European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday september 11, 1967 the stars and stripes employment Back at record Levels . Faces skilled labor shortage Washington a the nation s employment is Back up to record Levels and employers May again face trouble finding skilled workers if economic growth continues the labor department said the recent pickup in eco i nomic activity continues a resurgence in the demand for All types of workers can be expected it said. Labor shortages resulting from last year s rapid economic expansion continued to ease the past few months despite re need employment growth except for a Strong demand for engineers scientific and technical personnel and health workers no mad scientist Don Cash is a Hollywood makeup Man who spends his time on such bizarre tasks As turning actors into chimpanzees. But he says his most rewarding work was creating artificial eyes ears noses and fingers for Battle damaged gis during world War ii. His techniques provided the bases for work now carried out in military hospitals. A photo the report . Employment hit a record of 76.2 million in july and slacked off Only slightly to 76.1 million last month a record for August. Labor shortages eased in ther in Early summer As the Supply of workers continued to catch up with the heavy demand of 1966 and Early 1967," the re port said. Needs for professional technical and managerial workers Are still Strong but Job opportunities dropped for Tooland die makers machinists welders and other production workers it added. The number of unfilled Job openings listed by Federal state Maryland girl named miss american teen fort Lee n. J. Up a 16-year-old Bethesda md., girl was the Center of attraction saturday at Palisades amusement Park when she pose for pictures and signed Auto graphs As Winner of the eighth . To sell fire by the associated press fires still Burn and charred logs still smoke but experts of the . Forest service already Are planning the Salvage Sale of millions of feet of Timber killed in North Idaho s worst fire sea son on record. Five fires in the Kanitsu National Forest burned More than 43,229 acres of National forestland and almost As much Tim Ber on adjacent state e. Stillwell Timber staff Man for the Kanitsu said saturday that in his 35 years with the Forest service he has never faced such a massive fire Salvage Job. Time important he said time is important be cause burned Timber deteriorates rapidly and bids will Belet soon. Stillwell said much of the fire blackened areas Are still too hot for cruising rangers to make an accurate Survey. But he Esti mated As much As 100 million Board feet May be salvageable. Cooler weather with some rain moved into the Northwest saturday slowing Many of the hundreds of fires which have now burned an estimated 400,000acres of Timber. Most major fires were either controlled or contained meaning fire lines were completed around them. But thousands of men still Laboured in mop up operations i Montana Idaho Oregon and British s fires were out. Major activity entered i North Idaho where the Sund Ance fire 55,190 acres an trapper Peak fire 16,600 acres were rated Only As contained. Third huge fire known As thus was Lake in British Columbia ska loops District has burned 52,700 acres. These three blazes account for Well Over one fourth of the area s burned lightning storm Friday night missed the Sundance trapper Peak area but it set at least 29 fires in other North Idaho forests. Annual miss american teen Ager contest. Michele Patrick daughter of or. And mrs. Kenneth a. Pat Rick Bethesda topped 52 other finalists Friday night and was crowned the new Queen by Becky Alkire 18, of Circleville Ohio last year s Winner. Michele a senior at Wal Whitman High school in be Thesda has Brown hair Hazel eyes weighs 109 pounds and is 5 feet 3 inches tall. First runner up was miss Virginia teen Ager Laurie Burke 17, daughter of Navy cmdr. And mrs. William g. Burke Mclean a. Employment offices around the country totalled 343,100 in july 20 per cent below a year earlier. Hard to fill openings for production workers dropped sharply from a year earlier the report said. After a slow 1967 Start total employment Rose by 1.4 million from May to August one Andone half times the increase be tween those months last year i said. In listing current labor de mands the report said Engi neers were most extensively sought among professional personnel with 5,000 openings the 5,000 engineering open Ings listed in july amounted to 5 per cent More than a year ear Lier the report said. Openings for elementary an secondary teachers were still High in some areas it All the states re ported locally unmet needs Inone or More health service occupations the report were 1,250 openings for registered were also seeking some 500 licensed practical nurses and therapists and some 200 medical technologists the department said. Reagan wants medicare meeting Sacramento Calif. A the governors of eight states have been invited to meet with California gov. Ronald Reagan later this month to try to change Federal regulations concerning Federal state programs of medi Cal care for the needy. Reagan said he invited the governors of new York Illinois Michigan Pennsylvania Massachusetts Minnesota Oklahoma Coil sues Calif., jail for $100,000 los Angeles a a Stanoj Jentink prisoner is seeking $100, 000 damages from the state an the prison for injuries he says he suffered when he was slugged and stabbed by another prisoner. Paul Snyder charged in his suit that he would not have been attacked had guards More closely supervised his cell Block. His lawyer would t disclose further information about Sny Der who said he was hit by Lead pipe and stabbed july 19, 1966. And Wisconsin to meet with him in san Francisco sept. 20-22. I Hope we can come up wit recommendations for modifications of existing Federal administrative regulations and stat utes Reagan said saturday. The California chief executive said his administration s prob lems with the medi Cal program prompted the meeting. A Superior court judge ruled Friday that Reagan s proposed $210 million Cut in the state s share of the program would be illegal. Permanent injunction judge Irving Perluss of Sacra mento issued a permanent in Junction against Reagan s move to Cut the plan which serves a million and a half has announced he will Appeal the ruling. Reagan said he invited the governors to discuss their com Mon problems with state medi Cal Aid programs because ". It is time for the states to get to Gether on their own to dig into the Issue and solve what i a convinced Are common prob All other states with similar programs have run into these 5ame difficulties Reagan said but they have been most pronounced in the larger Chip cashes in tracking i of finds last child Houghton Lake Mich a Chip s Sharp nose will no longer track Down children Lostin the Woods and thickets of Northern lower Michigan. The 9-year-old German Shep Herd tracking dog died Friday. Michigan state police buried him saturday next to the Post Flag pole. Chip sniffed into Woods i Northern lower Michigan last monday and found 18-Inonth-Oldlisa Hooper after she wandered away from the family s Vaca Tion cottage in Western Leelanau county. Two Days later he rescued3-year-old David Weathers who was lost deep in forests near Rural handler trooper Clare Helms said Chip a 90-Poundtan and Black dog had been a policeman for seven was trained to find lost people escaped convicts and los Tor stolen property among other things Helms said. And hews Good. I guess he must have found a dozen lost children in his Chip found David after two coast guard helicopters state police sheriff s deputies and several volunteers failed to turn up the boy. The child was in a Little Valley in the Woods Helms said he was curled up under a tree asleep. I would t even have seen him but Chip just ran u and sniffed and licked his face the boy woke up and Starte petting Chip. All the Way Home lie kept petting him and talking to watchdogs Are asked to Supply Leash Atlanta a. A Gainesville Man has written gov. Lester Maddox new citizens watchdog committee with this request find me a said he was divorced and could not find a suitable woman for his children. The committee appointed by the governor to keep an Eye on state government at the grass roots level did not reveal his name. Kelly laugh California gov. Ronald Reagan reacts twosome Tunny business by Veteran Clown Emmett Kelly at Heagan s office in Sacramento. Kelly was honoured by the legislature. Al
