European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes saturday August 4,1990 . Unzem rate Washington up a the . Civilian jobless rate jumped to 5.5 percent in july from 5.2 percent in june in the worst showing in two years the labor depart Crit reported Friday. The number of non farm jobs plunged by 219,000 in july to 110.7 million with the largest Job losses coming in the services sector of the Economy including 162,000 temporary census workers. The construction Industry also suffered heavily As did manufacturing but the Pace of factory Job losses was slower than m recent months according to the report compiled by the departments Bureau of labor statistics. A july losses were essentially limited to electrical equipment and the industries that produce materials used in construction a the labor department said. The labor department said that july a 0.3 percentage Point Rise up from the june jobless rate of 5.2 percent put the american unemployment rate at its highest level since it hit 5.6 percent in August 1988. Excluding the layoffs of the temporary census workers employment in the service industries was essentially unchanged in july and health services a which have been rapidly expanding in recent months a pos too realistic Christopher Reid left and Christopher Martin of the rap group kid in play were arrested after a performance in Augusta ga., thursday evening for simulating a sex act during their show. In 2 years Ted Only a moderate gain. There were also More jobs added in the retail Trade Industry but employment held study in wholesale Trade finance insurance and real estate. The labor department also said there was Little change in the payrolls of transportation companies and Public utilities. There was also a bit of a Bright spot in the Industrial sector of the Economy with Job increases in the fabricated metals and textiles industries but the total number of . Factory jobs has plunged by More than 300,000 since March 1989. The july average weekly workweek held steady at 34.7, hours for the second consecutive month while the manufacturing workweek fell to 40.9 hours in july from 41 hours in june. July overtime averaged 3.7 hours Down from 3.8 hours in june. Including military personnel the july jobless rate increased to 5.4 percent from 5.1 percent. For Blacks the july jobless rate soared to 11.3 percent from 10.4 percent while the july jobless rate for teen agers leaped to 16.3 percent from 14,1 percent. The jobless rate for hispanics jumped to 7.9 percent last month from 7.1 percent in june. Papers still hiring too few minorities convention told los Angeles apr newspapers should hire More Black and other minority journalists to accurately reflect the country a racial composition says the vice president of the National association of Black journalists. A America is Browner and Tanner and is going to continue to be in the future and the Industry must reflect that per Spetti be and diverse View of the world through the people it hires a Denise Johnson said thursday. Johnson made her comments at the associations annual convention which some 2,000 people Are attending. Hiring rates for minorities in journalism have increased Little in recent years according to a report by the american society of newspaper editors released at the conventions Start on wednesday. The report found that 4 percent of newsroom employees including reporters editors artists and photographers were minorities in 1978, compared to 7.86 percent this year. Blacks now account for 4 percent of the newsroom population the highest percentage among All minority groups. A if you look at the percentages and How slowly the Industry has moved to respond to a very rapidly changing population the Progress Isnit nearly As impressive a said Johnson an editorial writer and columnist for the Saint Paul Minn Pioneer press. The report also said that 4 percent of newspapers across the United states employ no minorities. A most institutions in this country Are still pretty much dominated by White Middle aged males and i think the tendency on their part is to took out Over the Staft of people they direct and take under their Wing a person who reminds them of themselves Quot Johnson said. Editors surveyed by the editors association said the most frequent reasons for not hiring More minorities include the Lack of qualified journalism graduates poor starting salaries and a Lack of commitment to affirmative action hiring. The study queried More than 300 newspaper editors. Stateside 2 hikers badly mauled by Bear in Montana Glacier National Park Mont. Apr two hikers were mauled by a Bear they encountered on a Trail in the dark officials said. The couple both summer workers for a Park Concessi Annaire were in stable condition at Columbus Hospital in great Falls recovering from bite wounds and lacerations. Rangers were trying to track Down the  attack took place As Matt Alonzo 23, of new Orleans and Diana Mccrory 22, of dyers Burg tenn., were returning from a hike on the iceberg Ptarmigan Lake Trail and were about a mile from a Motel said Park spokeswoman Amy Vanderbilt. They weren to wearing Bells a sometimes carried by hikers in the Park to deter the Parks Many bears a Vanderbilt said. When they were attacked they fell to the ground and played dead to discourage the Bear. Interferon found to help in treating hepatitis b Boston apr interferon is the first treatment to relieve and even cure lingering hepatitis b infections the leading cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer and one of the worlds biggest killers researchers have found. A study found that injections of the natural protein can Stop the hepatitis b virus from destroying the liver in almost half of the people who Are chronically infected. One in 10 is cured. Until now there has been no treatment for the hepatitis b virus. While interferon clearly does not help everyone having any therapy at All is considered to be an important step in controlling this infection. A this is an encouraging result. All of us would feel a lot happier if we had a better treatment. This spurs us on to find that a commented or. Baruch s. Blumberg of the Fox Chase cancer Center in Philadelphia. He won the Nobel prize in Medicine in 1976 for identifying the hepatitis b virus. Wife of cult Leader convicted in 89 slayings Painesville Ohio apr a cult leaders wife has been convicted of participating in the 1989 ritual slayings of a family of five. It was the first verdict in the Case. A common peas court jury found Alice Lundgren 39, guilty of five counts of kidnapping and five counts each of complicity and conspiracy to commit aggravated murder after three Days of deliberations. Assistant Lake county prosecutor Karen Lawson said the verdict in this City about 30 Miles Northeast of Cleveland would set the tone for the trials of other cult members charged in the Case. Eight people remain to be tried including mrs. Lundgren a 40-year-old husband Jeffrey and their son Damon 19, four others have pleaded guilty to charges in the Case. Mrs. Lundgren was among 13 cult members from Kirtland who were arrested around the country last january in the april 17, 1989, shootings of Dennis Avery his wife Cheryl and their three  May shift House seats More than thought washing i on apr with the census Bureau engaged in mop up counting operations a private research Linn says the final totals could be a big boost Tor  like Florida while Hutting new York Connecticut and Minnesota. While preliminary population estimates had shown Florida gaining three seats in the House of representatives the Sunshine state would add As Many As five seats the population reference Bureau said thursday. Meanwhile new Oik which had been expected to lose three seats could drop Lour according to the calculations by population specialists William p. Of Harc and Carl Haub. Connecticut and Minnesota which had been expected to retain their Cut rent number of seats could each lose one they added. The official report on How Many seals each state gels will be announced on dec. 3 i when the census Bureau reports its official results to president Bush. Meanwhile however Many groups have done preliminary calculations based on census estimates of the population. Haub and of Haie did that but Icv went one step further adding in figures for . Servicemen and women stationed overseas and including estimates for potential errors in the census estimates. The calculations of service personnel Are based on Pentagon estimates of the number of overseas people from each state. To estimate error in the preliminary population estimates of Hare and Haub poked Back at the 1980 census and compared the final totals that year with the preliminary estimates. The difference is know n As the a error of  they calculated that error for each stale m 1980 and then applied the same percentage to the 1990 state population estimates. While counting methods and Success vary from census to census the new totals do provide an estimate of shills in House seats if the error is 1 he same this i one As a decade ago. The distribution of the 435 House seals is the prime constitutional purpose of the census a National count taken in years that end in Zero. Because the number of scats does not change when one state becomes eligible our an added seat another state has to lose one. The actual distribution is calculated through a Complex formula known As the method of equal proportions