European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes saturday october 6,1990 . Civilian jobless rate highest since March 1988 Washington up a americans civilian unemployment rate jumped to 5.7 percent in september a the highest in More than two years a As factories Laid off More workers the government said Friday. The Job picture in the services Industry also failed to improve. The labor department said there were an additional 101.000 people out of work last month including about 42.000 temporary census workers dismissed As the governments 10-Ycar population count neared completion. The latest data were in line with economists predictions. September a unemployment rate a the highest since 5.7 percent in March 1988 a follows a 5.6 percent rate in August and a 5.5 percent rate in july according to the report compiled by the departments Bureau of labor statistics. Counting military personnel the nations total jobless rate stood at 5.6 percent in september. The number of jobs lost last month was the most since 104.000 in june 1986, a labor department spokesman said. The number of . Factory jobs has been slashed by Milwaukee up a the chairman of Wisconsin electric Power co. Said thursday the company took responsibility for an Accident in which a 5-year-old boy suffered severe Burns from a 4,800-Volt electrical transformer. Quot a computer search of our records today showed that a contractor working As a Cable locator notified Wisconsin electric in August that the padlock was missing from this specific transformer a said Richard Abdoo company chairman and chief executive officer. A it appears no follow up action was  Matthew Brown 5, of Franklin wis., was severely burned when he put his hands inside the unlocked transformer Box while playing outside the Willow Glen apartment Complex in Oak Creek on tuesday he underwent surgery to amputate his left  at the shoulder and to remove part or his stomach where the 520,000 positions since peaking in january 1989 a and that severe trend continued last month a the number of factory jobs fell by 65,000 in september after seasonal adjustment a the labor department said. A durable goods industries continued to account for most of the declines As transportation equipment electronic equipment and Industrial machinery each near lost 15,000 jobs in september. A smaller but still significant losses occurred in fabricated metals furniture and Stone Clay and Glass products a the department said. Over the last two months 115,000 factory jobs have been eliminated. In the services Field meanwhile which has been a pillar of strength for the Domestic Economy a Only a few industries provided evidence of employment growth in september a the labor department said. Health led the Way followed by hiring in local government and transportation mainly september increases of teachers and school bus Drivers As schools re opened the department said. But these were offset by losses in the financial Industry reflecting hard times in banking and real estate. Electrical current exited his body. He was listed in critical but stable condition thursday in the paediatric intensive care unit of children a Hospital of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa. A to Matthew Brown and his family we offer our most Heartfelt apologies although they Are inadequate a Abdoo said. A we accept responsibility for our actions. We have already offered to underwrite Matthew s medical expenses. Abdoo said the transformer is an older design called a a live front transformer which has doors that normally Are secured with a padlock. When the doors Are opened the exposed equipment remains energized he said. Abdoo said the company would either replace or refit its older transformers with additional safety and Protection devices. States Denun leaving her order for career in politics new York apr sister Mary Ellen Fitzmaurice a nun who has been appointed to a judgeship in City family court will leave Ner religious order because of Church it doctrine. The dominican Sisters of Amityville issued a statement saying sister Fitzmaurice the first Church woman to take office As a new York City judge a a has decided to begin the process of separation from her religious congregation. Sister Veronica Greeley of the dominican Sisters said a Church Law prohibits clergy. To assume Public offices which entail a participation in the exercise of civil  the Church considers judicial authority to be civic Power. Sister Fitzmaurice 41, has been practising Law for 10 years serving As a Law guardian in Queens family court and a lawyer with the human resources administration. She was sworn in thursday by mayor David  prostitute Gobie charged with assault Alexandria a. Up Stephen Gobie the male prostitute whose sexual relationship with rep. Barney Frank p-mass., led to a reprimand of the congressman has been arrested for assaulting a woman. Police arrested Gobie about 12 10 . Wednesday after he allegedly assaulted a 25-year-old woman a grabbing her shaking her and slapping her a police spokesman John Avery said thursday. Avery said police received a complaint about a Domestic dispute in the area minutes before the arrest was made. Gobie 34, was charged with assault and Battery. He was later released on his own recognizance and is scheduled to be tried in Alexandria general District court this month. Gobie who has been working As a messenger in Washington could not be reached for comment  aide suspends his newspaper column Portland Ore. Apr the top aide to sen. Mark Hatfield has suspended his weekly newspaper column after Hatfield a challenger questioned columns that mentioned contributors to the Republican senators re election Campaign. Representatives of democratic Senate candidate Harry Lonsdale criticized Gerry Frank for mentioning Hatfield Campaign contributors four times in the past 16 months in Franks weekly column in the oregonian. Frank chief of staff for Hatfield said there is no connection Between the columns and the contributions. He described the criticism from the Lonsdale Camp As an a illegitimate Campaign issues but decided to suspend the column to avoid further controversy. Judson Randall assistant to editor William a. Hilliard said that the oregonian endorsed Franks decision to suspend the column but would have kept running it had Frank desired.3 draw prison terms for environmental crimes new York up a a Federal judge has sentenced three men to prison terms for committing one of the largest environmental crimes Ever prosecuted in the country officials said. . District court judge Constance Baker Motley sentenced both Angelo Paccione 51, of Staten Island and Anthony Vulpis 39, of Queens to 12 years and seven months in prison. The two were in prison at the time of the sentencing said Otto Obermaier . Attorney for the Southern District. John Mcdonald 48, of Demarest n.j., was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $250,000. Paccione Vulpis and six of the largest private carting companies in the metropolitan area were convicted june 8 under the racketeer influence and corrupt organizations act after a three month trial. They were found guilty of operating a an enormous illegal Landfill a More than 70 acres in size at a site in Staten Island known As the old Arlington Railroad Park Center of controversy from left brother Marcus David a emr. I xxx Hobbs and fresh kid ice members of rap group 2 live Crew hold a news conference wednesday at the late show nightclub in Niagara Falls . The controversial group refused to answer questions about the conviction of a it. Lauderdale fla., music store owner who was convicted on obscenity charges after Selling their album to an undercover police officer. Utility admits failure to lock transformer that burned boy