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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 stars and stripes saturday february 1883rttyo co m re in trip it " balloting confused in philippine election. _ _ j i a. Showed Aquino catching up. The news Agency however announced that the Dent appeared to be headed for a Clear Victory to Sajedi its unofficial tally which showed Marcos wit votes to Aquino s 160,502. An Independent citizens watchdog group said Ittu Nocial count showed Aquino leading Marcos 180,000 continued reports of violence boosted the death toll to two month election Campaign to 98, including 11 people ill in an ambush in Quezon province South of Manila. Court from Page 1 civilian jobless rate Falls to 6.7% rates fell  second round of cuts with the Start of the the ruling left standing the targets them selves As Well As a Back up provision that lets Congress trigger each year s set of cuts with a single vote in each  ruling came on a lawsuit filed by 12 members of Congress and a Federal employee Union. The lawsuit contended the automatic triggering mechanism was  panel overturned the key provision of the Law on the grounds that it vests executive Power in the comptroller general an officer removable by  s ruling could gut enforcement of the  Capitol Hill sen. Robert Dole r kan., said the pressure will �u11 be on Congress and 1 Hope we will not worry about Gramm Rudman and put together budget we can All  under the Gramm Rud Roan act the comp troller general head of Congress general accounting office was Given the authority to determine the size of the automatic spending cuts that would be  judges  their ruling the automatic deficit reduction process established by the balanced budget and emergency deficit control act of 1 985 hereby is declared  an elated Alan b. Morison attorney forthe congressional plaintiffs told reporters we re  the court found that the remainder of the Law signed by Reagan on dec. 12,"passes constitutional  the Gramm Rudman act provides that any Appeal of a finding on the constitutionality of the Law could be taken directly tothe supreme court. The judges also held that january Cost of living increases for Federal civilian and military retirees had been improperly sus Pended under the initial round or cuts. Be cause of its determination that the Auto Matic " triggering mechanism was unconstitutional the court said any cancel lation of Cost of living increases will re quire the passage of legislation the panel did riot contest Congress ability to Delegate authority in general. It jus took Issue with giving sweeping budget Cut Ting Powers to the comptroller general. Washington a the civilian unemployment rate fell to 6.7 percent in january As the improving . Economy created 565,000 non farm jobs the govern ment said  Rolls of those officially listed As out of work fell below 8 million for the first Tim since Ronald Reagan became president to 7,831,000 from 8,023,  0.2 percentage Point drop from de Cember s 6.9 percent was paced by an influx of new service related jobs that raised the num Ber of working americans to a record of nearly 109 million the labor department said. The civilian unemployment Rale was the lowest since March 1980, when it was 6.3 percent. The total of unemployed Ameri cans was last below g million in May 1980. An alternate rate combining the 116.8 Mil lion member civilian labor Force with the 1.7 million members of the armed services stationed in the United states was at 6.6 percent last month the department  a separate report the department said the number of discouraged workers those out of work More than six months and not looking for employment fell to 1.1 million the lowest level in More than four years. Do cur aged workers Are not counted on the official unemployment Rolls because they Are not considered part of the labor  service related jobs increased by 115,000 in january while manufacturing employment climbed 8,000, its fourth straight monthly  6.7 percent civilian unemployment rate last month was 4 percentage Points below ti10.7-percent Peak registered at the depth the recession in november 1982.at that time the Rolls of the i totalled More than 12 million. Since to bin million jobs have been created. In the tart alone according to a business payroll not used in the unemployment rate lion some 3.1 million jobs have been or last month mild weather and strength i the housing Industry kept construction ploy ment from taking its Normal 1 dip. Such jobs seasonally adjusted,55,000lo4.9million.,. The civilian labor Force grew by 557,outpacing the growth of 400,000 new measured in a Survey of 60,000 Sofrom which the unemployment rate is a. Haiti from Page 1 announced it would temporarily accept Duvalier in order to allow a transition to democracy. It said no country had agreed to permanently accept Duvalier. Duvalier s flight came one week after the White House erroneously reported  fled the country prompting lira to declare he was Strong As firm As a Monkey s  his authoritarian government had been the target of mounting protests since last no vember including riots last week in which army from Page 