European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page s the stars and stripes saturday february 6,1988 jobless rate held steady at 5.8% during january Washington up unemployment was unchanged in january at 5.s percent the labor depart ment said Friday Job creation slowed last month in services and manufacturing industries Itic source or tremendous Job growth in the Paul year while employment in construction and mining declined. Tola civilian employment As measured by the Bureau of labor statistics household Survey Rose by 3j5.0w in a month to 114.1 million tit the civilian labor Force expanded by 450,000 to 12 i .2 million. The number or unemployed people in january wat 7 million. Die department said. The proportion of the . Population working hit a record 62.1 percent in january. All figures were adjusted for seasonal variations. There was Little or no change in the jobless raids for adult men and women at 5.1 percent teen agers at 16 percent Whites at 5 percent and Blacks at 12.2 percent. The unemployment rate Tot i ibanies fell to 7.2 per Ecol from b. 1 percent inc department said. Jobs in the services sector which has provided a Large share of new jobs in recent months grew by Only 30.000 last month. Little gain occurred in the finance insurance and real a sonic industries. This was interpreted As a sign of  in the financial Industry following the Slock Market collapse in october. Stateside . Museum May pay $12 million for painting new York. A the metropolitan museum of Art has secured a 112 million option to buy a painting by Polidoro Caldara a Caravaggio Long thought to have been painted by another artist according to . When the Lute player was considered the work of the minor italian artist Carlo Saraceni a Follower of Caravaggio it was valued at around j 300,000, the newsletter reported. The loth Century Oil on Canvas was attributed to Saraceni by an italian Art historian in 1913 and bought by Wildenstein & co. In l�46. The painting was stored in the gallery s warehouse in new York. English Art historian sir Denis Mahon and Keith Christiansen european paintings curator at the metropolitan Learned of its existence and True creator last year while doing research for an article on Carai Aggio s car Shams which was purchased in 1987 by the Kimball an museum in fort Worth teas. The metropolitan Hopes to raise si2 million to buy the painting according to a newsletter. That s nearly double the museum s acquisitions budget for 1987. The museum s Public in formation office did not return a Telephone Call. Town drops christianity in citizen commendations Newark Calif a the City. Council has agreed to drop the word Crimi Anisiy from certificates commending residents for Good deeds. Marguerite Zolman says she was t trying to came problems when she objected to the refer ence to christianity at its  Bui i thought rather than Lake a Chance on embarrassing themselves the City might want 10 consider changing the wording inc said. The Cuy Council recently presented commendations to two College students for rescuing a child from a fire. If a person goes into a burning building it will in irrespective of their race religion or Phi Loop he ?.ulman said. Vic mayor Louis Cones said he always As Siginu d the word christianity could be used in Irr Flun Carly with human ii. I had to plead ignorance to the meaning of christianity Cone said. I had to say she was right i have to take my lumps. Became a Little jobs in health services Rose by 35,000. The depart ment said. Of 175.000 payroll jobs added in january. 155.000 were in the retail Trade Industry As employers made fewer Post Holiday cutbacks. Manufacturing added 25,000 jobs to the Economy compared with an average 60,000 per month during the second half of 1987, while industries related to autos and construction showed weakness the depart ment said Job growth in machinery and electrical equipment industries continued o increase within sectors that produce non durable goods there were employment gains in the publishing print ing and food industries bul those improvements were partly offset by losses in textiles and apparel. There was a drop of 15,000 jobs in mining mostly in Oil and Gai extraction. Construction employment feel by 50,000 after show ing strength from october through december the department said. The average work week of production or non supervisory workers on private non agricultural payrolls was unchanged in january at 34,7 hours while the manufacturing work week Rase 0. Hour to 41.1 hours. Fac tory overtime remained High at 3.9 hours per week the department Suid. Including the armed forces total  in january was s.7 percent. On the skids it s Oil downhill far inne Sledd negotiating u Ley run in eagles Mere a. The Winter sport enthusiasts were taking advantage of