European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes August 1985 local payrolls reach record level Washington a employment by stale and local governments climbed to a record level last continuing an upward spiral that has paused Only once since world War the census Bureau states and municipalities began adding to their payrolls following the with employment peaking at the equivalent of full time workers in the recession then prompted cutbacks in local and state government and employment dropped for two increases resumed slightly in 1983 and accelerated last year to a record level of Federal civilian employment totalled about million last having held steady since about the Federal government employed More than million during world War but that dropped sharply following the Only climbing Back slowly to the current Alaska had the highest ratio of employees to residents last with work ers per the lowest ratio of state and local workers to residents was in at the top average monthly earnings for state and local workers also were in at workers in at in october of had the lowest average school districts led last years employ ment adding percent to their followed by a percent increase by state government employment Rose and municipalities were up special districts reported an employment decline of percent for the and townships had percent fewer nearly half of All state and local govern ment workers were employed in 48 the report hospitals were a Distant second at followed by percent percent and general opera the average earnings of full time state and local employees for october 1984 was up 6 percent from october the census study for state government the aver age was while local government employees averaged there was considerable variation in pay for different types of with College instructors leading the Way at for the higher education employees in general averaged for the and work ers in elementary and secondary schools averaged in october those wages were generally higher than for other state and local but the study noted that in Many cases that rate represents a yearly salary being paid out Over a period of less than 12 among other municipal Munici pal electric Utility workers averaged in the transit fire and travelling Torch up photo the Torch from the statue of get a the Torch was on its Way transported on a flatbed delays to Saratoga Springs to kick off a traffic for Miles on interstate 87 in statewide program celebrating the stat As motorists slow Down to us robot guard caught asleep by intruders up a robot who is supposed to scare off burglars by saying warn intruder i have summoned the police was caught sleeping on the Job and was stolen while his owners were on police said Tom and Priscilla Nelson banished to the basement of their Home two weeks ago and left on unable to blurt his mechanical hero became the victim of a taken along with a television video recorder and jewelry Worth several thousand the police found about the size of a garbage in a stolen car in Washington partially Nelson said he spent 250 hours and creating which can also say i am incapable of making a mistake you must be and you Are very attractive for a group firms bankruptcy petition a move of escape shield suits Washington up a women group asked a Federal court Friday to Dis miss the Robins petition for Bank maintaining that the big drug com Pany is seeking to Dodge lawsuits by women injured by the firms Dalton shield birth control the National women health network filed its motion in District court in saying the pharmaceutical company petition to reorganize under bankruptcy Laws is an unjustified tactic to Duck corporate we Hope to persuade the court that bankruptcy Laws Are meant to allow insolvent people and companies a fresh not shield financially healthy companies like Robins from legitimate claims by victims of their defective said Aaron lean attorney representing the women Levine had said he planned to file the motion but instead it was actually entered with the court Early it was filed on behalf of the women group As Well As 88 women he represents who have lawsuits against Levine said he asked the court for a sep tember based in filed its Peti Tion bankruptcy Protection would delay for up to several years about lawsuits that seek tens of millions of dollars in the 119yearold pharmaceutical giant sold the Dalton shield to about million women from 1970 to when it with Drew the device from the it stopped overseas distribution the following sales have resulted in More than lawsuits by women who claim to have suffered Pelvic sterility and involuntary As of this the company and its insurer had paid about million for plus Legal expenses totalling in a statement Robins said it is financially healthy but filed for Protection because of the continuing Burden on litigation related to the Dalton company spokesman Roscoe Puckett said one goal of the bankruptcy petition is to get an orderly process established to take care of the remaining Levine said if his motion he would seek to have lawsuits transferred to Washington from where he Robins owns the the climate is both conservative and Victoria executive director of the National women health what Robins is trying to do is its another indication of its corporate in Richmond District judge Robert Merhige told 24 lawyers rep resenting women suing Robins that their cases Are on hold pending a decision on the company bankruptcy Protection the company has asked that supervision of the Case be transferred from bankruptcy court to in a judge who was involved in numerous cases involving the dal Kon shield said he Hopes the company bankruptcy filing is not a ploy to avoid pay ing claims resulting from use of the i Hope its not another delaying said senior District judge Miles i Hope women Are Able to recover claims for injuries involving use of the its Back to work As usual for sharers of giant Jackpot new York a Twenty one fac tory most of them recent Immi returned to work As usual Friday after winning a share of the nations biggest lottery saying they thought it was Only fair to their another Winner stepped for Ward to claim his on third share of the million Joe of said at a news conference that he was numb after learning he had i Haven really realized the Impact of whats happened to me Moore a regular lottery Moore said he probably would keep his Job with a computer data processing a third who bought a ticket in had not claimed the prize by Fri Day lottery officials first to jump into the spotlight were the workers at Hantscho a manufacturer of offset printing presses in North of new York most of the 21 workers had come to the United states from other including the dominican Paraguay and it would not be fair for the company not to show up it would hold up said viral one of the 21 and Treyve been Good to these Guys Are like a Cross Section of with every racial and religious group said Karl Wal a vice president at Hantscho i feel terrifically maybe now ill out and buy myself a Brand new american said Peter ringleader of the Lucky As they called themselves on lottery wednesday hours before the Lee asked his fellow workers if they wanted to go in on lotto of 23 workers in the 21 Lee collected a Dollar from had each worker fill out two then bought 21 tickets at a stationery he gave the game cards to Vilart Willie of kept the went but didst watch the televised it was lao who realized they were each of the Lucky 21 earns to said Karl vice president of manufacturing for the the Lucky 21 was the largest group Ever to Divide a first prize in the state said James lotto director for new York their will be distributed in 20 payments of meaning each will receive annual payments of about after according to their