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Telegraph Colorado Springs, Colo. Thursday, Sept. 1977 Black Jobless Rate Highest Ever WASHINGTON (AP) The shall summer unemployment rate! black among black youths this yearling." rose to the highest level ever But recorded vith more than onejcarter out of three unable to find jobs, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. The department said the number of unemployed blacks, aged 16 to 21, increased by 100,000 since July 1976 to a total of 756.000 this summer. Their jobless rate, at 34.8 per cent, was up almost 4 per cent.

By comparison, joblesness among all youths in the 16-21 age group whites as well as blacks, declined slightly from last summer, dropping to 15.3 per cent from 15.9 per cent in July 1976, But the department said it. was only white youths who benefited. By comparison the over-all U.S. unemployment rate in July was 6.9 per cent. The rate for blacks and oiher minorities was 13.2 per cent while the rate for whites was 6.1 per cent.

Labor Secretary Hay Mar- called the figures of youths "most disturb- Marshall defended the efforts to create jobs against recent attacks by black leaders and organized labor who have contended that the administration doing enough, "Pm not surprised at the criticism of black groups and labor, what for." Marshall told a news conference. "But it's a serious misstatement of the situation to say not doing anything." Marshall announced plans to establish ihree new Job Corps centers in Albany San Bernard no. and Benton Pa. and the signing of an interagency agreement with the departments of agriculture and interior to administer the new Young Adult Conservation Corps for jobless youths. Boih measures were part of a $1 bilbon porgram recently Signed into law by President Carter to put 200,000 young people to work in public service jobs and park and forestry projects.

The announcements came as cials at the White House to as-i sure them that his administration will move more rapidly to spur housing and economicj development in cities. In recent days, the President; has come under increasing criticism from civil rights leaders and AFL-CIO Pres cient George Meany that he has callously disregarded the poor, the blacks and the cities. Marshall told reporters that the various administration programs will have a "substantial on unemployment among young peop e. Many of these programs will focus on inner blacks, who have tra- isionally suffered the severest unemployment problems. The bureau of Labor Statistics no.ed that with the white youth unemployment rate declining from 13.8 per cent last summer to 12.6 per cent in July, the ratio of black to white COMPLETE RCMODCIING I SCR VICC Your Kitchen or Bath Featuring CORIAN by DuPont Visit Our New Showroom KITCHEN DESIGN OUR SPECIALTY WE design according fo AIKD standards furnish materials for do-it-yourself experts or we will do cabinets, counter tops, wallpaper, flooring and installation.

rd- 4L SB ENTERPRISES 603 So. 29th jobless rates among 16-to-21 year olds rose from 2.2:1 lo 2 8 1 The summer unemployment rate is significant because when the 1640-21-year-old labor force expands sharply, as large numbers of youth enter the job market in search of either summer jobs or permanent employment following the close of schools. Between April and July, the youth labor force increased by 3.8 million to a record 17.8 million, or 300,000 higher than last summer. The three new Job Corps centers will be the first of a planned dozen new ones planned in the next 12 months. The administration is to double the size of the corps Torn about 50.000 prpsentlv enrolled in 61 centers to about 100.000.

Ijftkcwood Corpse identified 635-5716 LAKEWOOD A found Aug. 18 under a at a motel here has been identified as that of a missing Denver girl. Lakewood police reported Wednesday. The victim was identified as Pamela Jean Bluemel, who would have been 16 in July. Her parents notified police last December that she had run away, officers said.

Capt. Howard Cornell said of death been de- jtermined. The girl is believed to have been dead for three to six months, and the body was badly decomposed, he added. Cornel said tentative identification was made through dental charts and confirmed through fingerprints after a computer cheek revealed about 20 missing girls in the Denver area matched the general dis- cription. DOG TIRED The people at the shindig recent Kahoka (Iowa) Bluegrass basset Festival may have thought the happier (AP was great, but this young looks as if he would be elsewhere anywhere! Alaskan Oil Hits Canal BALBOA, Canal Zone (AP) The first shipment of North Slope crude oil from Alaska moved through the Panama Canal on Wednesday bound for refineries on the Gulf Coast.

