European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 7, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                . Jobless rate Rose slightly in september Washington a the nation s civilian unemployment rate Rose a notch  5.3 percent in sep tember As a Rise in joblessness among adult men More than offset a decline among women. The unemployment rate was up from 5.2 percent in both july and August the labor department said in the government s first comprehensive look at the econ omy last month. The report was a bit weaker than Many analysts had expected. The unemployment Rale for adult me jumped  4.8 percent last month from 4.4 percent in August. But the rate for women fell  4.5 percent from 4.7 percent a month earlier. The jobless rate is derived from a Survey of Ameri can households. A separate Survey of employers showed that the Economy added 209,000 non farm payroll jobs in september bringing the total  a seasonally adjusted 109.1 million. August Job growth was Only 88,000. A figure that was revised Down from a previous estimate of 110,000. The department said More industries lost rather than gained jobs in september. Goods producing industries representing about one fourth of the econ omy were particularly hard hit losing 108.000 jobs. Manufacturing payrolls declining since Spring were hard hit losing 103,000 workers in september 33,000 of them m the Auto Industry. Service industries added 317,000 jobs bolstered by the returning Telephone workers and by a gain of 95,000 government jobs. Economists said the distribution of gains followed the pattern set this year in which housing and Factor workers producing big ticket items have suffered most from an earlier Campaign by the Federal Reserve Board  fight inflation with higher interest rates. The fed began easing rates in june and since then statistics have shown a slower but still growing econ omy in no danger of toppling into a recession. The unemployment rate hit a 15-year Low of 5.0 percent in March and since then has fluctuated be tween 5.1 percent and 5.3 percent. The government said average hourly earnings Rose 0.5 percent  $9.73 an hour last month after holding steady in August. For the year ending in september average hourly earnings increased 3.8 percent Welt behind the rate of consumer Price inflation. The average manufacturing workweek and factory overtime edged up  hour  41.0 and 3.8 hours respectively offsetting Small declines in August. Other than the swings in the unemployment rates for adult men and women there were no dramatic shifts in rates among other demographic groups last month although the rate for Black teen agers Rose. Here Are the september unemployment rates for the groups listed in the labor department s report com pared with August adult White men 4.2 percent up from 3.8 percent in August. Adult White women 3.8 percent Down from 4.1 percent. White teen agers 12.1 percent Down from 12.8 percent. Adult Black men 10.0 percent up from 9.8 per cent. Adult Black women 9.6 percent up from 9.4 per cent. Black teen agers 37.3 percent up from 31.6 per cent. Hispanics 8.3 percent Down from 9.0 percent. In a separate calculation that includes military personnel stationed in the United states the labor department said the unemployment rate was 5.2 percent up from August s 5.1 percent. Saturday october 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 czech youths have a look it runs of abandoned East German cars in a crowded Prague parking lot. Poles finding bargains in cars abandoned by East germans t.? r a statue in Prague wears a Chain made of car keys left behind by refugees  fled without their vehicles. Warsaw Poland a the exodus of East Ger mans from Poland and Czechoslovakia in recent Days has resulted in thousands of abandoned cars. Sniffing a bargain More than a dozen poles were on hand thursday  look Over East German cars being abandoned by the refugees and maybe buy one for peanuts. It is a real bargain said one Man at the West German embassy late in the Day As the last refugees were being boarded onto buses  deliver them  the train  West Germany. You can buy a trabant for 400 or 500 Marks $200 or $250. And someone bought a trabant that had a suitcase in the trunk with a portable stereo inside. He paid Only 450marks $225 said the Man who. Like other prospective buyers refused  give his name. The trabant is an East German compact Model car. East German refugees who travelled  Poland by car All had  leave their vehicles at least temporarily because the Only transportation  West Germany was by special train. Most refugees turned Over their car keys  embassy officials and a West German Auto club was  arrange  transport the vehicles  West Germany later. But some East germans apparently preferred a bit of hard currency now rather than the Uncertain Prospect of having their car delivered sometime later. Besides the tiny East German  Rabanus would not be the car of Choice in West Germany where powerful Mercedes and bows Rule the highways and cow Small car Drivers. On the polish car Market a used trabant usually costs around$l,100. Bargains were also reported in other makes. A used soviet made Lada Samara which normally costs about $3,500, went for $500, according  one pole standing outside the embassy. The would be buyers showed no Trace of remorse in taking advantage of the refugees. They said the shoe was on the other foot when poles fled their Homeland following the imposition of martial Law in 1981. This is just the same thing As with polish cars in Austria in the past said one. They also had  sell their cars for  College lifts controversial ban on verbal slurs Medford mass. A the Prysi Dent of Tufts University rescinded a ban on verbal attacks after Legal experts suggested the ban. Prompted by an offensive  shirt violated students first Amend ment rights  free speech. "1 have decided we Are better off err ing in the tradition of free speech Jean Mayer said thursday in an interview. We decided we would decide each Case on its  students had rallied around the right  free speech and objected  the policy published in the student handbook which barred verbal attacks whether spoken or written against an individual s race ethnic group religion or sexual orientation. But Billy Jacobson the student body president said he was sorry  see the University drop a policy supported by Many of its 7,000 students. The University has a responsibility  protect students he said. It can Insu late students but this is their Home and students should have  worry1 a outgoing into their dorms and their dining Halls and seeing something offensive  them the policy was prompted by an outcry last Spring when an enterprising student marketed  shirts stating 15 reasons Why Beer is better than women at  All 15 reasons disparaged women.  the More printable one was hangovers go  the  shirt dealer was placed on pro Bation and ordered  do 50 hours of Community service. But Mayer recommended the committee on student life reconsider that sentence which it eventually suspended after lawyers advised twas unconstitutional. The student life committee comprised of faculty and students imposed the ver bal attack restriction last june on the Campus about six Miles outside  began after the policy made its Way into this year s student handbook. Some experts say the first Amend ment Only bars the government from restricting speech and does apply  Pri vate universities Mayer said. But others say it upholds free speech anywhere Short of sparking a riot he said. However a court ruling found that a similar policy at the University of Michi Gan at Ann Arbor was unconstitutional and vague Mayer said