European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. April 3, 1987 the stars and stripes Page skills of older workers needed Brock says where the jobs Are greatest gain 1984-95 in minions of jobs business senders of Taining a medical services Luzj 323 restaurants taverns tial whote sate trade3d professional services i construction hotels lodging places credit agencies brokers Chicago a older workers willbe a key to America s productivity and competitiveness. Labor sect lady Wil Liam e. Brock said wednesday at the j7th annual conference of the National Council on aging. This country is going to be severely Short of a number ols killed people in the next five to 13 years Brock said when the average age of the nation s work Force will Csc from 35 to 39. The baby Boom is Over he said which will leave the nation with a More skilled More Loyal and More educated work  Many businesses still won l train work ers older than 50, although they can ill afford to be lost he said. "1 think that s crazy Brock added. Companies that Start thinking no about How to capitalize on their older workers will do Well Over the next few Yean he said. Those that Don t Are going to be  the labor department is awarding a$340,000 Grant to the non Profil Agency on aging Lor a Public private partnership Campaign to promote increased use of older workers he said. Exxon corp. Is augmenting the Grantwith a 150,000 contribution and William Brock a photo $20,000 is coming from other private sources Council spokesmen said. The prime time productivity pro Gram will spread information to Public and private employment networks about Cost efficient techniques for recruiting training and placing older workers a Council summary  will also provide technical assist Ance to businesses about How to retain older workers profitably and to Itale Job training coordinating councils to Hel them use existing Federal programs to serve a wider Range of older workers the summary said. We re not just talking about people in their 60s," said Council spokesman Daniel Schulder. We re talking about people in their 40s and 50s." the Council gets $32 million annual Yin Federal funds for a program it runs to help older workers who Are poor get trained and placed i jobs Schulder said. The program helps 9,000 workers each year he said. The labor department spends about$326 million annually on older workers under title v of the older american act in the senior Community service employment program Brock an Schulder said. Benefits in the aging of the work Force will include reduced pressure on the pen Sion system and it will give us the Opportunity to solve some of the youth problems we have not done very Well with Brock said citing youth unemployment rates As High As 30 percent and40 percent in inner City areas. Choice of younger valedictorian has graduating class up in arms Toledo Ohio a some graduating seniors Are protesting the selection of a younger classmate As the 1987 class valedictorian Howard Rhodes jr., 16, the son of two High school dropouts. Will graduate in june Only three years after entering waited High school. He has completed All the requirements posting a 4,2grade-Point average on a 4-Point scale. The Betler Ihan perfect score resulted from extra Points awarded Tor honors courses. School officials initially designated 17-year-old Jean Mclaughlin a four year senior As valedictorian. But Rhodea pointed out last month that he had enough credits to graduate and was therefore technically a senior and had a higher Grade , who had been listed by the school As a Junior officially was elevated to the senior class an named valedictorian Mclaughlin who has a 3,9 Grade Point average said twas disappointing id have the Nonor go to a student who did not begin High school with the other Doss members the dispute stemmed from confusion Over whether Rhodes grades should have been considered when seniors Grade Point averages were ranked said Robert roman executive director of secondary education forthe Toledo school District. The confusion roman said was caused by a change in graduation requirements five years ago that Quali fied any student with enough credits to graduate a eligible for graduation honors and awards. Before then the valedictorian was the senior but not necessarily the graduate who earned the highest Grade Point average through seven  s no question about this Young Man. He is a valid candidate and will not be denied being the valedictorian roman said. Rhodes is the oldest of five children of Howard an Judith Rhodes who dropped out of High school to Many mrs Rhodes said mrs. Rhodes is a Home Mac or and her husband works in a flour Mill. Escaped pet Leopard attacks boy tuscumb1a, Ala. A one of two Leopard that slipped out of their Cage attacked a 7-year-old boy seriously injuring him before their owner shot an killed the animals. Richard Joseph Wallace was in guarded condition wednesday at children s Hospital in Birmingham. Sheriff Suddy Aldridge of Colbert county went to Hawk Pride Mountain to try to determine How the leopards escaped from the 10-by-20-foot Cage he said he was told the Cage had been  Black Leopard attacked the boy late tuesday As be and his father Joe Wallace visited the animals owner Robin Willis. Willis later was bitten on the right thigh while apprehending the 3-Ycar-old Leopard a mate and the other animal a 2-year-old spotted , a Tuscumbia police officer killed the Ani Mals with his .357 handgun and their Heads were sent to a Laboratory for rabies tests. Appointments spark recall in Nebraska Sutton neb. A a few months after he took office As mayor of. This town of 1,400, Ray Mesteru has been ousted in a recall election prompted by a dispute Over the selection of municipal  results were 402 in favor of recall and 347 against according to Clay county clerk Janet Hajny. The votes were to be formally counted on  875 registered voters in Sutton 735 voted tuesday. Fourteen voters sent in Absentee bal lots. After he Learned of tuesday s results Merten said the town Council did not treat him fairly. They Wen All against me he  recall efforts initially were prompted by townspeople displeased with a deadlock betwee the Council and Mertens who look office in de Cember Over some appointed  s proposal to replace Utility director oily Kastens with Kastens assistant Alle Griess Drew the hottest debate. The Council repeatedly refused to replace Kastens Griess was transferred temporarily to head the Street de  s the Way 1 operate Mertens 53, said after learning of his recall. If the Crooks want Lorun this City that s Fine with  eating disorders May spawn sexual problems Chicago of women who Are obese tend to have fewer sexual prob lems than those who Are obsessed wit staying thin says a researcher who Stu died sexuality in women who have eating disorders. Or. Doreena Renshaw the director of Loyola University s sexual dysfunction clinic said she found 121 of ihc1,100 women who were treated at the clinic for sexual disorders Over the last15 Yean also suffered from eating Dis orders. Of that total she said 111 had prob lems with obesity while eight suffered from bulimia and two from anorexia Ner Vosa. Renshaw said weight loss disorders have a More severe effect on sexual function than obesity. The obese women were More eager Iodate More eager to mate she said More of them made peace with  Bui the women with seven weight los disorders were so concerned with their bodies that they had fewer sexual fanta sies fewer dates and less desire for sex she said. Anorexia Nerosa is a refusal to eat that can Lead to extreme loss of weight hormonal disturbances and even death bulimia involves secretive Binge eating followed by self induced vomiting or laxative use and can also be fatal. Both disorders Are linked Lolow self esteem according to Renshaw. Obesity is excessive weight gain that can Lead to illness or deals from several related diseases including diabetes stroke coronary artery disease or kidney and gallbladder disorders. None of the bulimic women or anorexic women in he group of 121 had children while Only seven of the 111obese women were childless said Renshaw who presented the fifth annual Karl a. Wenninger lecture in psychiatry at Illinois masonic medical Center on wednesday the bulimic and anorexic women ares Skinny that the thought of gelling pregnant is absolutely abhorrent she said. They re so absorbed in their body image they re so Busy hiding their Bod ies that they can t  obesity also can Lead to sexual dysfunction Renshaw said but the prob Lem usually results from conflict in an other area of the relationship Tike los ing a Job As  she was Able to help some of her patients with their sexual problems she said Many continue to need treat ment for their eating  altitudes and environment sexual attitudes conveyed through the Media and the individual s self image All influence  if we treat each person More As a total person we will be Able to Hel them sexually and in other areas As Well she said