o—The Daily Collegian Friday, June 10,1977 Pennsylvania vocational outlook sunny There’s good news for Pennsylvania’s job hunters this spring there is higher em ployment, lower unemployment and more factory jobs in the state than expected for the summertime, a University researcher said yesterday. Figures show that total employment for Pennsylvania increased by 100,000 workers, Alice E. Warne, an economics researcher, said. Unemployment dropped by 51,000, making the total number of unemployed Pennsylvanians 349,000. This i,s lower than last year’s unem ployment, Warne said. “The significant thing about these figures is that employment went up and unemployment Committee probes 'beach-partying" ex-general HARRISBURG (AP) Parties thrown in a beach trailer at government ex pense by former Adjutant Gen. Harry Mier were part of a National Guard recruiting effort, a former officer testified yesterday. “Incentives in the National Guard are few and far be tween. It (the trailer) was an outstanding recruiting in centive. We need more like it. I even recommended to Mier And much, much more! State College: Hills Plaza • S. Atherton Street (Route 322 E.) & Branch Rd. we put some in the Poconos,” said Col. John McDonald of Scranton, former director of recruitment and retention. McDonald testified before the Committee on Military Af fairs and Aeronautics, which is holding hearings on allegations that Mier abused his office for personal gain. The committee has no penal powers and has not decided what it will do with the in formation it is gathering. It Toys and Games usewares has a big selection of big selection and Hills discounts A everything in the rVl^w Store Hours: 10-10, Monday-Saturday went down in spite of more people having en tered the work force,” Warne said. “It shows a healthy trend in the economy.” More jobs usually open up in the spring, Warne said, but the employment increase is “above and beyond” what normally occurs. Warne said there are more factory jobs than had been anticipated, but the factory industries were still depressed. “The factories are pulling out of a bad period,” Warne said. The steel and coal industries are also picking up, she said. The production indexes for these industries are much improved over those of last year. can turn evidence over to the state Justice Department if it feels such action is merited. Mier resigned March 31 following disclosures that he used the trailer on a Delaware beach to entertain friends and that he arranged the sale of clothing for personal profit. No formal charges have been brought against him. The federally owned trailer is hooked up at a military reservation in Bethany Men’s and Ladies’ Jeans Beach, Del. McDonald said he arranged for two com manders who had outstanding recruiting drives to stay at the beach for two weeks in August 1974. He also said that the sale of sports coats in a hallway of the headquarters at the In diantown Gap Military Reser vation was similar to programs enacted in other states. Ladies’ Half Sizes Warning: Credit Cards Can Be Hazardous To Your Wealth. Pennsylvania, a strongly industrial state, is affected a great deal by changes in industries like steel and coal, more so than the rest of the nation as a whole, Warne said. Warne said the national economy has been doing well in seyeral sectors. Personal income of almost every kind is advancing and six of ten leading economic indicators relating to manufacturing activity are rising. Pennsylvania cannot be said to be doing any better or worse than the nation as a whole because of its special status as a heavily in dustrialized state, Warne said. Timex Watches Mier owned a clothing fac tory that produced the sports coats purchased by guards men. McDonald said he placed a sign near the rack that said: “This is another service of your friendly R&R recruit ment and retention.” “Apparently, it was very popular because the hallway was loaded. I bought a jacket myself,” McDonald said. Rubbermaid ® Products Ladies’ Proportioned-to-Fifi Wear THE ANTI-INFLATION DEPARTMENT STORE DESIGNED TO SAVE YOU MONEY EVERY DAY WITHOUT EVER RUNNING ASALE Group cites hospital abuses PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A group of former mental patients yesterday released a previously unpublished 92- page state report detailing charges of beatings, con traband and deaths at Far view State Hospital. The group, the Alliance for the Liberation of Mental Patients, opposes involuntary psychiatric treatment and wants the state to close the hospital for the criminally in sane in Wayne County. “Our tax dollars are being used to fund a concentration camp,” charged alliance member Diane ©aren at a press conference at which copies of the report were handed out. The report, a series of in- No injuries in cycle Police Services reported a motorcycle operated by Garry Lee McMarr, 1326 E. College Ave., and a vehicle operated by Lee William Russler Jr., Lewistown, collided on Shortlidge Road June 9. McMarr was unin jured. Girls’ Back-to-School Dresses terviews, was finished in 1975 after a six-month in vestigation by officers of the Investigations Bureau of the state Justice Department. “I!m disturbed that somebody would hand out results of an official report,” said Robert Savard, bureau director. “It’s something that shouldn’t be done.” In the report, patients at Farview told investigators that they were beaten by guards or that they saw other patients beaten. Some patients said that a patient died after a beating and others refer to unre corded graves on the hospital grounds. One investigator ad- vises state police to ask an in- Tortsten Bjalme (6th mineral science) reported the theft of two fire blankets from containers near rooms 9 and 23 Mineral Science Building, Police Services said. Stephen Clyman, 217 Snyder Hall, reported the theft of the mate about an alleged mur der. ' , « Some Farview employees say in the reportithat they wit nessed patients being hit, while others say they have no knowledge of any mistreats ment. • Other parts of \ the report contain charges that guards received kickbacks and sup plied patients with drugs, liquor or contraband. V In a cover letter to the report, state investigations chief Cecil Yates recom mends improving the quality of the Farview staff, disciplining guards in cases oi proven brutality and adopting! written procedures for report] ing injuries to guards or patients. ! mishap j rear wheel from his bicych parked outside Snyder Hall Police Services said. State College Police report ed the theft of two wheels! from a bicycle at 532 E.j College Ave. Estimated valued was $5O. J Weis Markets, Westerly] Parkway, received a $69; forged check May 30. John 1 ; Gorman, owner of the check,: had lost it earlier in May at; Stone Valley, State College' Police said. Don Foster Collegian notes; The Nutrition Clinic, 243' Ritenour, is open to assist pie in weight control, vegetar. ian diet evaluations and any., other areas concerning food Summer hours are 6:30-9:3(< p.m. Tuesday, 2-5 p.m Wednesdays and 9-12 a.m Thursdays. The Penn State Internation, al Soccer Club for men ant women will hold a practicd session 1 p.m. Saturday ir,j Pollock field. Park West Manor orienta, tion will be held 7 p.m. Mon, day in 323-24 HUB. Students interested iij, meeting foreign students anil; helping them with conversa j tional English should visit thV>;, Language Testing Center, 30 .j, Sparks, or call 865-7365. , .! j Tonight thru Tues. 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