the run Boll by the local Fin department Wolti Lee blocks col from a nearby Lake. Governor of Florida will sign Bill to limit malpractice insurance rates Tallahassee Fla. A gov. Bob Martinet said hell sign into Law next week a Bill that Florida lawmakers Hope will curb soaring medical malpractice premiums by limiting the Legal rights of injured patients. Late night votes thursday ended a special three Day legislative session called to address shortages of health care in some areas of the stale. The High Cost of insurance and ear of lawsuits have prompted doctors in some specialities and South Flor Ida emergency rooms and trauma Center to curtail services and refuse to take new patient. Some South Florida physicians pay the highest premiums in the nation. I think Bis will begin stabilizing prices of the poli cies Martinez said adding that he expected to sign the Bill into Law monday. Senate president John Vogt reflected the opinion of Many legislators when he said the Bill was the Best the legislature could do in a Short period. The Bill passed the Senate on a 26-9 Vole inc House concurred 79-28. Some lawmakers though charged the Bill would do Little or nothing to relieve the problem the legislation thai has passed will not lower Mal practice insurance rates immediately although portions of the Bill May have a positive Long term effect said stale insurance commissioner Bill gun scr. The legislature has begun to treat the illness but a full recovery is years  during the contentious special session lawmakers often were forced to weigh the a perils of ensuring health care was available to All floridians and the con sequences of eliminating some Legal rights for victims of malpractice. Opponents of inc Bill said the Only winners were the doctors and insurance companies. This is a doctor s Relief Bill. Thai s exactly what it is charged rep Lois Frankel. Sen. Bob Johnson Laid insurance companies nude record profits last year but they have continued to raise doctors insurance premiums. The agreement included $250,000 and $150.000 Caps on the amount of damages malpractice victim can receive for pain and suffering a compensation plan for babies brain damaged at birth provisions to give the state Mare authority to crack Down on doctors who commit repeated malpractice and a voluntary but binding arbitration system designed 10 keep malpractice claims out of the courts. The Compromise also includes provisions hat would give doctors limited immunity when treating cases in emergency rooms and trauma centers. Patients would have to prove their physicians acted with Reck less disregard to their health in order to collect dam Ages. The legislature rejected proposals that would subsidise doctors insurance premiums and a proposed is percent mandatory Rollback in malpractice insurance Rales. The legislation is Likely to face a constitutional Chal Lenge from lawyers groups opposed to the limits on non economic damages. And inc Florida medical association has said it would continue pushing for a referendum on an even stricter constitutional limit 1100,000 for non eco nomic damages on what malpractice victims con collect. 3 Brothers die As Pond ice Breaks Buckner map a boy plunged through the ice covering a Pond on his family s farm and his two Brothers Iclet in when they tried to Rescue him. Killing All three youngsters authorities said. I worked on one of the Little Guys for 34 minutes and to hear he did t make it is just so sad said it. Tim Runyon an emergency medical technician who tried to revive one of the boys until he was taken to the Hospital. Anon Gragg. Ii. And his Brothers Stephen 8. And Chad 12, were under water for at least 20 minutes thursday before firefighters could pull them out authorities said. Arron whose birthday was thursday walled onto the Pond first 10 lest the ire said sgt. John it acc of the  county sheriffs office. When he fell through Stephen went onto the ice to help his brother and also fell in. Chad then tried to help his Brothers and also Tell into the water Mcbee said. A neighbourhood boy who was with the Graggs went Home to get help and fire fighters were notified about 5 30 ., Mcbee said firefighters Laid an Extension ladder across inc ice bridging the 6-foot Hole that the boys fell through about 20 feet from Shore said Greg Pottberg. Deputy fire chief with the fort Osage fire Protection District. Stephen was taken by helicopter from the farm about 7 Miles cast of Independence to children mercy Hospital in Kansas City. He was pronounced dead shortly before 10  Another helicopter took Arron to St. Luke s Hospi Tal in Kansas City where he died at 6 53  Chad was taken by ambulance to St. Mary s Hospi Tal of Blue Springs. He never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead at 7 05 ., a Hospital spokesman said