European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February the stars and stripes Page 23 jobless rate stability in surprises economic experts Washington a while the Maine surprisingly stable in an Economy shows signs of staggering under the weight of persistently High interest the labor department reported Friday the nations unemployment rate re that last months jobless rate stood at planned when wind shifts Iran overflight veto stalls balloonist global hop Egypt up Iran refusal to Grant overflight clearance for two Veteran american aviators hoping to Circle the Globe in a balloon has delayed Takeoff planned for balloonist Maxie an Derson said Anderson said present wind directions make it Likely the balloon will Drift Over Iran and he decided to wait for a change of wind direction keeping the balloon outside iranian air due to iranian refusal to Grant air space the flight has been said a 46yearold mining executive from there is a 5050 Chance for liftoff on he a tuesday Takeoff is Anderson and his Copilot Don a tree Nursery owner from Origi Nally planned to take off from this City Sun Day weather conditions permit Anderson said he had asked the Ameri can government through its Cairo embassy to seek clearance for a possible Iran Over flight through Anderson and Ida have been getting Reg ular weather forecasts from weather serv ices a private firm at which will be tracking the Tran global flight i am waiting now for the right wind Senate confirms Orr to be of Secretary Washington a the Senate Friday confirmed president reagans Nomi nation of Verne who was California state finance director when Reagan was As Secretary of the air also confirmed at the same by voice was reagans Choice of Edward Schmults As Deputy attorney Schmults served As Deputy counsel to for Mer president Gerald direction to avoid Anderson he said he had no plans to cancel the flight because of the Iran overflight we will turn off All the radios and Hope they iranians do not see Anderson said when asked what he would do if the balloon drifted Over Iran despite forecasts to the what if the iranians spotted the balloon they a full probably shoot us he asked if he would land in Iran if Nec he said while i am sitting Here in the i can say i will not the Pear shaped balloon is projected to Drift Southeast from crossing the red sea and saudi Arabia and floating South Ocran on its Way to the Anderson and Ida will be in an in press sized Gondola rigged beneath the helium filled balloon and will be on oxygen throughout the which they Hope to Complete in 8 to 10 covering about a Hydrogen burning Heater will keep them imprisoned Russ dissident goes on a hunger strike Moscow up imprisoned dissident Yuri Orlov is on a hunger strike to protest soviet violations of the Helsinki accords on human dissident sources timed his action to coincide with the latest session of the Madrid con Ference on european cooperation1 and Secu before his trial on charges of ant soviet slander Orlov was the head of an unofficial group that monitored compliance with the Helsinki a medical he was sentenced in May 1978 to seven years in a labor Camp and five years of exile to a Remote location in the soviet percent the same As in december and Little different from the level that has prevailed since about million americans were out of work in the department in million people were employed last an increase of More than Looman doom talk the Looman doom predictions have been with us for a but so far they Haven said Sar a labor january stability is All the More impressive because the number of people entering the workforce increased by the first sizable increase since most of this gain occurred among whose participation in the labor Force now stands at an Al time High of nearly 52 in employment among adult men and teenagers was virtually unchanged in january and still was and below the Levels of one year Industry which had suffered heavily during last Springs Rose by nearly in january and Over the last three months has advanced at a monthly average of about be tween december and Large employment reductions usually the labor department the factory workweek average was up of an hour Over the continuing a steady Rise that began last july As the Economy started its climb out of the Spring in average weekly after seasonal Rose percent from a larger than usual in crease that reflects the 25cent increase in the minimum wage to an the department reported unemployment rates in january among key sectors of the employment of adult men fell from percent to 6 adult women declined percent to teenagers increased percent to 19 Blacks and other minorities declined from 14 percent to the Overall unemployment rate has see sawed Between percent and percent since even though interest rates Rose to record Levels during the same 20 mafia suspects seized Sicily a Twenty alleged members of mafia rings were arrested in this sicilian City and nearby villages Dur ing a raid by paramilitary court officials in strategically located Oman plans exercise near persian Gulf Washington a several Hun dred military personnel will hold a communications exercise later this month in the strategically located country of Oman near the Oil Rich persian Pentagon sources said the exercise is believed to be the first of its kind in on the Gulf of Oman leading into the the which will Start in mid is designed to test the command and control system which would link any forces sent to Oman under a Access agreement with elements of the Fleet in the nearby arabian the Pentagon who asked not to be said that no combat troops or weapons will be involved in the which will last less than two the sources could not say what equip ment would be taken on the the personnel Are expected to come from All four armed forces and will be mainly commanders and staff Brazil raises Export tax on instant Coffee Rio de Brazil a Zil raised its Export tax on shipments of Green 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