European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 irk the stars and stripes Friday july 4,1986 wive who work Unema gym end in june drops to 7.1 percent Washington a the nation s unemployment rate dropped to 7.1 percent in june erasing the big Gam of the month before the government reported thursday. Civilian unemployment fell by 111,000 peo ple cutting the total number of jobless Ameri cans to 3.44 million last month the labor department said. The department s monthly household Survey showed civilian employment totalling 109,673.000, an increase of 563,000 jobs fro May. The Tabor Force those with jobs or looking for work grew by 452,000 to ii a 116,000. A separate calculation done from business Jay role said employment actually fell in june manufacturing jobs fell by 55,00x1, but the department said 40,000 jobs were Tost due la strikes. Oil and my employment fell by 15,000, bring ing to 3201000 the number of jobs lost since March Malthe construction Industry one of the Bright spots in the Economy this year sustained a seasonally adjusted decline of 30,000 jobs but the 4.9 million people at work on construction was still almost 300,000 higher than a year ago. An alternate rate combining the civilian Labo Force and the 1,7 million members of the armed services stationed in the United states stood at7.0 percent last month Down from 7.2 percent in May. Unemployment among hispanic civilians fell to 10.6 percent in june a 0.4 percentage Point  panel says defense Industry should police own ranks Washington