1 the fiscal year he  addition to a longer wait on the pro motion list for enlisted soldiers new time in service requirements have also been is  primary zone advancement to specialist four has been extended from 24months to 26 months time in service. Sol Diers with 12 months to 25 months time in service will require a waiver for Advance ment to specialist four theye is no change to the time in Grade requirement for Pri Mary zone advancement or the time in service time in Grade requirements for Tec Mondary zone advancements Boehn said. As Many As 50 people were  said 23 people accompanied Duvalier out of the country including his Mother his two children two children from his wife s pre Vious marriage and three Security , nicknamed baby Doc took Power at age 19 in 1971 after the death of his father Francois papa Doc Duvalier. The elder Duvalier was elected in 1957 and eventually named himself president for  Namphy head of the new governing coun cil called on National television for Calm and  he said the military had no political ambitions not now or  haitians celebrating Duvalier s Depar Ture climbed on buses and pulled Down pos ters left from a referendum Hist july 22, i which the government claimed 99 percent of the voters approved Duvalier s  observers and journalists however reported widespread  Miami where up to 100,000 haitian Refu gees live Many poured into the streets chanting no More Duvalier and waving haitian flags. Many said they planned Togo  lived in luxury in his gleaming pal Ace while Haiti s per capita annual income fell to $380, according to the world Bank. He frequently shut Down opposition radio stations if they were too critical of his Rule and did not allow political parties. Like his father he maintained order through a militia widely accused by haitian exiles and foreign govern ments of human rights abuses. While no single group was organize against him unsigned anti Duvalier leaflets have been dropped periodically in the Capi Tal since last fad. Sporadic rioting broke out in november and intensified two weeks ago with  in the cities of gon Aives and c haitian in which five people died Duvalier imposed a 30-Day state of j last Friday suspending haitians civil  rioting spread to port a Prince ans least 50 people were reported killed there temperature february6 l Hii 20 Albany 21 41 albuquerque24 34 Anchorage 57 67 atlanta36 43 Atlantic Clov 42 42 baltimore19 26 bluing 41 71 birmingham14 41 Boise 21 30 boston15 22 Buffalo 2 10 burlington54 60 Charleston . 47 62 Charleston w.va.21 33 Chicago 39 42 clndnnatl30 31 Cleveland 42 so Dallas fort worth25 21 Denver 22 32 desmolnes24 31 Detroit 4 23 fairbanks23 26 Fargo 29 35 hartford62 14 Honolulu 41 60 houston33 37 Indianapolis 62 72 jacksonville32 34 Kansas Colv 11 s3 Las vegas41 51 lathe Rock u n ""i50 67 Loi Angelet / 31 47 Louls vim .54 59 Memphis 71 71 Miami Beach 1,125 a Mort is. Rui 27 90 omaha60 ii Orlando s 44 philadelphia5? Phoenix. S Providence Ratthei -%22 31 Renoa 34 41 St. Louis .67 77 is Petersburg 29 41 Salt Lake Cly 54 60 san do a 61 san Franco r67 12 san Juan 36 4 sealhe10 19 Syracuse 41 63 Tucson 39 54 Washington 32 36 of Catt a Reagan reports rapid Progress on Adf Annandale a. A president Reagan said Friday that work toward a space based shield against nuclear missiles is advancing far More rapidly than we even dared  he pledged to press ahead with research and testing of the controversial strategic defense initiative popularly known  in a speech to students at the Thomas Jefferson High school Reagan said techno logical advances that once gave the world nuclear weapons May one Day make them obsolete. The currents of Progress Are sweeping us on to safety.". U was his most optimistic assessment yet of Progress in the program which envisions these of space Basea weapons to shoot Down enemy missiles before they can cause damage. The soviets have denounced the programs a Way to launch a first strike with nuclear weapons against the soviet Union. The Kremlin says continued work on Stan wars win trigger an arms race in space. In addition the soviet Union insists no Progress can be made in nuclear arms reduction talks until the United states aban dons Star  the Reagan administration says the soviets have a program similar to Star  the technology to create a High tech shield against nuclear missiles is advancing far More rapidly than we even dared Hope three Yean ago when we first announced the program called the strategic defens initiative Reagan declared. I Promise you i will do everything indy Power to move Forward with research and testing of a High tech non nuclear defensive system so that the world you raise your children in will be Safe and secure an free from fear the president said. European wealth forecast for saturday parity Doud Benelux end Northern and Central pm. Patchy morning tog. Southern Germany a Lym Ostly Doudy skies with isolated Bow snr1 temperatures from the upper leans to upper from to to Low Mem. Sunset saturday �31, Sunrise sunday 741. Saturday mostly Doudy skin in Central Germany wlm occasional Snow showers. A .  
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