DESEGREGATION See editorial page E Nin l1etylYers o4fIEditorialI Free domi ti Y DON'T BOTHER See Today for details Vol. LXXX v wr_ v-r Ann Arhnr AA irh:nnn__.Cnf... L.., X, Nlo- 77 Ann Arpor, nnicnigran-z)aturcaay, Uecember 8, 1979 Ten Cents Eiaht Poaes Employment crunch may ease for '80 college grads LANSING (UPI)-Despite the nation's apparent economic downturn, next year's college graduates will find it slightly easier to get a job than the Class of 1979, two Michigan State University researchers said yesterday. John Shingleton-director of the nation's largest univer- sity placement office-said he expects a 1-2 per cent in- crease in the number of college graduates hired this year. "I don't think you've got the national recession this time as far as employment of college graduates," he said. SHINGLETON PREDICTED business would not err again by limiting college recruitment during the current slump-as it did in the 1974-75 recession. "Most recruiters we've talked to now think that was a mistake,"' said L. Patrick Scheetz, who co-authored MSU's ninth annual study of hiring trends. "They find themselves with a "bubble" in the pipeline of middle MSU study predicts 1-2% increase in hirings, paychecks rise of 4-8% Of 44 employers who had been forced trained personnel, 30 said they would graduates this year, the study said. to lay off college hire new college management people, ones they should have hired back then." Only graduates seeking employment in the auto industry will be faced with a "soft spot," Shingleton said, noting recruiters from Ford Motor Co. and the financially ailing Chrysler Corp. cancelled their fall visits to major cam- puses. DECLINING AUTO industry recruitment has been coun- ter-balanced with increased hiring by firms manufacturing parts to keep older vehicles running, he said. Graduates with aerospace, electronics, merchandising and petroleum engineering backgrounds will find eager employers and women and minorities skilled in technical fields "can write their own tickets," Shingleton said. Most of this year's graduates will be starting out with bigger paychecks than those of a year ago. The increases range from 4 per cent to 8 per cent increase for newly hired electrical, mechanical, chemical and petroleum engineers. THE MOST SOUGHT after graduates still are those with bachelor's degrees. For the firststime, companies rated competent writing and speaking skills tops among the qualities sought; in prospective employees. Shingleton said other high ranking factors for hiring recent graduates were such traditional skills as ability to 'complete tasks, initiative, honesty and integrity. The study found recent graduates are not enthusiastic about relocating, and want to live in areas with recreational opportunities. The employers also said grade point averages are not an important factor in hiring and an in- creasing number of firms give a decided edge to job can- didates who obtained internship or cooperative experience during college. arter rules out militar force in Iran From AP, UPI and Reuter WASHINGTON-President Carter yesterday ruled out any military action against Iran that would cause harm to the hos- tages in Tehran, but families of the hostages were told that action tofree the captives would be taken soon. "I am not going to take any military action that would cause bloodshed or arouse the unstable captors of our hostages to attack HUNDREDS OF DETROIT rockers waited in the rain yesterday outside the days after fans holding general admission ticket to a Who concert in Ci Pontiac Silverdome before a sold-out concertof The Who. Some 41,000 general trampled 11 persons to death in a rush to get good seats. admission tickets were sold for the Pontiac performance, which took place five TheWho perform without mcide front Coliseum Monday-"makes He said he almost sold his tic By TIMOTHY YAGLE afternoon as well as a rainshower, of- everybody take a good look at their instead his group of six left for with wire reports ficials opened the gates just after 3:30 facility." cert at 1p.m. instead of 5 p.m. Special to the Daily p.m., Silverdome promotion official ONE SECURITY guard at the Silver- the crowd. PONTIAC-A relatively calm crowd Julie Montgomery said. dome last night said a few guards were Other members of the audier them or punish them," the president said. Speaking to a group of State Depart- ment employees, Carter said: "I'm gong to be very moderate, very cautious." THE PRESIDENT made the com- ments as he left the State Department after a meeting with about 100 relatives of the.50 hostages, who have been held captive by Iranian militants since Nov. 4. His remarks appeared to indicate a' change in the administration attitude AP Photo toward the Iranian crisis. Ad- incinnati ministration spokesman consistently have refused to rule out military action against Iran if normal diplomatic effor- ts to free the hostages fail. n t While Carter ruled out military ac- tion that he felt would endanger the kets, but hostages inside the embassy, he did not the con- rule out the use of force if the hostaes to avoid are harmed by the militants holding them. nce were ada, said IN TEHRAN, Moslem militants se "they holding the U.S. Embassy yesterday' got it angrily denounced their foreign minister's promise that some hostages SCincin- would be freed and said all would be going to tried as spies with "no exceptions." another Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini also issued a blistering attack on the United See IRANIANS, Page 2 30-40 'U, Iranijans violate status By BETH PERSKY Passports of 30 to 40 Iranian :students at the University have been taken by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), but serious problems exist in fewer than 10 of those cases, ac- cording to University Foreign Student Advisor Charlene Schmult. During the past three days the INS interviewed some 200 Iranians at the Federal Building. THE NUMBER of passports taken is much lower proportionally than in other