European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday november 27, 1985 Job Outlook better for next year s College grads East Lansing Mich. A next year s College graduates should find the Job Market slightly better than this year s graduates with the most marked growth in technical Fields according to a National Survey of employ ers. Again this year the largest demand and highest Start ing salaries Are those in the technical Fields said John Shingleton. Placement director at Michigan state univer sity who conducted the study with assistant director l. Patrick St acct. The 15th annual recruiting trends Survey released monday found thai employers expect to hire 0.4 percent More graduates with Bachelor s degrees next year at Start ing salaries averaging about 1.8 percent More than the current year. Demand remains High for minorities and women according to responses from 7io employers in business Industry government and education. Salary offers vary by academic major but the average starting salary for Bachelor s degree recipients is expected to be s21,601, the Survey showed. Master s degree holders will average $26.010, and those with doctorates will aver age $30,011, according to the Survey. Employers indicated they would hire 3.9 percent More electrical engineers 3.8 percent More computer scientists an additional 3.4 percent mechanical engineers and 3 per cent More Industrial engineers Shingleton said. One of the significant changes is the increased demand defense orders slump causing Overall decline by the associated press Slack demand for military hardware caused . Fac tory orders for durable goods to fall 2.1 percent in octo Ber the third decline in the past four months and the biggest drop since july the Commerce Dupar Lmont re ported tuesday. It said orders totalled $104.4 billion last month a $2.2 billion decline from september. The drop followed a 0.9 percent september decline and was the largest setback since a 2.3 pc a Cal july fall. The weakness was attributed to another big drop in demand for military equipment. Defense orders fell 26.6 percent last month after dropping 21.1 percent in sep tember. But analysts cautioned that the defense category is volatile and future orders will Likely Rise because of the Reagan administration s defense buildup. In other economic news a University of Michigan Survey found Consumers have lost some Confidence but will spend if they think they can get a Good buy. The Survey released monday said 25 percent of All families expected economic improvement Down from 33 percent a year earlier and the All time High of 52 percent in the second Quarter of 1983. Beryl Sprinkel president Reagan s chief economic adviser also predicted consumer spending will continue to stimulate the Economy in coming months even though interest rates and inflation May move higher. Meanwhile analysts said reports from . Automakers that showed Domestic car sales plunging 27.2 percent in mid november suggest that americans Are shying away from taking on the Burden of monthly car pay ments. Lower mortgage interest rates put the housing Market on a solid foundation last month. For graduates with degrees in  Schict said. This year for the first time in a decade education moved into the top 10 of Fields showing the highest percentage of increase 1.9 percent he said. The demand is especially Good in special education mathematics and Sci ence and teachers in English Spanish and  nearly every academic major showed some gain except agriculture which remained the same As the previous year the researchers said. The Survey showed demand for accounting majors Rose 2.7 percent marketing and sales 2.7 percent hotel restaurant and institutional management. In percent Chemi Cal engineering 1.8 percent general business administration. 1.5 percent metallurgy and materials science 1.5 percent chemistry 1.4 percent and civil engineering 1.3 percent. The Best Job opportunities were in the same geographical order As the past two years Southwest Southeast. South Central Northeast North Central and Northwest the Survey said. Estimated starting salaries for College graduates next year and the percentage change from 1985 were listed As follows electrical engineering $29,187, 2.5 percent. Mechanical engineering $28,971, 2.3 percent. Chemical engineering $28,739,2.0 percent. Computer science $27,775, 2.6 percent. Industrial engineering $26,817, 2.0 percent. Civil engineering $24.761, 1.8 percent. Physics $24,370. 1.8 percent. Financial administration $20,803.  percent. Accounting. $20,338, 2.1 percent chemistry $19,679, 1.8 percent. General business administration $19.589, 1.9 percent. Marketing and sales $19,284, 2.1 percent. Mathematics $19,014,1.9 percent. Social science $18,324, 1.6 percent. Communications $17,923,1.4 percent. Agriculture $17,841,0.8 percent. Advertising $17,832, a percent. Personnel administration $17,727, 1.6 percent. Telecommunications $17,473,1.4 Pei cent. Hotel restaurant and institutional management $17,375, 1.4 percent. Liberal arts arts and letters $ 17,358, 1.8 percent. Geology $17,185,1.5 percent. Education $16,903,2.0 percent. Journalism $16,207,1.4 percent. Retailing,$15,898,1.6percent. Natural resources $ 15,709,0.7 percent. Human ecology and Home economics $15,635, 1.4 percent. A photo accused of spying for soviets oils. Mi., by an unidentified Fri agent. Pellon former National Security Agency communication special Ronald William full in is led monday from the Anne Arundel county detention Center in Annap judge asked to bar references to Star wars Washington up lawyers for filmmaker George Lucas say use of the term Star wars to describe president Reagan s space based defense plan is cast ing the Specter of nuclear War Over what should be a fantasy film. Laurence Hefter representing the Cre Ator of the motion picture that has reaped $1.3 billion asked . District judge Ger hard Gesell to bar two groups from refer ring to the strategic defense initiative As Star wars in their television advertise ments. Lucas company Lucas film does no seek to silence either party but merely wants to protect its trademark and prevent it from association with a noxious subject particularly nuclear holocaust Hefter told the judge. " Star wars your Honor is a  s something that does t exist Hefter said. Ads that associate Star wars with missile program he said will cause Chil Dren and parents to tend to shy away from the movie. The two groups High Frontier and the committee for a Strong peaceful America have been running to ads featuring Chil Dren with opposing viewpoints on the ski proposal since october. In the High Frontier and the child associates Star wars with peace but the child in the and by the committee for Strong peaceful America determines that bid will Lead to War in space. During a 90minute hearing the judge gave no indication How he would Rule but he said i m assuming Star wars is Strong Trade Mark. I m also assuming that Little children who see to might get mixed up about  Mary Jacksteit representing the commit tee argued that Star Warsk has become the common word for describing Reagan proposal for a shield against nuclear mis Siles and that the ski plan is now a real the problem is that the whole concept of War in space is not just a fantasy she said. Marianne Hall representing High fron tier said her client agrees with Lucas that Star wars is not the right term to de scribe Reagan s initiative. High Frontier acts she said Are trying to Stop the use of the phrase in that context. The president repeatedly has said help can t like using Star wars to describe Nis defense proposal