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NEWS BRIEFING A LOOK A T THIS MORNING S HIAOUNtS Oregon's jobless rate steady at 4.9 percent, three months In a row SALEM Or, (API — Orion's unompio) m«nt rat, hald «4<kmH •! 4 9 pnriwil in tan uary for lha third montn uia row, the state Km ploy ment Department said Thursday ‘The number of jobs in Oregon continue* to pow rapidly. whah is a major factor in keeping the unem piny men i rote low," said depart men! economist I kivui Cook* The department said 145.200 Oregonians were nut of work in January, and employment stood at I 55 million In alt of 1995. 54.100 jobs were added in the state, Service jobs accounted far 20.900 of new job*, and trade added 14.000 jobs General build ing construction was at 17.100 jobs Iasi month, up by 4.500 job* from two years earlier The timber industry employed an average of 52.100 workers last year, down 2.100 from 1994 Other job reductions included declines of 1.100 position in fed eral government and 400 in food products DeFazio won’t run in Senate election SALEM. Ore JAP) — Despite his strong showing in the special election to replace Hob Pack wood in the Senate, U S Rep Peter DeFazio ha* decided not to run for Mark Hatfield's Senate seat this year. The Associated Press learned today DeFazio was scheduled to announce his political plans lat er today at a Eugene news con ference A political ally of DeFazio. lane County Commissioner Jer ry Rust, said today that DeFazio was leery about the prospect of facing millionaire opponents in both the primary and general elections Plus. Rust said, DeFazio felt that he could better help the Democrats regain control of the House by running for re-election instead of gambling everything oil a shot at the .Senate California regents adopt compromise on affirmative action NATIONAL SAN FKANOS (XJSAP! AH,« « dispute !h*t rtntr ly C<mM lh« now Untv»r»tir of G»l Ifemu* prwttdwnl nt* (0*5. regent* uuietiv approved •«umpmmiK plan Thursday on when io drop affirmative art ion Rv voice vote (he regent* vot ed uiummoMtly to gel rtd of r«r and gender consideration* in undergraduate admissions by spring Student regent Ed Ck>owt. a supporter of affirmative action, sain later he had meant to vole "no" but the voice vote caught him by surprise, last luly, the regents voted to drop race ami gender from admis sion* decision* eftet.tive fan t, 199?. Lm« month. U€ President Richard Atkinson said the new policy wouldn't take affect until Ull 199» UC officials esptamed that the university admissions year begins in November, so a change In fan uary 1997 would affect students applying in November 1997 fur the following year Blacks claim higher death rate from AIDS ATLANTA (AP) — AIDS Is .•sai ling a growing toil on blacks. The virus is now responsible for a third of all deaths among black men ages 25 to 44. the Outer for Disease Control (COC) said Thursday AIDS also accounts for about a fifth of the deaths among black women in the same age range — a higher proportion than among young white men. the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The CDC report is the latest to demonstrate changes in the epi demic since the first cases were reported 15 year* ago among gay white men. ‘This is an epidemic that is affecting every segment of soci ety,” said Cornelius Raker of the National Association of People with AUXS VIRMpWMNNI to ban Zulu weapons despite public outcry CAPfc TOWN. South Afrk ji {API — f'KautmM SfcHnun MamfcU ttuil fcu«w«/juKi IWt««k •U«» to tWy him * tiurawy. ainummu mac a swsi on the c Jut*. *faim% and other Mipn they mini on lam tnn in public Mould 1*1* effect within day*. The ban u part of a broader anti-crime campaign Mandela argue* that *uch weapon* make it too easy kx politic at rallies and march** to deteriorate into bloody riots. When Mandela first raised the possibility of a ban during a speec h to parliament last week. Zulu nationalist leader Mango *uthu But Helen warned that his followers would fight to protec t their "God-given right to carry thair cultural accoutrement* whenever they wish to do to “ Thousands have died over the last decade In the ANC-Inkatha power struggle in the Zulu stronghold of KwaZulu-Natal province Mandela has called for a peac e conferenc e to calm the province, but his weapons ban proposal showed he was determined to battle the violence on several | fronts Oil tanker leaks 1.8 million gallons of oil SAINT ANN S MEAD, Wales |AP| — An oil supertanker ran aground in western Wales on Thursday, leaking more than a million gallons of oil The he* Impress, which sails under a Liberian flag, lost I It mil lion gallons of its 3? » million gallon cargo, acc ording to a stale merit from the Milford Haven coast guard By contrast, the lfifty Exvan Valder spill was n mil lion gallons It was the »««,ond time m four months that a tanker ran onto rock* in western Wale* last fall another large oil tanker, the Botga ran aground in the same area ami was refloated without any spillage ISA budget debate ends in increase ■ FUNDS: PfC gives international organization's groups differing funds By Kristtn Bailey S»jam Jtrtweoa fkupume The ASUO Programs Ft name Committee (PPC) met Thursday night for five hour* in the fiMU Boardroom to discus* the Inter’ national Student* Association * (ISA) 1996-97 budget ISA. which represent* 1,700 students from 86 different coun tries. had a budget l ORitiiing of nine different sub-budgets The organisation requested more than $32,000. but received $29,175 and i 2 09 percent increase from the PPG for the 1006 97 fiscal year The group's umbrella fund received $13,067, which is a 1.74 percent decrease from this veer's budget PPG members said they decreased ISA umbrella funding WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES The 7*m«mbir ASUO Proyam# Finance Commmee. wfuch nctydes three student senators. mil recommend how tnadm tal taws a/e allocated to student groups next year. 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AMQUN1.—f BflMJAtT XIAft J29.17S *2.09% MSMtf #M3A220 (UtWHO bocauao they dul not tpend their lull allocation U.t year ISA requeued fKH) to go toward tpontaring speaker*. but lxM.auto of previout spending history thoy rauivtd only $150 for that lino item PFi: member* told ISA mom bore that if they had problonit with thru lava) of funding otxild go before tbo larger Senate body. “You can alwayt go through a special request at tho Student Senate." uid PFC member Shninu* l.vnukv Another *ubgroup of the ISA. the A«k(M.tattoo of Norwegian Student* Abroad (ANSAI. *l»o took a cut In funding ANSA received $613. which It * 9.3 percent d«mu> from this y*er'» budget Other ISA group* received slight funding imnuw* The lnpanvM Student Organization received one of th**«. getting S t.605 This iru reete. however, fell short of the organ i rat ion » request for $3,663 Haircuts.* tO rr« fIS •lift aJumpoa & ramWIaarr iJmn:s \'i2V iMprMts & qpMfc***** n% 130*16 */ uuMtUtwriH i m A «t>(r I jtiacrf rufcw UrjOtJ hair n*>«r gmmi nUh Haton Uw*l Thnmgh %fan A lb l*mn I fr s WE BUY AND SELL USED GAMES AND A WHOLE LOT MORE! 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