| Summary: | Worldwatch Page 16 Concordian, November 30, 198< by JoNelle Toriseva In Amman, Jordan, Palestine-Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairperson Yassar Arafat convened a meeting of the Palestine National Council Thursday and said the mustering of a quorum assured the eternal continuity of the guerilla movement, despite the present boycotts from the opposition. During the opening session, Jordan's King Hussien proposed a joint Palestinian- Jordanian initiative to resolve the conflict with Israel; he called for an international conference sponsored by the United Na-tions at which the PLO would represent Palestinians as a full-fledged participant. Arafat said, "The mere fact that this ses-sion of our Palestine National Council has been convened provides the biggest evidence and the irrevocable truth there is no power on Earth that can destroy the PLO." Arafat said the group calls itself the parliament of the Palestinian people. On Sunday, FBI agents said they are consulting biologists and researching scientific papers to figure out why there allegedly was an attempt to smuggle deadly micro-organisms into Canada. Special Agent John Thurston, Coordinator of the probe, said that the FBI has "broadened the scope of the investigation tremendously" to find a motive in an alleg-ed operation involving the smuggling of botulism and tetanus cultures. Orders for the cultures were placed with a non-profit foundation based in Silver Spring, Md., which provides micro-organisms for research. Thurston said the botulism cultures could be reproductive in sufficient quantites "to wipe out a whole city." Defense officials from 13 European NATO nations said they will begin studies to find out the practicalities of the joint develop-ment of a tank, surface-to-air missile and military transport plane. The Independent European Program Group, founded in 1976, consists of all European NATO countries except Iceland, which does not have an army. At a news conference following the first ministerial meeting, Britain's Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine hailed the decision to cooperate on the three projects as a "fun-damental change in European defense procurement systems." Sen. Edward Kennedy has government approval to visit South Africa next year, said a South African immigration of-fical on Friday. Kennedy is scheduled to make an an nouncement at a ceremony marking th? 30th anniversary of the African Americar Institute. Bishop Desmond Tutu, the Blact South African church leader who recent ly received the Nobel Peace Prize, will pre sent an award to Robert Kennedy for tht late senator's work on race relations. Tutu is an opponent of apartheid—the pre sent policy of racial separation enforcec by South Africa's white-minority government. Competition among job hunters expected to increase The Soviet Union and the United States of America have reached a rare agreement on a United Nations (UN) issue. Both want to rescind an eight percent cost-of- living raise for civil servants at the U.N. headquarters in New York and other du-ty stations. The Deputy to chief UN delegate Jeane Kirkpatrick, U.S. Ambassador Alan Keyes says, "It's a decison not to be taken lightly." The United States pays one fourth of the regular U.N. budget; last year this amounted to $180 million. The Soviets pay 12.22 percent. by the United Student Press Service (USPS) A glut of people entering the work force in the next ten years may cause stiff com-petition for job hunters, in spite of the ex-pected increase in the number of jobs. By 1990, the number of jobs is expected to increase by 25.2 million. But the in-crease in the number of people in the work force will be greater, resulting in 3.8 million more people than jobs. Experts have said college graduates still have a better chance of getting those jobs. In fact, a recent survey of employers by the College Placement Council, Inc., showed that participating employers an-ticipate hiring eight percent more college graduates in 1985 than in 1984. However, only 25 percent of the 40 fastest growing occupations require a college degree. The forty occupations with the expected largestjob growth have been chosen out of the total 1,700 listed by the U.S. Depart-ment of Labor Statistics. Over the next fif-teen years, much of the job growth will take place in service industries, where 74.1 percent (18.7 million) new jobs will be created in areas such as transportation and public utilities, finance insurance, real estate and government. Another 26 percent (6.5 million) jobs will be in the goods-producing industries. Those include farm, mining, construction and manufacturing areas. The seven occupations with the largest job growth include custodians, cashiers, secretaries, general clerks, salesclerks and waiters and waitresses, bureau data showed. Quickly expanding occupations requiring college degrees include registered nurses, kindergarten and elementary teachers, electrical engineers, physicians and laj/vyers. Although the majority of the fastest grow-ing occupations do not require a college education, many do require some type of post-secondary training. Occupations re-quiring such post-secondary education in-clude automotive mechanics and electri-cians. Jobs not requiring advanced education also are projected to expand. More than half of the high-growth occupa-tions are in the computer or other technical or health fields. Computer-retated occupa^ tions expecting the largest growth are1 computer service technicians, computer systems analysts, computer programmers' and computer operators. \ Dorothy Day House hosts 'open house The Fargo-Moorhead Dorothy Day House of Hospitality has finished its first year of service at the end of November. The House opened about a year ago to fur-nish temporary lodging, meals and per-sonal hospitality to people who are in need of these services. This Sunday, the Dorothy Day House will hold its second annual "open house" for all the people in the community from 2-6 p.m. The Dorothy Day House will continue its Thursday night gatherings at the house foi special discussions, prayer and song These gatherings are open to all people in the community. Next Thursday, from 7-9 p.m., Fr. Bil Mehrkens will give a presentation on the recently released first draft of the Bishops new Pastoral Letter on "Catholic Socia Teachings and the U.S. Economy." The House is located at 714 8th St. S. Thank you to all who gave their time and effort toward a successful CASINO -NIGHT Student Productions Shawn Plante's "Instant Request" Nancy and the Dribbling Darts of Love CARes Committee Centrum Crew Public Relations Commission Dan Lind Exclusively Diamonds Domino's Dayton's Speak Easy Ponderosa Sound's Easy Sound Pro Sportland J.C. Penney Mr. Steak Maurice's Chi Chi's ' . Sher's Pizza Hut Godfather's » Brown Photo Bookstore Korn Krib Fargo Theatre Mother's Records Hideaway Salon West Acres Cinema 6 Frankton's Salon His and Hers Salon Radio Shack Ben Franklin
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