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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1978)
Local payrolls to rise Job market in West looking brighter By KEVIN HARDEN Of the Emerald The employment outlook for the Eugene area may be better than expected, according to a national survey by Manpower, Inc., a tem porary job placement service. The survey, which was com piled by geographic sections for the Manpower headquarters in Milwaukee, Wise., explains that Eugene area employers antici pate “moderate to substantial ad ditions to their payrolls within the next three months.” Most of those additions will be for full-time em ployees, says John Leuck, man ager of the Eugene Manpower branch. The survey is compiled quar terly on an annual basis, Leuck says, and is used by some businesses as an indication of hir ing trends. The results of the na tional survey are published in the Wall Street Journal and several other business publications. Geographically, the West is several percentage points higher than the rest of the nation in em ployment possibilities, Leuck says. Chances for full-time employ ment in construction, warehous ing, service industries and tradesmen helpers are good, Leuck says. But the part-time em ployment outlook is about the same as usual for the city. "The part-time situation is pretty stable for the businesses,” he says. “But, generally speaking, when the rest of the industries begin to hire full-time, then part time hiring also increases.” Eugene-Springfield, which is served by the local Manpower branch, has been “somewhat Demonstrators head for court ‘We believe the state board is on trial, not us,’ Kelley says The first of the 23 trials of the anti-aparteid demonstrators arrested at Johnson Hall, Jan. 25, will be held in municipal court Tuesday, at 1 p.m. The South African Liberation Support Committee(SALSC) will hold a gathering on the EMU Terrace at noon Tuesday and will furnish transportation to anyone interested in attending the opening day of the trial. Cameron Lynn Kelley, of 1841 E. 15th Ave., will be the first defendant. All 23 have pleaded innocent. ‘ We believe the state board is on trial, not us," says Kelley. Last month, a request to consolidate the trials into one was denied by Judge John Biggs. Higher Education officials scheduled to ap pear include University President William Boyd, Freeman Holmer, Vice-chancellor of higher education and Ed Branchfield, chief counsel for higher education. Last week, Holmer and Branchfield were de nied appeals in municipal court to quash the subpoenas issued to them. The court is still deciding whether Roy Lieuallen, chancellor for higher education, must testify or not. Representing the defendents are Attorney Mike Goldstein and Susan Miller with Family Law Practice. James J. Spickerman will be the prosecuter. The defendants were charged with trespas sing by the University after conducting a nine hour sit-in at the State Board of Higher Education’s office in Johnson Hall. economically depressed” for the past few months, Leuck says, but since the survey the picture is be ginning to look better. While the study by the Man power headquarters office was concerned primarily with the na tional employment outlook, a ran dom sampling of local businesses indicative of hiring trends in the past produced the Eugene report, I “ Leuck says. A similar survey a year ago pro duced some apprehension among businesses, Leuck says. That survey also reported a good employment forcast while more businesses disagreed. That survey was “highly valid, Leuck says, because it showed a good employment picture, before hiring started to increase. 1 GET A SUMMER JOB WITH A FUTURE. 686-3102 CALL: ARMY ROTC. THE TWU YEAR PRUGRAM. Divestment (Continued from Page 1) beyond the technical issues.” If the decision goes against the state board and divestment, the PSAF plans to take the issue to court. The IFC has recently allocated $500 to support the possible suit. According to board documents, approximately $6 million worth of stock in 27 companies would have to be sold if the attorney general rules for divestment. The EMU Cultural Forum in conjunction with THE WOMEN’S SYMPOSIUM presents SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK with IZQUIERDA LYDIA MENDOZA ALICE GERRARD TUESDAY EMU BALLROOM APRIL 11 8:00 PM Ttckets $2.50 Students & Senior Citizens $3 00 General Admission Available at Main Desk. Gertrude s . LCC Women's Awareness Center. Sunshop and Everybody s Records Supported in part by the National f ndi >u ment (or the arte and the Seattle Folklore Society i I \ !' nr Old Edition Textbook Sale The Bookstore made a special purchase of more than 1500 old editions, hardcover textbooks in the social sci ences, business, engineering, science, medicine and other subject areas. These books are priced at: 990 or $1.49 Sale through April 14, while they last.
