European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes Friday March 16,1990 winners Circle Lead dog Elan strikes a proud pose with Happy owner Susan Butcher in Nome Alaska after winning the grueling id Tarod Trail sled dog race wednesday. It was 33-year-old Butcher s fourth Victory in five years in the 1,158-mile race from Anchorage to Nome. Bush exhorts business group to expand . Global Trade Washington apr president Bush said thursday that democratic upheavals in the world present a Challenge to . Companies to find new markets and reap a a growth  a these Are Heady times a the president told the National association of manufacturers. He said changes in Eastern Europe and Central America a Mark the Triumph not Only of free ideas but also free markets and so present new Trade opportunities. Bush also downplayed the recent slowdown in the . Economy and widespread sluggishness throughout the Industrial sector saying a this is a Marathon it Isnit a  a we can to produce the products needed to capture world markets by focusing on results one Quarter at a time a he told his audience. The nation s economic growth slumped to an anaemic 0.9 percent increase in the Gross National product in the final three months of 1989 and Many economists Are also projecting a slow first Quarter of 1990. American manufacturing has been in the doldrums for months. A there Are doubters and i can understand. Some worry about a slowdown a Bush said. But he said there have been recent signs of improvement noting that the . Trade deficit although still High has been declining. A we must move aggressively to open markets not just in Japan but around the world and expand our share of global Trade a Bush said. He told the manufacturing Trade group that . Industry a resolve would be tested a was the dramatic new changes in the world produce new challenges in the world  a we must prepare now to meet these challenges my administration is committed to an Agenda for growth it is founded upon investing in our future a and every sound investment has its yield. Americans yield is the a growth  a Bush s comments were a play on the phrase a peace dividend a which has been used recently to describe the defense savings expected to accompany the reduction in East West tensions. Bush also prodded Congress to meet an april 1 deadline to produce a budget Resolution for fiscal 1991, a deadline congressional leaders say will not be met. He said the budget committees should a a fulfil their Legal responsibilities. Its time to act. Its time to bring the deficit  and even though he told a news conference earlier this week he was not feuding with Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan Over interest rate policy he told the manufacturers a we need to keep interest rates  Greenspan has sought to keep inflation Down through higher interest rates. Later labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole urged the business leaders to establish programs to help troubled youngsters and to involve at least 10 percent of their employees in helping a at risk youth. A nothing can match the benefits that come from a one on one relationship Between a troubled youth and a caring role Model a Dole said in a speech after Bush a appearance. Dole is expected to form a commission soon to Frame a National competency guidelines to make sure the work Force is equipped with the right skills for the changing Economy. She urged business leaders to involve local educators in the commissions report. School program reduces pot cigarette use a  / a a a i. _ a a. Washington apr a program to teach Junior High school students to resist social pressures helped curb marijuana use and cigarette smoking but did Little to Cut Down on drinking according to a study made Public thursday. The $8.8 million study sponsored by the Conrad n. Hilton foundation and conducted by the Rand corporation in 30 schools in California and Oregon was described in an article in science Magazine. Donald k. Hubbs president of the Hilton foundation said the group would make the projects curriculum available to school districts throughout the country. The project involved eight weekly lessons for seventh graders and three boost or sessions during the eighth Grade. The course focused on motivating students to resist drug pressures and developing their resistance skills. It was conducted Between 1984 and 1986 in Urban suburban and Rural districts. In 10 schools teachers alone delivered the lessons. In 10 other schools the teachers were assisted by older teenagers. The other 10 schools were the study a control group and did not receive the curriculum. Drug use among 14,000 youths aged 12 to 14, was measured at intervals Over 15 months. A the report by researchers Phyllis l. Ellickson and Robert m. Bell said the program a was consistently effective against marijuana  fewer students started smoking marijuana and use among those who had already started using it was reduced. In the control schools about 8 percent of the students who had never used marijuana began using it within a year and 12 percent were using it by the end of 15 months. In the treatment schools one third fewer students began using the substance. With cigarette smoking the study said that after 15 months of the program about 24 percent of those students m the teacher Only classes who had experimented with tobacco had smoked in the last month. In the classes where teachers were assisted by teen leaders the figure 3-Day probe finds 7,000 youths working in violation of labor Laws Rose to 27 percent. But in the control group nearly one third of the students had smoked m the previous month. Right after the seventh Grade sessions the researchers reported the project a produced modest reductions in alcohol  a for example compared with the controls 28 fewer students in the teen Leader schools had initiated drinking three months after the project started they said. A by the time they reached the eighth Grade however fully half of the students m both the control and treatment schools had tried alcohol a the report said. A these results for alcohol use were disappointing but not unexpected Given that use of alcohol is so prevalent and is socially More acceptable than use of cigarettes or  Washington apr a three Day nationwide investigation found 7,000 minors allegedly working in violation of the nations child labor Law labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole said thursday. Most of the alleged violations involved minors aged 14 and 15 working too Many hours or 16 and 17-year Olds working at hazardous jobs Dole said. The investigation called operation child watch is expected to result in More than $ 1.8 million in civil fines. The cop is on the beat. Violations whether motivated by greed or by ignorance will not be tolerated a Dole said in a prepared statement for a news conference. About 500 Federal investigators conducted More than 3,400 investigations during the three Day probe. Dole said that of the 3,400 businesses visited about 1,400 or 43 percent were in apparent violation of child labor practices. Of the 7,000 minors More than 900 were working in dangerous jobs Dole said. Most of the violations occurred in service industries such As fast food restaurants doughnut shops grocery stores and bakeries. She declined to name any of the firms since investigations Are ongoing but said Many of the violations involved children working on dangerous equipment such As meat slicers and paper baling machines at grocery stores. Last year the labor departments wage and hour division which enforces child labor provisions of the fair labor standards act found 22,508 minors to be illegally employed an All time High. Since 1985, child labor violations uncovered by the Federal government have More than doubled. Federal Law forbids 14-year-Olds and 15-year-Olds from working More than three hours on a school Day or 18 hours during the five Day school week. Eight hours is permitted on weekend Days and 40-hour weeks Are permitted in summer and during vacations. Those youngsters May not work outdoors during the hours of 7 . To 7 . Hours of 7 . To 9 . Apply from june 1 to labor Day. Violators May be subject to civil fines. Last thursday the department sued the Burger King restaurant Chain in . District court in Miami alleging child labor Law violations since 1986. We realize that Burger King has had an unacceptable record of violations of the child labor regulations since 1986, Many of which predate our acquisition of Burger King last year a Ian a. Martin chairman of Burger King and grand metropolitan inc., said in a statement. A we accept the responsibility of that record however and will work closely with the department of labor in addressing this problem a Martin said. Brady says Dollar is basically stable Washington apr Treasury Secretary Nicholas f. Brady said thursday he does not believe the recent Rise in the value of the Dollar will adversely affect the nations Trade deficit this year. A i hear a lot of talk about the Dollar climbing a he told reporters after a speech to the National newspaper association. A but if you go Back Over the last year and a half and look at it Over that period of time what you la see is stability a some Days up some Days Down. A but you just go Back and look at it since the beginning of 1988, you la find we be had a stable Dollar and that a what we be tried to achieve a he continued. A a we be had stability and stability is what we strive for in All markets markets that people can rely  i a stronger Dollar could cause the nations Trade deficit of Widen because it would make imported goods cheaper while increasing the Price of . Products sold overseas. The Commerce department reported tuesday that the Gap in the current account balance the broadest measure of . Trade narrowed to $105.9 billion last year a 16 percent reduction from 1988