Baby boomers .settling down, study says WASHINGTON (AP) - The baby boom generation, which jammed kin- dergartens in the 1950s, sparked cam- pus turmoil and the sexual revolution in the 1960s and crowded the job market in the 1970s, is showing signs of settling down. That is the conclusion of the life and health insurance industries, which released a study yesterday based on a telephone survey last January of 1,000 membersof that outsized generation of Americans born between 1946 and 1964. THE 74.3 million baby boomers - one of every three Americans - still show a streak of independence but also exhibit some highly traditional views, the study shows. %'They strongly favor marriage over 'being single, frown on marijuana use and would like to see more respect for authority. But 76 percent of these young Americans, aged 19 to 37, prefer an "equal" marriage with both spouses sharing responsiblity for work, homemaking and child-rearing. Most disagreed with the notion that "a woman's place is in the home," and subscribed to the idea that "working women make more interesting partners in marriage." A majority of them, 56 percent, said they approved of unmarried adults of the opposite sex living together, while .32 percent disapproved. Forty-one per- cent said they, would welcome more sexual freedom, but 51 percent would not. Only 24 percent favored wider ac- ceptance of marijuana usage, while 70 percent were opposed. ----n The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 7, 1983 - Page 9 Agreement calls for improvements 0 s in state prisons Y. d' Jimino transferred AP Photo Margaret Cimino, 18, the Harvard University freshman who sustained a severe head injury when hit by a goal post at the end of the Yale-Harvard football game in New Haven on Nov. 19 is wheeled from St. Raphael's Hospital in New Haven, Conn., yesterday by Charles Esposito, who saved her life. She was transferred to a medical center near her home. .Blanchard looks at tax alternatives LANSING (UPI) - Improvements in health care, living conditions and fire safety at three major Michigan prisons are required under a draft of an agreement between the state and the U.S. Justice Department. Officials now are in the process of finalizing a consent decree which grows out of a federal civil rights in- vestigation involving Southern Michigan Prison at Jackson, the Ionia Reformatory and the Marquette Bran- ch Prison. Those older facilities were wracked by rioting in May, 1981. Conrad Mallett, Jr., Gov. James Blanchard's legal advisor, said the state is awaiting returnoftthe latest draft from the U.S. Justice Depar- tment. If the federal government's latest revisions prove acceptable, he said, a presentation on the decree will be made to key legislators and the state correc- tions Commission. Mallett said the entire affair could be wrapped tip by mid-January. Mallett declined to disclose the cost of compyling with the decree, but said the administration is pleased with it. Other have estimated the price tag, at anywhere from $20 million to $50 million. Under one draft of the decree, which the state has not officially released, the state would be required to obtain com- plete annual sanitation inspections of_ the three prisons by qualified state of-, ficials. Within 180 days, it would have to provide adequate hot and cold water in housing units and could not, except in emergencies, "house inmates in cells or dormitories where the temperature is unsafe or unhealthy in any season." Within 30 months, the state would have to correct all plumbing and fixture leaks and cease housing inmates io cells lacking operable sinks and coni- modes. In the field of health care, the decree seeks to guarantee that each inmate receive "adequate health care as measured against contemporary professional standards." Within 180 days, the state would have to employ medical and dental care staff equivalent to 145 employees at Jackson, 16.1 at Ionia and 29 at Marquette. Under the agreement, corrections of- ficials would be required to obtain an- nual inspections from the state fire marshal's division. Within 180 days, smoke detectors would be required in each cellblock and housing area and a plan to equip housing areas with sprinkler fire protection would have to be submitted. Within one year, corrections officials would be required to submit a plan to separate inmates with differing security classifications. After two years, an indoor exercise facility would have to be provided at each prison. Inmates would have year- round access for one hour each day, five days per week. Conditions in segregation cells also would have to be improved, including the provision of natural light. LANSING (UPI) - Gov. James Blanchard apparently is listening to and weighing a variety of proposals for altering the state's con- troversial 38 percent income tax in- crease. Schemes reportedly under discussion include a more rapid phase-out of the increase, rollbacks tied to surpluses in the state budget, and various types of popular referendums. SUPPORT for the tax hike already has cost two lawmakers their jobs, and at least 15 others are on the recallers' list. Against this background, a group of House Democrats met with Blanchard last week to discuss concerns over the evident unpopularity of the levy. Senate Democrats yesterday set up a meeting with Blanchard for today to discuss a number of issues, at least one of them how to deal with anti-tax