levels since last April when the previous post-wa- r high of 9 0 post-Worl- d least one other wage-earne- r. Nonetheless, the latest figures produced post-wa- r highs within several individual categories. population workers suffered a percent unemployment rate, a full percentage point gain from the previous month. Adult males saw their jobess rate soar from 8.9 percent to 9 6 percent. Black unemployment climbed to 20.2 percent. Blue-coll- 15.6 Joblessness among High 42-Ye- ar full-tim- e said employment plunged by 230,000 from August. In this category alone, nearly 2.4 million Americans have been thrown out of work since July 1981. 'total overall unemployment has soared by 3 7 million since the start of the workers jumped from 9.6 percent to 10.1 percent and the rate for whites reached 9.0 percent. Due largely to the reopening of schools, unemployment among s eased from 24 percent to 23. T percent, while the rale among Hispanics held steady at 14 6 percent. Total employment declined from 99.8 million to roughly 99.7 million. In a separate survey of payrolls, the bureau teen-ager- recession. asked Began, reporters by dewhether the administration serves blame for the double-dig- it unemployment rate, said: VI dont think thats a game I want to play whos responsible for what. Tragic, All Agree; But What to Do? ontinued From Page One said the administration America. The most important priority of this administration is to create jobs, he said. There are signs that economic recovery is commg and that will set this process in m C Republican to show up. "The rise in unemployment is due to the recession, but Reagan didnt cause the recession, he inherited it, Jepsen said. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy termed the unemployment rate a national tragedy and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce used exactly the same words. Kennedy blamed Reagan but the chamber said Reagan had the right solution. The nations work force is fortunate that the Reagan administration is pursuing policies to curtail the growth of federal spending and taxes, he nations largest business group said. In time, these policies will stimulate economic activity and expansion in the private sector, the only source of real, permanent jobs. Kennedy, recalling that Reagan had asked the country to stay the course, said the American people should tell the president that his administration has flunked the course. At a rally in Lafayette Park situated between the Chamber of Commerces headquarters and the White House Kirkland called for a new course that would put people to work Our bridges and highways are crumbling, he said. Our dams and sewage systems are aging. Our rail track beds and mass transit systems are deteriorating. There is penty of work to be done and plenty who want to work. The Chamber of Commerce said any comparison between the current economy and the U.S. economy during the Depression are politicaly motivated. Now, the chamber said, 57 percent of adults are working; in 1933, only 41 percent were. Now, half the unemployed husbands have wives with jobs; in 1933, most families had a single worker. And now, it added, the government spends over $2 billion a month to help the unemployed while no such programs existed in 1933. Donovan wants to tion. The jump in unemployment had been anticipated but administration critics sought to capitalize on the dramatic impact of the highest rate since 1940. Asked Democratic ' National Chairman Charles T. Manatt: Does anybody believe for one minute that if we had a Democratic president in the White House and Democratic control of both houes of Congress that this government wouldnt be acting directly and positively to abate the needs when we have more than 11.3 million people out of work? House Speaker Thomas P. ONeill asked the Joint Economic Committee to meet during the congressional election recess to shape an emergency jobs program which the House leadership will implement after the Nov. 2 election. At a hearing by the panel, Sen. Roger Jepsen of Iowa was the sole Test in Utah Hints Death By Cyanide Continued From Page anatomical cause of death, said Dr. Finkle. He did the analytical forensic toxicology in the case and discovered cyanide and reported that, in July, to Dr. Doughty. He was surprised because there was no circumstantial evidence at the time to suspect cyanide death, said Dr. Finkle, but he accepted our findings and reported the case on a death certificate as cyanide toxication or poisoning, There could be no determination that the death was a suicide or homicide, said Dr. Finkle. There the case lay until very recently, and very recently we had reason to raise questions and discuss it in great detail with Dr. Doughty and we have subsequently done more work, he added. At the centers laboratory Thursday, Dr. Finkle found no traces of the active ingredient Tylenol but he did being acetaminophen find cyanide, he said. He reported this to Dr. Doughty and to the FDA office in Denver, he said. I compared our findings with the findings in the cases in Cook County in Chicago, by contacting the chief coroner there, and it turned out there were a lot of similarities the case we had loxieologically and the cases they had, said Dr. Finkle. All I can say is its very similar to what was found in the other bodies, he added. When he died at 19, Mr. Mitchell, who was working as a janitor, was known to be in good health and was even a health nut and a weightlif-ter- , said a source. He was also said to be a happy person, and the day IxTore he died he had ordered a new coin for his coin collection. One Treasury Secretary Donald Regan concedes Friday that no one knows when unemployment rates will begin falling. Janet Norwood, commissioner of Bureau of Labor Statis- tics, reports unemployment rate in Washington. Business Leaders See Slow Recovery HOT SPRINGS, President Va. -- (AP) Reagans chief economist and chairmen of 200 major corporations predicted on Friday that the economic recovery will be painful and slow, and that unemployment may still be about 9 percent more than a year from now. The Business Council, composed of chief executives of the largest American corporations, said that even with an expected recovery later this year, the jobless rate will show a scant decline by the end of 1983 from the high Reagan, de la Madrid Meet at the Border tillo has twice devalued the peso, imposed currency controls and nationalized banks. Half the countrys 20 million workers are unempd and the loyed or h nations economic growth has stalled. CORONADO, Calif. (UPI) -PReagan and Mexican President-elec- t Miguel de la Madrid pledged mutual friendship and respect Friday and said they will work together to help Mexico overcome an economic crisis that has had repercussions on both sides of the border. resident under-employe- oil-ric- Although