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Friday, March 8, 1991 / University Daily Kansan
Economists predict jobless rate will continue to rise
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — America's jobless rate is expected to keep climbing in the months ahead, despite hopes that the end of the Civil War might prompt a rebound in the sluggish U.S. economy.
"Businessmen are going to be very leery about rehiring until they have a better feeling about the long term," said Peter Radek in an economist with National Westminster Bancorp, of New York.
Private economists will get their first comprehensive look at economic activity for February with today's release of the Labor Department's unemployment report.
In advance of the report, most analysts predicted the rate would climb to 6.3 percent or 6.4 percent from January's rate of 6.2 percent.
A rate of 6.3 percent would the nation's highest since May 1987, when joblessness was still falling from the last recession of 1981-82.
An increase in the jobless rate would continue a trend that began last June, when unemployment rose to 18.2 per month at a relatively low 5.3 per month at a relatively low 6.4 per month.
cent. During that period, more than 1 million Americans have joined the unemployment rolls.
Now that the Gulf War has end, many analysts and Washington policymakers are anxiously waiting to see whether consumers start buying homes and cars again from our nation out of its economic slide.
Last month the unemployment report was so bleak — the rate went up and the economy lost 230,000 jobs — that the Federal Reserve moved within the hour to lower interest rates.
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress on Wednesday there were faint signs that the U.S. was suffering after the war ended last week.
Citing Greenspan's optimism on the economic outlook, analysts don't expect that kind of quick response today.
Even if confidence does pick up, economists say, it's unlikely that businessmen would embark on mass new hiring.
"Since this recession is in all likelihood a shallow one, we're not going to be lifted out of it very rapidly." Radford said.
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Student Senate approves budget for next 2 years
Senate vote to allocate $71,406 for student organizations and is scheduled to decide the distribution of that money after spring break.
Kansan staff report
Student Senate voted last night to approve its budget for the next two years, leaving approximately $39.193 allocated for each of the next two years.
The total Senate budget next year will be $1,151,025.
Graduate student organizations will receive $11,600 more than in the proposed budget.
Two amendments were made to the Senate finance committee's proposed budget.
The executive coordinator of Graduate Student Council will continue to be a paid position, with Senate allocate $3,000 a year for it. The editor of the newsletter will receive $3,000 annually from Senate, and the newspaper will receive $5,000
for production costs.
Legal Services for Students will receive an additional $2,600 annually in addition to the proposed $14,181. Additional computer workstation.
Before Senate finished discussion on the budget, Mike Schreiner, student body president, cautioned Senate about amending the budget to increase allocations to groups, making the unallocated fund smaller.
Schreiner said Senate needed to consider the amount it was leaving for next year's legislature to allocate for special projects.
"The projected enrollment will probably stay the same or go down, so future Senates can't count on the windfall if we got," he said.
The Senate bases its budget on the projected enrollment for the next year. But that amount can change if the government's greater or smaller than projected.
Absence of rain in Lawrence causes increase in grass fires
By Mike I. Vargas
Kansan staff writer
Rich Barr, Lawrence fire marshall, is keeping his fingers crossed for rain during sorrine break.
With more than 13 grass fires in February, Lawrence has had a higher incidence of the fires compared to previous years. Barr said.
Although grass fires within the city limits have been relatively small, property has been at risk, he said. Some of the February grass fires were in residential areas and were 40 to 50 feet away from houses.
Barr said frequent grass fires indicated that dry conditions existed where other combustible materials were at risk, materials such as wooden shingles that have not been treated with a fire retardant.
But if there is no precipitation in the following weeks, the Lawrence fire department may consider place
"If we get spring showers, it will alleviate the problem significantly," Barr said.
ing a ban on permits that let residents burn their organic matter, he said. With dry conditions it is easier for contained fires to get out of
The current trend of higher-than-average grass fire incidents will persist if it does not rain, Barr said. People throwing lit cigarettes from their car windows can cause fires in these dry conditions.
Karl McNorton, manager of information systems at the Kansas fire marshall's office in Topeka, said that even if there was no wind, the grass fire could create a draft of hot air and had the same effect as wind on a fire.
Grass fires can spread rapidly on windy days, he said.
Grassland fires are difficult to fight because the heat is intense and the smoke is thick. Last the year only the death of a firefighter in Kansas was a crime, but the fire, McNorton said. The firefighters were overcome by heat exhaustion
On campus
- Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice will have a peace vigil at noon Sunday at South Park, 12th and Massachusetts streets.
KU Triathletes will have a group run at 1 p.m. Sunday. Anyone interested should meet in front of Wescoe Hall
- The Lawrence Region Men and Women's Widowed Group will meet at 7 p.m. March 15 at the Lawrence Public Library, 709 Vermont St.
KU Art and Culture in New York is accepting applications. The applications are available through Gary Shapiro at 3039 Wescoe.
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Police report
A KU student's pouch and its contents valued at $188 were taken between 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Wednesday at Jackson Center, KU police reported.
A KU student's wallet and the contents valued at $2.50 were taken between 7:30 and 10:15 p.m. Wheethens Center Institute KU police reported.
Stereo equipment valued at $400 was taken from a KU student's car between 9 p.m. Tuesday and 9:15 a.m. Wednesday in the 1000 block of
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Unknown suspects removed a Budweiser display sign valued at $250 between 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and 7:27 a.m. Wednesday from the center fence at Quigley Field, KU police reported.
A KU student's property valued at $27 was taken from his coat between 10:30 p.m. and midnight Tuesday at Center KU police station.
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