European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 7, 1990 v the stars and stripes a a a Page 3 parking a hard to finds amps l Emroll Lewis of parking space is in Short Supply for peo visitors who parked illegally have had Jle buses that go through most military Bornheim Mitte. From there the fest is pm yes i a Man Amer Jean fest their cars towed away. Visitors Are housing areas or Public transportation a five minute walk Down Saalburg Halle in the Ostmark in Frankfurt. Frustrated urged to use the Frankfurt military shut fest goers can also take a Bahn no. 4 to Street beside the Eisse Orthall. S rate Washington apr the nation s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 5.2 percent in june despite a continued slump in the nation s manufacturing and construction sectors the government said Friday. The civilian jobless rate As measured by a household Survey by the labor department dropped from the 5.3 percent registered in May. The nations unemployment rate has been fluctuating close to 5.3 percent for More than a year. Private industries produced 92,000 new jobs last month a weaker number than the 125,000 payroll additions private analysts had been calling for. Job growth figures Are derived from a separate Survey of business establishments. That is often consid Rcd a More reliable indicator of economic activity than the household Survey from which the Overall unemployment rate is calculated. Fridays report and its evidence of continued slug is Ness was sure to renew pressure on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates and Spur economic activity. The nation s manufacturing sector which has been on a downward spiral for months continued its slide As factory payrolls fell by 31,000 jobs. It was the 14th time in 15 months that manufacturing jobs declined. Since reaching a Post recession Peak in March 1989, about 335,000 factory jobs have been lost. The number of construction jobs fell for the fourth month in a Row reflecting continued weakness in the housing Market the government said. Construction payrolls after seasonal adjustment fell by 14,000. A r meanwhile the service sector which has been providing most of the Economy s steam Over the past several months added 83,00 5 jobs including 40,000 in the health services Industry. Retail Trade businesses lost 7,000 jobs in june bringing the monthly increases in the first half of this year in that sector to 15,000, half the average for 1989. Wholesale Trade added 7,000 jobs while business services added 5,000. Labor costs which have been pushing up and Are being blamed for fueling the nations inflation problems continued to increase. Average hourly earnings posted a 0.3 percent Rise in june to $10.01, up from the $9.98 the average worker earned per hour in May. The labor department said the Federal governments hiring of census workers forced it to revise its May figure to 356,000 new jobs on non farm payrolls up from earlier estimates of 164,000 new jobs. All of the revision was due to additional census workers the Agency said. The 92,000 jobs gained in june on private Industry payrolls does not reflect the governments employment activity. About 57,000 census workers were Laid off in june the government said bringing jobs gains for Overall non farm payrolls a including that of the government a to 40,000 in june the labor department said. The labor departments household Survey showed that Overall total civilian employment was about unchanged at 118.4 million in june. The jobless num to 5.2% Breed 6.4 million Down from the 6.7 million unemployed in May. The average manufacturing work week was unchanged from May at 41 hours. Manufacturing overtime held at 3.8 hours in june. Excluding the once a decade census workers the government has hired this year private industries have been adding Only about 100,000 new jobs each month so far in 1990. Last year at this time private payrolls were growing by about 200,000 each month. The unemployment rates among major demographic groups last month were a adult while men 4.1 percent Down from 4.2 percent in May. A adult White women 3.9 percent unchanged from May. A White teen agers 11.4 percent Down from 13.1 percent a All Blacks 10.4 percent unchanged from May. A adult Black men 9.4 percent up from 9.1 percent. A adult Black women 8.9 percent Down from 9.1 percent. A Black teen agers 25,3 percent Down from 27.6 percent. A hispanics 7.1 percent Down from 7.7 percent. In a separate calculation of unemployment that counts members of the armed services stationed in the United Stales the june jobless rate was 5.1 percent Down from 5.3 percent in May and the same As june a civilian  resigns from National salvation front Bucharest Romania apr a president Ion Iliescu resigned Friday from the National salvation front the party that was swept to Power by the december revolution and ensuing May elections. A communique issued by the front said the party will be led by its five vice presidents until a Congress expected in september when a new president will be chosen. The five Are Bogdan Patrascu . Dumitru Sorin Vornicu Claudiu Iordache and Constantin Costescu. The front under the charismatic and popular leadership of Iliescu and prime minister Petre roman dominated government after the december ouster of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and overwhelmingly won the May 20 elections. Although bitterly opposed by Many intellectuals and accused by opposition members of being a Neo communist Iliescu received More than 80 percent of the vote in the race for the presidency. The decision adheres to the temporary electoral Law enacted by the former provisional parliament which stipulated that the president of the country cannot also be a political personality. Although the Law does not apply to ministers As Well foreign minister Adrian Nastase joined Iliescu in resigning Friday. Patrascu told the associated press that the party would a discuss Iliescu s re admittance if he should Ever wish to be its candidate for president in future elections. Patrascu who is also Secretary of the House of deputies said that it remained unclear whether he would himself be Able to retain both his parliamentary and party posts. In another development the Romania libera daily ran a front Page Appeal for Concrete Steps leading toward the reunification of soviet Moldavia and Romania. The communique signed by six organisations favouring the reunification called for free movement across the Frontier and a romanian language Channel for ethnic romanians in soviet Moldavia. Demands for the return of the Region formerly known As Bessarabia and occupied by the soviet Union in 1940, have increased since the ouster of the communists and the corresponding Rise in nationalism. Although the government has been Cool to the moldavian movement the Media has been increasingly promoting the idea