European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. October 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 . Migration stabilizing census shows new York not after a Vola tile decade in which economic dislocations forced millions of americans to move to other regions migration within he United stain generally appears 10 have settled Back into a More stable Pat Tern according to new census Bureau estimates and other government data. Michigan rebounding from huge population lasses after the automobile Indus try s painful contraction and restructuring in the Early 1980s, lost Only 4,000 people from july 1985 to july 1986, says the new report on slate population trends. To cab which gained More than 400,000 new residents a year from of her grading of America Cwi fut Btu slates at the Peak of its Oil Boom and saw the torrent fade to a trickle in the bust that followed has bounced Back to a intermediate level. Texas has gained More than 100,000 people from other states in each of the last two years the census figures show the Overall population of the North cast has Stabli cd with Only marginal growth the report said. It really has t changed much since 1983," said Edwin Byerly a census Bureau demographer and statistician who wrote inc report. Through most of the decide he Northeast s population has hovered around 49 million he said adding it just did hit 50 million in july Bui Byerly said the outflow of people from new York and Massachusetts which was starched and then reversed in the Early 198ns, had resumed at modest Levels 35,000 people left new York in 1985 and 1996, and 13,000 left Massachusetts in the same period. The Northeast corridor appears to be doing som whal better than the North East As a whole the report said. New Jersey for example is gaining residents from other states at an accelerating  1985 to 1986, 25,000 More people moved into new Jersey than moved out. Since 1980, according to census Esti mates released last july the new York metropolitan area has regained much of the population it lost in the 1970s, and tits current growth rate it will Gam it All Back by 1990. The Philadelphia Wil. Ming Lon metropolitan area also on the rebound has already surpassed its 1970population. The july report also showed that the Detroit metropolitan area Tor years Symbol of distress in inc nation s Indus trial midsection has reversed its Popula population changes from 1980 to 1986 estimated percent change 1 1 -2.2% 10 1.7% 4.3% to 9.2% j1.8%to 4.1% i10.1% to 32.6% Haw All Chicago Tribune map Souter . Co rub Bureau Ion slide. H began growing again from 1984la 1986. While he population of new England and the Middle Atlantic Stales increased by 1.8 percent from april 1980 to july 1986, the report said that of the Moun Tain and Pacific states grew by 12.9 pet cent. The population of inc Middle West grew by less than i percent according to the estimates while that of the South increased by 10.1 percent. The report estimated that the Popula Tion of the United states was 241 million on july1986, an increase of 14,5 Mil lion or 6.4 percent from 1980. The major exception to the return of steadier. Ions term migration was Iowa and same of its distressed neighbouring plates. Iowa s population has declined every year of the decade and its Tola decrease of 2.2 percent Tram 1980 to 1986 was the most precipitous of an state. Ford workers of new contract Young candidate Law turns its attentions to Gap is for mistake Detroit not workers at the Ford motor co. Approved the recently negotiated labor contract with the company by a margin of nearly 3 to i the United automobile workers reported wednesday. The approval which had been expected clean the Way for More intense contract bargaining with the general molars corp. Union officials said they expect la set a strike deadline at Genera motors perhaps by Early next week. The old contract expired sept. 14, but the Union has continued to work under its terms a negotiations focused on Ford. The new agreement Calls for the company k provide jobs for All fits current 104,000 factory workers for the three year life of the contract unless car sales decline or until me Cost exceeds $500 million. The agreement also provides far a 3 percent wage in crease in the tint year and Lump sum payments equal to a 3 a recent raise in the second and third years of the agreement. The Lump sum payments arc not added to inc Basic wage of the Union workers which is about s14 wit the raise. The agreement provides for shrinking inc work Force by attrition and then Only at the Rale of one guaranteed Job Tor every two workers who depart. For example if4,000 workers left voluntarily the number of guaranteed jobs would decline by 2,000. In return Tor Job Security the Union agreed to work toward eliminating unproductive work rules and to adopt the concept of workers operating in teams to make aulos rather than on Assembly lines. Senate confirms Crowe s 2nd two year term Washington a the Senate voted wednes Day to confirm the nomination of adm. William j. Crowejr. To a second two year term As chairman of in joint chiefs of staff. The action was taken by voice Vole with no expressed opposition. Under the terms of the newly enacted department of defense reorganization Bill Crowe is also chief Mili tary adviser to the president. In those jobs he has helped direct the . Naval buildup in the persian Gulf. During Brief remarks preceding the Senate action. Sen. Pete Wilson r-calif., a member of the Senate armed services committee hailed Crowe s experience and Persona leadership As chairman of the joint chiefs. Germantown Tenn. A a High school Stu Dent who hired a Bikini Clad Model to boost his Campaign for senior class president has been disqualified from the race. The appearance of the Model in which she carried the candidate s poster at an on Campus election forum violated guidelines for Campaign materials at Ger Manown High school near Memphis said principal Ernest Chism. The boy just got a Little carried away. He said he needed something pretty sensational to win so he look the risk Chism said. Chism said the Model wore a modest dress until time for her Campaign duties and Ihen stripped Down quickly to reveal the Bikini. It was very very scanty he said. Brad Pate 17, said he hired the Model identified Only As Deanne to escort him from the school gym after a Campaign speech. It Cost Iso an hour. It was Only for about 10 seconds he said. It was expensive Chism Taid Pale an Honor student was in an exec Tion Runoff against a Young woman who has been her class president throughout High school. He was desperate Chism said. He Jusi made a 17-year-old kind of judgment and it was a  there $ no end in sight for diaper researchers Amherst mass. A scientists have begun analysing 1,700 diapers to get the poop on just How much dirt babies realty do eat and they re discover ing that they took on an ambitious task a researcher said wednesday. Even to prepare one Sample for analysis May take 10 or 1 i hours said Edward j. Calabrese who is heading the soil inc Simon study at the University of Massachusetts. When you re doing so Many Sam Ples thousands of samples things Wear out. Machines break and have to be fixed. This is not an easy study to do Calabrese told 200 scientists at a University of Massachusetts con Ference on contaminated soils. Calabrese undertook the study last fall with a5370,000 Grant from Symez corp. The California pharmaceutical company was one of four companies that agreed to a s19 million settlement earlier this year of three dioxin rela cd suits filed in l983 and 1984 by people who did their health or their families health had been eroded by cd Caute to the highly toxic chemical at times each mo., and in other places in the stale. Time Beach was identified by the . Environ mental Protection Agency As one of the lop Hazar Dous waste sties in the country