the talks skirted formal policy options, Reagan committed the United States to helping Mexico weather its crisis, which has had a serious impact on businesses on the American side of the border. Reagan and de la Madrid conferred for nearly three hours at the Hotel del elegant, century-ol- d Coronado on an island off San Diego after first meeting across the border to lay a wreath at a statue of 19th century Mexican President Benito Juarez in a dusty plaza of Tijuana. United States already has given Mexico emergency credit and paid in advance for 40 million barrels of Mexican oil. Mexico, which has replaced Saudi Arabia as the top oil exporter to the United States, agreed to step up shipments to help pay off its foreign debt. TTie Officials of both government described the talks as exploratory and informal and said they were designed to give each leader a better insight into the others policies and philosophies before de la Madrids inauguration Dec. 1. As your friend, we stand ready to work with you, realizing that in times like these, friendships are put to the test, Reagan said in a luncheon toast. Let there be no doubt that our affection will not only withstand these difficulties, but triumph over them. Economic issues were a major concern. Facing a foreign debt of $81 billion, the largest in the world, outgoing President Jose Lopez Por- - of 10.1 percent the government. just announced by Martin S. Feldstein, the presi- dents nominee to head the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said the councils gloomy and forecast was reasonable, lamented the very painful unemployment the country is enduring. At the same time, Feldstein indicated that the Reagan administration has no intention of altering its policy, which most private economists blame for the anti-inflati- Soil Prisoner In House All His Life Kane (UPI) GENEVA, County father Friday said A 111. au- thorities overreacted" by taking custody of his five minor children, one of them a boy imprisoned in the house since birth because his parents feared he was retarded. An anonymous caller tipped off the Department of Children and Family Services via its child abuse hotline Tuesday to the family secret while Bernard and Joanne Freemon were vacationing in Mexico. Kane County Juvenile Court Judge Neil Mahoney Thursday gave custody of the Freemons five minor children to the department, and they were placed in three foster homes pending an Oct. 18 preliminary custody hearing. Protecting Others Freemon, who returned home late Thursday, said he and his wife considered their son, Gerald Bartholomew, known as Bart, retarded." He said they kept him at home for fear their other children would he considered re- 'Wffy '?, 7 ' 4yi ' ,' 4 V4I ? ( ... Ail . V-- i ;4-- v t t ' ' i one-stor- t uMKi'. ... . i i i - .. I .v - I At ' ' m Associated PfMt Lasarpnoto President Reagan and Mexican President- elect de la Madrid walk to the Benito Juarez The Freemons have 11 children, six of them adults living away from home. All the kids kept the secret," Paul Freedlund, special assistant in the DCFS, said after the minor children were removed from the home near Dundee But they all seemed relieved it was over. I left myself open. It's my own fault," said Freemon, a manufacturing firm executive. I can see they would want the one kid (Bart! in school. But they overreacted. Maybe the service doesnt have that much to do right now, so they are taking up this case. Two wrongs don't make a right, he said. No Physical Defects Freedlund said a preliminary investigation revealed the who never had been to school or visited a doctor or dentist, apintelpeared to have above-normligence and to have no physical defects. lie said he did speak slowly, and appeared to have suffered from the lack of stimuli. Freedlund said investigators learned the boy lived most of his life in an attic bedroom and took most of Ins meals there Statue in Tijuana, Mexico. The leaders then left for Coronado, Calif., to continue talks. The posh sui roundings provided a to the concerns about unemployment expressed in the business meetings. stark contrast Trying to put the best face on the latest, disturbing set of unemploy- ment figures, Schweiker said that were seeing the worst figure this month He said the jobless rate should turn down soon. Gunman Holds Family On Amtrak Sleeper - able to determine the condition ol his wife, who had not been heard from since the tram pulled into the Raleigh station at 7 20 a m. Friday We know hes alive, Im much less optimistic about the woman, Police Chief Frederick Heineman said at 6. 15 p.m. The man fired a shot at 8. OK p m Authorities said it apparently hit the door of the compartment and then richocheted into a mirror 0 foot room beinside the cause officers could hear glass breaking in the compartment. Three shots were fin'd shortly before the train arrived in Raleigh. Other shots were fired around 9:30 a m. and again at middav The gunman barricaded himself and his family m compartment A and adjoining compartment B of the sleeping ear, which contained six double sleeping compartments and 10 single sleeping units. The Rodriguez family got on the train at Jacksonville, Fla Heineman said officers had heard what they believed were two children crying but had heard nothing from the woman gn A RALEIGH, N C. (UPI) man apparently angered by his childs crying fired several shots on Amtraks Florida-to-NeYork Silver Star early Friday, then held his wife and two small children in a sleeping car compartment. Police, who feared the gunman may have killed his wife, tried for 17 hours to establish contact with the man, identified by Amtrak from a passenger list as W. Rodriguez, before finally getting an answer from the man around 12:15 am. Saturday. Police Maj. Tom Justice said the gunman told authorities everythings OK." Its very encouraging to us because it is the first thing weve heard him responding to us," Justice said. Justice said it was difficult to judge the mans state of mind from the brief conversation. He didnt sound all that agitated, he did sound calm, Justice said. Authorities said they had not boon tarded - cials are joining the Busmess Council for its semiannual meeting at an exclusive resort hotel in the Virginia mountains. prolonged recession and rising jobless rate. Government programs to stimulate the economy, intended to reduce unemployment but carrying the risk of rekindling inflation, would be a mistake, he said. The temptation of overreacting in doing things too quickly and reinflating the economy instead of letting the problems work out naturally have been a source of trouble in the past, Feldstein told reporters. Several top administration offi CIJP .5 & SAVE vfbf IUSPS 14J Tribune Telephone Numbers ialt lakr irilninr 478 3601 D.I237? 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