sen- timent. THE SENATE currently is sitting on a bill which would decrease the tax hike in proportion to a projected budget surplus,iestimated to be anywhere from $25 million to $160 million. A bill in the House would speed up the phase-out and completely eliminate the increase by September 1985. Some senators are discussing placing a variety of different tax and budget issues before the voters. Under the law passed early this year, the tax rate will fall from 6.35 percent to 6.1 percent on Jan. 1. Further reduc- tions are scheduled for the future, and the phase-out will be accelerated if unemployment drops rapidly. Last Wednesday, at least nine House democrats met with Blanchard to discuss a range of options relating to the income tax controversy. Phillip Jourdan, Blanchard's chief of staff, said there is "no way" any legislation could be adopted before the Legislature adjourns for the Christmas holidays. ... ...... ... ..................... R ........... .............. .............................. ....................... dHigh court may dodge -minority job issue again WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Supreme Court, facing a racial controversy it dodged last spring yesterday weighed how much protection "innocent" white workers deserve when they are threatened with layoffs to save the jobs of minorities. Numerous questions from the bench about the Memphis, Tenn., case indicated the justices might once again avoid the question, despite Reagan ad- ministration efforts to persuade them to give a sweeping ruling in favor of seniority rights. LAST TERM,. in a case from Boston, the court sidestepped deciding whether minorities, hired to make up for past exclusion from the city rwork force, should be given special protection from layoffs caused by a city budget crisis. "Could the situation arise in the future in Mem- phis?" Justice Lewis Powell asked. Other members posed similar questions. Allen Blair, arguing for the firefighters union, said it could because Memphis' sales and property taxes are at "peak levels," leaving the city with limited future income. But Richard Fields, on behalf of the black firemen, said that in addition to lowering property taxes, the city had "put all firefighters back to work, and hired 63 new ones" since the 1981 layoffs. Blair contended the lower court order caused "three innocent incumbent ,whitefirefighters to be laid off who otherwise would not have been' He also said nearly two dozen other workers lost seniority rights in the layoffs. In support of the fireman's union, the ad- ministration argued the nation's highest court should restrict protection of minority workers to "actual victims of discrimination." holiday gifts'83 ()itji dcrfts u (jI u~ rt ft/ rcS (i( lriist I1 '1Cs, -93\ ink paintings ironI "". jc(ivcIrv kgelow Locaidat 1 1I I7 W. Liberty. 994-8004 The Rustlers" by David Bi A-nn A-rbor Art :\ssocioti( )f Reagan warned on defense hike WASHINGTON (AP) - House MICHEL'S LETTER, is part of a nis frustration over the fact that for the Republican Leader Robert Michel has delicate game that is played annually past two years Reagan has sent cautioned President Reagan against when the administration is preparing Congress budgets which won virtually asking Congress for a 22 percent its budget request to Congress. Trial no support and splintered Republicans. rmilitary spending increase that Defen- balloons are lofted from various federal As a result, GOP leaders have had to se Secretary Caspar Weinberger has agencies and legislators shoot down piece together their own substitute discussed with some legislators. Michel those ideas they dislike, spending plans. ta said such a boost "is not achievable" "I would like to see the Congress pass "It would be my preference to havema k e and could wreck any chance of a budget next year that is realistic and House and Senate Republicans more r'eaching a bipartisan budget com- achieveable," Michel wrote to Reagan. closely associated with the preparation promise next year. "The Congress made a mockery of the of the administration requests so that In a letter delivered to the White budget process this year with a"budget we would be that much closer to p ro dL House Monday evening, Michel, (R-Ill.) package that we all knew was not reaching consessus on our side next also sought Reagan's support for a credible and could not be implemen- spring," Michel wrote. move to give the president limited ted.' Last week, the defense secretary met authority to withhold money that Michel said he hoped that Congress privately with Senate Republican Congress has voted to spend. In ad- would be more responsible next year," leaders and told them he is seeking a dition, he asked for more congressional "and that your administration would do $305 billion Pentagon budget for next ifiput on the budget the president will its share by submitting recommen- . year, a 22 percent increase over current sbnt to Capitol Hill at the end of dations that are achievable." spending. .Jinvary. THE ILLINOIS Republican reflected t ieed more a resume to an interview ictive. eed information. The Merrill Lynch MEWSM Video Disc can M provide you with $I2 information on our training programs before you interview with us. 0 d IN t Q " P ' * The disc features Merrill Lynch employees who describe their ex- periences, expectations and the individual training programs. 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