European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes january 1981 ele tees ask wider role in demo setup Washington a elected democratic officials Are seeking to reassert their influence in party affairs particularly the selection of their party presidential Nomi Nee in the aftermath of former president Carters disastrous defeat three months House democrats and six democratic governors questioned four candidates for chairman of the democratic National com Mittee behind closed doors both groups advocated a stronger role for their sector in party affairs and reported that All four candidates agreed that some extra in fluence was any increased participation by elected officials would reverse a trend in democratic affairs which began a dozen years ago As the party sought to break away from the Days of conventions brokered by party once automatically named congressmen and senators once were automatically named As delegates to the democratic National but that ended with the Advent of a series of party aimed at broadening the party base and at bringing in More minority 10 percent of each states delegation is reserved for elected officials willing to run for the As a congressmen interested in becoming delegates can find themselves running against a county or state political Leader they would prefer not to both the governors and congressional officials said any increased Power Given to politicians should not be allowed to detract from the party affirmative action pro aimed at insuring that women and minorities have a proportional voice in party greater role James Hunt of North Carolina said the six governors told the candidates that the democratic governors have to have a greater role in party he said both governors and congressmen were interested in being delegates to the nation Al conventions but we should not step Back from the Progress weve made in affirmative although both congressmen and the governors suggested they be Given in creased several sources said there was no Clear consensus on exactly what should be they said no one advocated a return to the smoke filled room method of selecting a presidential but they agreed there was a mood expressed in both meetings that National and top state politicians have More Impact on the and they said there were suggestions that the democratic National committee give More help particularly in fund raising to congressional Candi new Rule for this design faces big question the question for engineers when they build working models of their Forward swept Wing air plane will it Fly this is a backs front View of a no flying full scale lockup of the unconventional Craft being developed at Rockwell inter nationals North american aircraft division at Al for future military a photo far below percent National average Wyoming ranks lowest in jobless rate Washington a for the Sec Ond straight Wyoming had the lowest unemployment rate in the nation in figures released thursday by the labor department showed Only percent of Wyoming workforce was without jobs in far below the National unemployment rate of Nebraska finished the year with a 4 per cent jobless while new South Oklahoma and North Dakota were below 5 Michigan and two states hit hard by declining Auto had the highest unemployment rates in the which has the highest concentration of Auto recorded a percent annual unemployment up from percent in Indiana and Alaska tied for the second highest state unemployment rate per cent while West Virginia weighed in at alaskan High unemployment stems from always use the front door Washington up it want so Viet ambassador Anatoly Dobrynina finest Day in motoring to the state department to find out Why president Reagan and Secretary of state Alexander Haig have been blasting the soviet Dobrynin was denied one of his special privileges entering the department through the basement a Veteran of 18 years in Washington and the Dean of Washington diplomatic Dobrynin had been in the habit of using the warm garage to escape reporters and cold thursday Dobrynin had an appointment with Haig and his Driver tried to enter the but was stopped by a guard and forced to Back it is Normal practice for All ambassadors calling at the state department to enter the building via the diplomatic said spokesman David we had notified the soviet embassy that ambassador Dobrynin would be met so no arrangements were made to allow his car into the he asked on his Way out if he was impressed with the new style at the state thousands of workers who poured into the state when the Oil pipeline was being built and who stayed when the Job was officials Only Delaware and the District of co Lumbia had lower unemployment rates in 1980 than the previous year both drop Ping three tenths of a percentage the farm Belt states of North Dakota and South Dakota had the lowest annual unemployment rate at the highest rate was in the Industrial Midwest Ohio and Here is How the states and the District of Columbia ranked in from the lowest to the highest jobless rates percent new South North North Caroli Cali South District of British farm to Export peking ducks to China new Rhode ten new Nev Penn Ala West foreign students in will face tighter controls Washington a the immigration and naturalization service announced thursday it will put tighter controls on the time foreign students Are allowed to stay in the acting ins commissioner David Cros the new f Ulf Stu which been in since last March wl11 take of will set a specific period for foreign students to stay in the United states equal to the time their schools say it normally takes to Complete a course of Exten Sions will be considered by ins on a Case Byase students Are allowed to remain in this country for As Long As they continue their ins spokeswoman Janet Graham said London a Cherry Valley Duck that because of the indefinite periods for farms of in Eastern which the foreign students have been Given says it has signed a 10year contract to sup permission to the ins cannot say sex ply peking ducks to aptly How Many foreign students Are now in but us ducks will not end up on chinese the Cherry Valley is one of the worlds she said that the most recent figures largest exporters of Breeding and its available show that foreign Stu be Keg Birds will be used to improve dents entered this country in but she chinese the British peking Breeds noted the figure includes a Small portion of Dobryzn yes i m faster and grows bigger than the chinese duplicate entries by the same students Rej impressed and there was no turning from trips abroad