European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday. July 3,1987 keeping his Grin up w photo u. Col. Oliver l North Tuu big Wink and m Loofah or Grin Tor reporter u in servus of his Way to private int Emig ton wednesday on Capitol Hal North re gawd m the key Man in inc inn Coomi flair tatted to hmm and sea ate lawyers in a session described As Friendly and  to was a Prtt Nde to ninth s scheduled Pottle Testi Mony which starts next to Day. . Jobless rate lowest since 1979 at 6.1% for june Washington up the nation s unemployment Rale dropped to 6.1 percent in june the Best showing since 1979, mostly reflecting a decrease in inc number or americana currently seeking employment tie labor department re ported thursday. The government said the unemployment Rale decreased partly because fewer Young people were Kemink jobs when the Survey was conducted in june. The rate reflected both a drop in unemployment and a drop in the number of Job sicken. About 119.2 million peo ple were in the civilian work Force in june or about half a million fewer than in May the government said. About 112.26 million people were employed 190,000 fewer than in May and 7.26 million were out of a Job and looking Forone. Despite he smaller number of employed workers the unemployment rate declined because More Young people were taking advantage or the summer season and were not looking for a Job officials said. An estimated 286,000 people who had been Job Hunting in May were no looking for work in june accounting for the drop in unemployment they Saidt the teen age unemployment rate fell 1.8 percentage Points to 15.9 percent. Boric s nomination to supreme court draws High level Hurra is groans Washington a Legal experts Are divided on the nomination of Robert h. Bork to the supreme court with one scholar calling the selection Brilliant and another regarding it As a unfortunate twist of history. Members of Congress and would be successors to president Reagan also have mixed opinions about inc Wisdom of the president s decision wednesday to re place retired Justice Lewis f. Powell with Bork a judge on the . Circuit court of appeals for the District of co Lumbia. Paul m. Bator a professor of Law Ai the University of Chicago and the Justice department s Deputy solicitor general earlier in the Reagan administration praised Bork s qualifications and predicted he would be a voice for a More restrained Reading of the Constitution in the sense of Fidelity 10 its text and to its  it s a very distinguished Brilliant nomination Bator said. At the same time former watergate prosecutor Henry Ruth said it was an unfortunate historical irony that the Man who fired Archibald Cox under or Ders from then president Niiori would be tapped for the supreme court. Ruth now a lawyer in Philadelphia added however that Bork is certainly As qualified As anyone who has been Putin the  while Liberal legislators and private organizations were critical of Berk s nomination conservatives were Quick to come to his defense. Sen. Orrin g. Hatch a Utah called Bork one of the brightest Legal minds in the nation s history. Yet Strom Thurmond of Soulli Carolina ranking Republican on the Senate judiciary committee which will consider the nomination had Only lukewarm Praise for the nominee describing him Asa Good lawyer and sound judge. Judiciary committee chairman Joseph r. Biden or. Of Delaware a Candi Date for the democratic presidential nomination declined 10 take a formal position on the nomination but said head serious doubts about Bork. Other would be democratic presi dents expressed concerns As Well with several most troubled by bark s Rote inthe firing of Cox former Arizona gov. Bruce Babbitt said i Learned All i needed to know about or. Cork s character when reserved As the executioner for the sat urday night massacre of  similar worries were echoed by Candi dates rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri and Michael Dukakis governor of Massachusetts. Two candidates in addition to Biden Sens. Albert Gore of Tennessee and Paul Simon of Illinois both will vote on bark s confirmation. Simon Laid he would Reserve judgment but added you should not have people on the court who Are rigid  Gore said i Don t think it s a Good nomination but i d like to Sec the hear Ings and read the record before deciding How to  Art Kropp executive director of the civil liberties group people for the Amer ican Way predicted widespread Antipa thy for Bork s nomination among Liberal organizations. The Rale was unchanged for adult men at 5.5 percent and shrank 0.2 of a percent age Point for adult women. June s 6.1 percent civilian jobless rate is inc Best since december 1979, when i stood at 6 percent. The rate was 6.3 per cent in april and May. The average non farm employment grew by 116,000 workers fewer than expected and nearly All of them were in service rather than goods producing jobs. The labor department also Laid the average number of hours worked per week in manufacturing plants by production line workers remained unchanged at 41 hours but the number of hours of overtime per week shrank by 0.1 hour to 3.7 hours a week. The 6.1 percent Overall Rale Cove Only the civilian population. If military personnel stationed in the United states Are included As part of the labor Force the Overall jobless Rale was 6 percent. Since june 1986, the nation i unemployment rate has dropped a full percent age Point while the number of people employed has risen by 2.5 million. Many economists have been surprised by that growth in employment because the viewed the Economy As too weak to sup port that Many new people on the pay Rolls. Army no gets top rank Washington a the army gained a new senior non commissioned officer on wednes Day sergeant major of the army Julius w. Gates a 28-year Veteran. Gates was sworn in at a Pentagon ceremony by the new army chief of Salt Gen. Cart e. Vuono. He win act As Vuono s senior adviser on matters involving the army s 660,800 enlisted men and women. Gales 45, has won numerous awards including the purple heart and tour Bronze stars the army said in an announcement. Gates a native of Chapel Hill n.c., was formerly the command sergeant major of the 8th army in Korea and command sergeant major of the . Army sergeants major Academy in fort Bliss Texas running the school where the army trains its senior noncommissioned officers. Gates succeeds sergeant major of the army Glenn Morrill who retired june 30 after More than 32 years of Active service. Michigan governor 1 St to veto 65 Mph limit Lansing Mich. A gov. James Blanchard on thursday became the first governor in the nation to veto a Bill Rais ing the Speed limit to 65 Mph on Rural stretches of interstate Highway Federal officials said. Blanchard had promised to veto the measure passed by the Michigan legis lature lost month on the grounds that in did t adequately address his concerns about safety and did t Bun radar Detec tors As he demanded. In Bis veto message Blanchard said reducing the lop Speed limit from 7 1 Mph to 55 Mph in 1974 saved lives in Michigan and across the  the issues of Speed limit and safety cannot be separated Blanchard wrote. Federal Highway officials say at least 34 other Siares have enacted higher Speed limits As permitted by Congress this year. Betsy Tyson of the National Highway traffic safety administration said no other governor had vetoed such a move. Blnchard said he would reconsider the Issue if new legislation included shrift or penalties for pc ctn and curbed inc use of devices that allow motorists to break the Law and endanger inc lives of others with  his action came the Day after the House and Senate adjourned for the summer that Means Michigan motorists will have to wait at least until the fall before the Lygis Maiure con Lake another look at inc Issue or attempt to override Blanchard s veto. Legislative leaders said there was Limle Chance an attempt to override the veto would gain the needed two thirds Vole. As passed by the legislature the Bill would have boosted the Speed limit on 720 Miles of Rural interstate to 65 rep for can but retained the 55 Mph limit for trucks. On four Lane . Highways motorists still could have been ticketed for driving Al speeds from $ Mph to 6s Mph. But no Points would be assessed against their driving records