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NEW YORK (UPI) - Jobs for this year's college
graduates are up eight to 10 per cent over 1979, with
engineers in the greatest demand.
Reports on hiring by 670 employers in the private
sector showed yesterday the demand for engineers
was up 21 per cent over last year.
OTHER SHOO-INS ON the hiring front according
to the findings of the College Placement Counciland
the Endicott Report include computer whizzes and
science and business graduates. Starting salaries'
around $20,000 a year go to those in the high-demand
fields.
By contrast, first paychecks for liberal arts
graduates - "who must hustle and show flexibility"
- are pegged at around $13,000 a year.
The eight to 10 per cent increase is less than a
projected 13 per cent made last fall, the reports said.
THE MORE conservative hiring attitude probably
reflects concern about current economic uncertain-
ties." said the College Placement Council based in
Bethlehem, Pa., and checker of 550 employers who
recruit on college campuses.
"However, despite these concerns, 36 per cent of
the employers responding expect the economic
outlook for their organization to improve in the last
half of 1980, with 27 per cent expecting slight im-
provement and nine per cent anticipating substantial
improvement.
"Another 35 per cent foresee no change from the
first half of 1980, and 23 per cent predict conditions
will decline. The remaining six per cent said they are
uncertain."
In Evanston, Ill., Dr. Frank Endicott, architect of
the Endicott Report put out by Northwestern Univer-
sity for 34 years, said:
"I am not an economist but what I see makes me
optimistic. I believe the nation will find its way out of
what it gets into and I have faith in our country,
business and, most of all, our young people."
Eat your spinach AP Photo
Gary Coleman and Lucille Ball chat during dinner at the Third Annual Carousel Ball Saturday night. The fundraising
eventwas held to benefit the Children's Diabetes Foundation in Denver. The two were honored by the Child of the Year and
the Gift of Laughter awards, respectively.
Possible election law change could
affect appointees to Regent positions
adults who are the victims of lawn
mower accidents, fires, automobile ac-
cidents, or congenital diseases.
The restoration process begins very
simply. A milk carton is filled with a
rubbery molding substance, which
makes a detailed impression of the
deformed part. The impression is then
filled with plaster to create what Lee
called the "positive." A silicone rubber
replacement is then constructed around
the positive.
If the prosthesis involves exposed
parts of the body, then tinting is very
important, Lee explained. A tinted
duplicate is kept on file with the
patient's mold. If something should
happen to a prosthesis, he said, a
duplicate can be mailed to the patient.
LEE EXPLAINED that prostheses
are usually not permanently affixed to
the body. A strong adhesive is used to
affix most parts. In the case of fingers,
the rubber replacement is fitted over
the stump and remains in place by
means of suction. In the case of hands,
he said, a zipper from the middle of the
prosthesis' palm to the end of its wrist
keeps it in place. Patients wear wat-
ches to cover the seam.
Lee said that children often abuse
their prostheses, "Either the kid yanks
it off or the dog- chews it up," he said,
adding the silicone rubber often absor-
bs grease or dye and over the course of
a year or so can get very dirty. He said
that fingers have to be replaced most
often.
"Women are the ones we do the most
fingers for," he said. "The men usually
don't care."
To those suffering from the distress
of a physical deformity, the price of a
prosthesis is often insignificant when
weighed against the emotional relief
and cosmetic change it offers.
According to Lee, fingers cost $300
each; preformed breasts, $400; custom-
. made breasts, ears, and noses, $600;
and eyes, $1,000. Lee said nearly all in-
surance policies cover prostheses.
"They're not just for the rich," he
stated.
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therefore, the legislature was em-
powered to amend the state's election
law, Krasicky added.
ACCORDING TO University Regent
Paul Brown (D-Petoskey), a legislative
amendment requiring board appointees
to run in the next general election would
have no effect on the current com-
position of the Regents.
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Brown said this is because Regent
David Laro (R-Flint), whose term ex-
pires this fall, was the sole board mem-
ber appointed by the governor.
The regent added, however, that he is
in favor of such a proposal.
Brown, enivisioning a scenario in
which an elected board member leaves
the post after six months, allowing an
appointee to fill the vacancy for the
following seven-and-one-half years,
said, "I think this is not really what was
intended by the framers of the
Michigan constitution."
BROWN ALSO said he supports the
resolution to provide the Senate with
veto power over gubernatorial appoin-
tments to the ruling boards. "It seems
to me it would be in keeping with most
of the important appointments that a
governor makes," he said, citing the
fact the Senate currently is empowered
to confirm many other influential
appointments.
Regent Thomas Roach (D-Saline)
said because the Regents serve "in
significant policy posts," it is "ap-
propriate" for the Senate to exercise
veto power over popular appointees by
the governor.
Laro said the proposed process
requiring appointed board members to
run in the next general election is
"inappropriate," adding they should
be appointed solely by the governor.
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