The chief planner. Hugh Norris, predicted pipelines will eventually do the job and cheaper, 276.000 barrel shipment should reach the refineries about five days after clearing the canal, canal officials said. Other shipments will follow to refineries in Houston. Texas; Baton Rouge. and other Gulf ports in ships with capacities ranging from 231.000 to barrels.

The canal will be used to ship "only until alternative routes are found," according to I "This is an interim arrangement, alternatives will develop, a pipeline from Alaska to the Midwest would probably be more economical than shipping through the canal," said Nor- rn- He said the oil companies will pay 12 to 15 cents a barrel, about $15 million a year, in canal transit tolls. That would be an increase of 11 per cent in the $135 million in tolls ed by the canal company in 1976, Norris said studies are being of an existing natural gas iline from Long Beach, to Midland. Texas, which bp said could be converted to carry the 1 North Slope crude. mk Grand Junction Faces Dust Problem DENVER (AP) Unless sources, the air in Grand June- analyze air quality in the Dr. Warner Reeser, Ph controls are instituted to reduce and surrounding areas will Grand Junctions area for 1974, chief of air quality planning airborne dust particles from dirtier, according to a an(j jggg ancj com- and analysis for the State unpaved roads and other Health parecj predicted airborne par- Health Department's air pollu- The report, prepared bv ticulate concentrations with al-ition control division, said the PEDCo-Environmental, of lowable federal limits set to analysis may have under- Kansas City, used mathematic- protect public health and wel-jpredicted air quality deteriora- al modeling techniques to fare.

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The report, prepared by psychiatrists who examined the Son of Sam suspect in Kings County Hospital, said Berkowitz was a result of mental disease or defect" and therefore "lacks capacity to un-1 derstand the proceedings against him or to assist in his own defense." Justice Gerald Held, who read oart of the report at a hearing in Brooklyn Supreme Court, sent Berkowitz back to the hospital for a new round of mental to be performed by both defense and prosecutiuon lawyers. He also sealed the rest of the report and cautioned both sides in the legal battle not to reveal its contents. the hearing adjourned. Gold told reporters outside court: "The position of the district attorney is that David Berkowitz will stand trial," Berkowitz is accused of murdering six young people and wounding seven others during the yearlong Son of Sam rampage that ended with his arrest three weeks ago. Gold said his position was "based on a variety of factors," including statements made in sealed section o.

the psychiatric report. He said it was also based "on other matters facts that weren't available the psychiatrists." The undisclosed portion of the report allegedly contains material that could be damaging to both the defense and prosecution. If Berkowitz is to be brought to trial, the prosecution and the psychiatrist it retains must convince the court that he is mentally competent to understand what is going on and to participate in his defense. "Psychiatry is fundamentally an art, not a science," Gold said "The ultimate decision will be made by the court." Eight court officers sur Berkowitz throughout proceeding. He wore a new grey vested suit which seemed too large and handcuffs that appeared to fit snugly.

As he approached the defense (table, one of his lawyers, Ira Jultak, asked: "Are vou OK?" Berkowitz nodded yes but said nothing during the hearing. As soon as Justice Gerald Held took the bench at 10 05, the administrative judge, Justice Charles Rubm, handed him a sealed manila envelope containing three copies of the psychiatric report. The report was written and signed the two Kings County Hospital psychiatrists who examined Berkowitz Dr. Daniel Schwartz, director of forensic psychiatric services, and Dr. Richard Weidenbacher Jr.

"It is the opinion of each of us," the two psychiatrists wrote, the defendant is an incapacitated person as a result of mental disease or defect. lacks capacity to understand the proceedings against him or to assist in his own defense. The details of our report are as follows: "1. Diagnosis: Paranoia. "2.

Prognosis: Guarded. "3. Nature and extend of examination; The patient was examined psychiatricallv on Aug. 12. 13 and 14 (Dr.

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