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BILL HENDON
Unemployment
/ Declines
Unemployment in Madison County
declined slightly during the month of
September, according to figures
* released this week by the North
' Carolina Employment Security Com
mission (ESC.)
The latest ESC figures indicate that
. joblessness declined by one-half of i
one percent during the month, to 10.4
percent of the work force.
- September's gain ended a four-month
-? increase in joblessness following the
< closing of the Melville Shoe plant in
Hot Springs.
According to the ESC figures, 990
Madison workers are currently
unemployed, while 7,900 residents are
? currently employed. Unemployment
during the month rose in Haywood
County .declined slightly in Yancey
, County and remained unchanged in
Buncombe County.
Bladen County reported the state's
highest level of unemployment (13.2
percent) while Dare County reported
the lowest rate <2.6 percent.)
DA To
Investigate
Vote Buying
Madison County District Attorney
| Junes T. Rusher has vowed to pro
> secute anyone attempting to buy or
sell votes during next week's election.
Rusher made the announcement in a
press release several weeks ago.
' In announcing the crackdown on
I vote fraud, Rusher said that
, members of his staff will be situated
. throughout the district on Election
Day to. hear complaints from voters.
, Rusher asked that anyone having in
?' formation on voting irregularities
y contact his office at 649-3033. The DA
said that all reports will be treated
confidentially and that there will be
an investigation of all complaints.
Hendon, Clarke
Discuss ?
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Canton Enterprise to dkcati their
view*. The following I* aa excerpt
from those interviews
Both Clarke and Hewkmupport ef
fort* to bring peace to the Middle
Eaat. The opponents alao agree on
support for Ureal, those neither man
claims to have any magic formula for
bringing peace to the region.
Clarke said that the U.S. may have
lost a measure of face in the region
following the wltbdrawl of the
Marines from Lebanon. He suggests
that diplomatic efforts could restore
U.S. influence in the area.
Hendon is quick to defend the
Reagan foreign policy in areas out
side the Middle East, most notably in
Central America The Republican
challenger said the U.S. must take
steps to atop abiaea by Handy
Hendon said he would reccomend the
U.S take a hard stand with President
Marcos of the PhiBipinaa.
On nuclear weapons, Clarke said
that ha would support a nuclear
freeae only If verification were poesi
ble. Hendon said that he believea that
verification is impossible, adding
that he doean't trust the Russians to
keep their word.
Hendon said, "Their word is not
good enough when it comes to our na
tional security." Clarke told in,
"Arms control is a highly desirable
goal. As someone has said, 'If arms
control doesn't have a chance,
neither do we.'"
Both candidates said that the cost
of a 'Star Wars' nuclear defenaa as
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