colleges and universities visited by the agents, she added. Withholding passports means they were out of status at that time, according to Schmult, and in many cases students just lacked documents, which can be corrected. "Serious problems," include enrollment as a part-time student, which violates the criteria for student status, enrollment in. an institution other than that for which permission was granted, and working illegally. ROBERT WAGUS, coordinator of the See 30-40, Page 2 of more than 40,000 came to the Pontiac Silverdome last night to see The 'Who. No incidents were reported. Silverdome officials had assured the public that Monday's gate-crashing in- cident at The Who concert in Cincin- natii-when 11 people were trampled to death-would not be repeated. ALL FOUR stadium gates were scheduled to open at 6 p.m. for the 8 p.m. concert. But because there were 300-400 fans at each gate by mid- Survivors of the people trampled to death at Monday's concert of The Who have filed suit against the group. See story, Page 3. MOST OF THE seat less main floor and the first tier of the Silverdome were filled by 6 p.m. The crowd appeared to be moving in an orderly manner. She said - general admission seating-widely blamed for the masses that waited outside Cincinnati's River- added to the force, but he wouldn't say how many. Several concert-goers said they were not scared of the crowd because Detroit rock concert audiences have a reputation for being orderly. Even though Detroit rockers get rowdy, they said, fans in Detroit remain con- trollable. But Fred Hiscocks, of Warren, was "worried sick" about the great number of people who would attend the concert. not worried. Bill King, of Army he was not apprehensive becau (Silverdome officials) 3 organized." "If it's happened there (in nati), they sure as hell aren't let it happen here," concluded fan. UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO 5.8%: Jobless rate down in November From Reuter and AP In July, the Carter administration predicted that the jobless rate would rise to 6.6 per cent by the end of the year. And as little as three weeks ago, Treasury Secretary G. William Miller said he thought the forecast was about right. BUT AFTER the November figures released by the Labor Department yesterday, government economists said they now think that prediction was on the high side. The figures underlined the difficulty economists have experienced in char- ting the course of the economy this year. The unemployment rate declined to, 5.8 per cent of the labor force in November while employment hit a record 97.6 million. The Labor Department said most of the decline in unemployment in November occurred among women and blacks, the same two groups most af- fected by a rise in unemployment during October. THE DROP in unemployment from six Der cent in October will unquestionably reinforce sentiment within the Carter administration again- st a major tax cut in the near future. The report also illustrated that gover- nment policies aimed at slowing the economy haven't yet worked. - The November jobs gains make it vir- tually certain the unemployment rate will be significantly lower than this. Janet Norwood, commissioner of labor statistics, said recent layoffs in the auto and steel industries didn't show up in the November figures, and that these could push up the unem- ployment figures in months to come. Household firms gear sales pitch to 'U' students By BETH PERSKY Residential College (RC) sophomore David Zellis said he received a call three weeks ago from a woman in Ohio who told him he could win a free trip to Florida, if he hosted a party. He agreed to do it. Monday afternoon, Zellis and ten of his friends gathered in his East Quad apartment, lured by promises of free beer mugs, to be shipped later, and a guaranteed two-nights' lodging in a Miami hotel for at least two of the participants. IN ADDITION, anyone agreeing on the spot to pur- chase china, cookware, silverware, and crystal receives the trip too, according to Linda Harkins, of Mariac, Inc. of Indianapolis. Harkins' job is to travel to universities and colleges in Michigan and promote See FIRMS, Page 2 Daily Photo by LISA KLAUSNER Eleven East Quad students gathered Wednesday evening to hear a presentation about cookware and crystal given by John Scheidell, salesman for Nattline, Inc. +. .. ' after assembling a crw inte caper living room Ginger Southern Illinois University botanist whose job it is to know ago, when, she said, I woke up and something told me 'You " nss:;:n't s~: ; ~ ->wroceeded to deliver her romise. In the exitement, such thins. The women of the tiny island of Montserrat, should go back because Richard would want you to;"'She however, some cool heads prevailed and the doors to the located in the British West Indies, brew a mistletoe tea that then talked to the Navy, which agreed to allow her to takea " " z~yt:£ {~l.:..r is;%f:: f4 . r1t':'"{ } /. were actively engaged in Ginger's presentation, the pledge class, with keg in tow, had been hiding in a fallout shelter in the basement of the'house since 6 p.m. When Ginger began her routine they easily spirited the keg up to the chapter room. Of course, Ginger was under the employ of the pledges and although her contract was only for one hour, af- ter th -Po Iran c tIn n~rl chP ct-quodntI thennlri'., unilnnnt Mild doses of the tea, called 'no mammy" by the natives of Montserrat, block contraception by preventing fertilized eggs from becoming implanted in the wall of the uterus. Brussell strongly recommends, however, that American women not ditch their little pills and start brewing "no mammy," since a cup of the brew which is too strong would American people 38 years ago and now, with a potentially volatile climate in Iran, Barrett asserted that America has not grown weak. "We're right on the edge," she said. "I feel that our country needs a lot of people to realize how great our country is. I'm proud of our country and so many boys died for it."a G I I