European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes August 1977 Bias on to civil rights panel Calls acc apparently of curb racial sexual stereotyping Washington a the civil rights commission charged monday that television is marked by racial and sexual stereotyping and that the Federal communications commission appears unwilling to push hard to end such the commission said the acc appears willing to accept Little More than a paper commitment by the television Industry to end such in doing so it has thereby demonstrated its unwillingness to live up to the Promise of its original Call to the con science of the nations broadcasting Media and its own mandate to encourage the broader and More effective use of radio and the report the commission urged the acc to revise its equal employment Opportunity guidelines and employment con Gress also was urged to give the acc Power to regulate employment policies and practices of the the acc now has no direct authority Over the net the acc also was urged to conduct a Public inquiry and proposed Rule making on the As suggested by former commissioner Benjamin Hooks before he left the acc to head the National association for the advancement of coloured the 181page report titled window dressing on the set evaluates network dramatic programming broadcast from 1969 through news programs Broad cast in 197475 and employment data for 40 major Market commercial and Public Tele vision the report blames the networks for the alleged sexual and racial stereotyping in programming since they produce most programs seen on local in to the report White males dominated the appearing in per cent of All major and minor White males appeared More frequently in serious rotes and portrayed More in dependent characters having diverse and prestigious the report it said White females had per cent of All Many of which were comic and portrayed characters who were in underemployed and tied to the minorities continued to appear primarily in ethnic settings or As tokens in All White shows with per cent of the roles being played by nonwhite males and 13 per cent by nonwhite the report it said minority and female news correspondents rarely reported crucial National stories and civil and women rights topics received minimal coverage on network television the civil rights commission said White males made per cent of the 131 appearances made by to correspondents during the Survey women and minorities were rarely the the commission and stories relating to their achievement or accomplishments were not reported on network exclusion from network news suggests to the nation that minorities and women May not the report in its employment the report found the number of women and Minori ties made visible on the screen at local television stations it said minorities and women continued to be concentrated in the clerical and technical i the report said women and minorities were almost totally excluded from Deci Sion making positions and that their actual employment status was misrepresented by the local the civil commission has been established As an bipartisan fac finding Gao warns report against cuts in Al 6 funds Carter goals out of reach Washington a any congressional cuts in funds for the f16 would cause severe Industrial repercussions and could affect relations with nations co iting in producing the fighter air a congressional study released toy the multimillion Dollar f16 production program involves a consortium of Belgi the Norway and the the prepared by the general accounting office said any congressional changes that would have an Adverse Impact on schedules or costs would cause severe Industrial repercussions in the european participating governments and could affect relations with these cuts proposed at the time the Gao report was being the Senate appropriations com Mittee proposed cuts in the program which the committee maintained would not affect the funds were later restored by a House Senate conference the Gao report also said that the euro Pean nations will apparently be starting the program behind and it is Uncertain if they can ultimately catch up without assistance from the prime aircraft general dynamics is the prime contractor for the Airframe and Pratt so Whitney fur the behind schedule the study said production efforts in the european countries Are behind schedule because of delay in awarding it said 44 of 52 contracts had been signed As of july it said labor such As limits on overtime and on second and third make it difficult to recover lost a total of 998 aircraft Are planned for production fur the european coun tries and 650 for the a Sale of 160 planes to Iran has been the Gao said the co production arrange ment might increase the total Cost of the Fig program but increased standardization and combat capability would be More than Worth the extra it said that although full scale production of the f16 had not been the four foreign governments and their con tractors have reached a Point of no marijuana sunday held Toronto a about persons celebrated marijuana sunday at a free Rock concert sponsored by the National organization for Reform of marijuana Washington a president car ters goals of reduced lower unemployment and a balanced budget by 1981 probably cannot All be a staff study for Congress joint economic com Mittee committee chairman Richard Boi made the study Public noting it does not necessarily reflect the views of the Senate House the authors used computer models of the Economy and other techniques to examine the chances for Carters three major Aims for 1981 reducing the unemployment which has been ranging around 7 per to per cent slowing now at about 6 per to per and Matching revenues and spending so As to balance the the researchers they re illustrate the awkward position the administration has gotten itself into by promising a combination of economic tar gets that Are plainly to reduce inflation to the target the report restrictive fiscal and Mone tary policies would be needed and these would raise the unemployment rate Well above 7 per Only pure Good Luck including bumper world food harvests and massive and unexpected increases in Energy sup would reduce both the inflation and the unemployment the report that is the Only Way inflation can be slowed without also slowing real growth through restrictive monetary fiscal poli or without introducing a Yett Obein vented ant inflation program that does not need to rely on demand even with Good the report Contin the Federal Reserve would have to agree to a rate of growth in the Money fugitives office bombed Germany a a bomb exploded at the office of lawyer Klaus accused terrorist accomplice who fled to France last month to seek political there were no Supply that would be ugh by historic Stan in a letter transmitting the report to committee boiling said that it confirms the views expressed by several of our witnesses that the key to continuing recovery lies in More expansive monetary the report concluded that even if the inflation target could be invest ment would have to grow 10 per cent a year for five years to reach the full employment and balanced budget such a rate of it would require rapid expansion of the Money which u turn would have Adverse consequences for the inflation if the balanced budget target is to be taken the report the All important question that now cries for an answer is whether the administration will attempt to put pressure on the monetary authorities in the interest of achieving its economic or whether it will continue to permit the fed to operate As a Sovereign cheap skateboard Way to travel Scott Olds believes in conserving Energy so be skims briskly Allong a Colorado Springs Street at the sex dense of Max the 7tpouid sleep that he just stops when to which Scott says the 11monthold Max Max might say you May be a great cheap but unreliable transportation but in 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