European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 5, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9economists seek starry solutions Chicago apr for these economists the picture always is Bright a out of this world you might say. That a because when it comes to business Astro economists turn to the stars. They look at the Rise of the Moon gravitational forces of Venus and Jupiter and Earth a tidal flows and weather patterns to forecast the future of economic trends ranging from unemployment to Gold prices. Spacey not to these High rollers or Astro economists. About 150 of them were in Chicago Over the weekend for the third annual world conference on Astro economics. Say what a when most people hear about Astro economics they go a what a a said Robert hand creator of a computer program overlaying Star charts with Stock Market fluctuations. A i think that there is a great Deal of incredulity a he said a but the proof is in the pudding in that people who use it make  among the lecture topics at the conference for which each attendee paid $170 a age cosmic and rhythmic cycles in today a precious metals markets a a astrological technical analysis and a hot stocks for the coming  during the coming months hand said he foresees a bottoming out in the Stock Market and recession like trends. Critics might argue it does no to take a rocket scientist to predict such events. Take for example Robert Eisner a William r. Kenan professor of economics at Northwestern University. He Calls Astro economics a garbage  a unless you have some theory about How stars relate to economic activity a and in a not aware of any Good one a its inconceivable a Eisner said. A of course the stars will do no worse on average will do about the same and sometimes will do better on Wall Street than any speculating  still hand insists that to predict the economic future within 80 percent to 90 percent certainty proves the practice works. Grace Morris an astrologer and psychoanalyst who a Robert hand looks at an overlay that shows the fluctuation of Gold prices in relation to the planet Mercury. Co sponsored the conference defended the pseudoscience. She claims astrology predicted iraqis invasion of Kuwait a precipitated by a lunar eclipse a stress causing event on any planet. Morris said she uses astrology to advise businesses on the proper timing for Start  new product introductions and corporate takeovers. A Virgo companies like Texaco and coca cola will do very Well in late 1991,�?� she said. A Jupiter will move into Virgo after september of 1991, and Jupiter symbolizes the expansion of  astrology has been a subject of fascination for years studied by . Presidents beginning with George Washington and Thomas Jefferson Ana More recently by Nancy Reagan for setting her husbands schedule. So its Only natural that it take on financial applications said Elizabeth Gauerke who analyses weather cycles to predict events. A in the history of the world Money and the planets have always been tied up a she said. A the Market is not predictable but what planets do is. Its a simple formula that works for a lot of people.Kansas City suburbs fight desegregation plan Kansas City to. A Brenda Mccoy a two children had never gone to school with Blacks before. But when their Rural District began accepting students bused from inner City neighbourhoods they made some fast friends. A once you let the kids work it out by themselves one on one there a no problem a their Mother said. Doris Brunson does no to see it that Way. Her suburban District has refused Kansas City children despite pleas from judges and educators trying to desegregate schools. A recent supreme court ruling May finally Force the districts hand and that has her worried. A it has nothing to do with race a the Mother of two from Independence said. The inner City students could bring drugs and they could slow Down her children a Progress she said. A we done to want any More problems than we already  to Pat Shanks its a matter of fairness. She and her husband moved to the suburb of North Kansas City when they decided to have a family. A we live Here and pay our taxes Here. Some of us have to work two jobs to live in these neighbourhoods. The kids who live Here should go to these schools a she said. In the 13-year history of Kansas City a desegregation Case no Issue has created As much court wrangling and As few results As proposals to Send inner City students to predominantly White suburban schools. So far Only 10 students have made the move a the 10 that came this fall to Mccoy a tiny District in Rural Missouri City. A ruling last monday by the . Supreme court increases the likelihood that More children could be bused out of the City soon. No figure has Ever been set for the number of minority students to be sent to the suburbs. In 1978, a Federal judge ruled that five suburban districts on the Kansas Side of the metropolitan area were not guilty of discrimination and six years later found the same Way for .11 districts in Missouri. He dismissed Slisi Jay Jackson superintendent at Missouri City mo., visits with two of the 10 Black students that commute 25 Miles from Urban Kansas City. Them As defendants in the desegregation Case but asked the districts to take Blacks voluntarily in Exchange for tuition from the state. They never did. That prompted a lawsuit filed in 1988 by Blacks denied admittance to three suburban districts in Missouri a Independence North Kansas City and Leeds Summit. Because of the supreme court ruling the Case can now go to trial. The suburban districts say they re weighing the option of settling out of court. Part of Kansas City a desegregation Effort a attracting Whites from suburban or private schools to special a a Magnet schools a has been fairly successful. About 560 new non minority students entered the District this fall just Over half the goal of 1,000 but double last years number. But 74.7 percent Quot of the districts 35,098 students still Are minority. Most educators think the numbers will never balance until some Black students go to other districts. Missouri City with just 105 students in elementary and Junior High became the first testing ground because its superintendent thought it was the right thing to do. A it s been very very successful a said superintendent Jay Jackson. A your kids Benefit too you  Missouri City a Success has reassured other suburban districts said George Feldmiller a lawyer for those districts. One of their biggest worries has been that the Kansas City District criticized for mismanagement would try to run their schools Feldmiller said. Missouri City prevailed in refusing to accept the oversight of a Kansas City monitoring committee. Many people in the suburbs and some Blacks in the City say the real answer is to improve Kansas City a schools. The Rev. Nelson Thompson executive director of the Martin Luther King Urban Center and president of Kansas City a chapter of the Southern Christian leadership conference says a a we re getting sidetracked from the goal of really helping these Black