THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1978
Page 7
230 jobs open
Mrs. Pat Cote, a secretary in the
lommunications Department, is
loving to another department in
Texas A&M University after five
lears of working with journalism
students and staff . “Mom,’ as she is
Inown, will become an editor for
Jducational Information Services,
lesides “Mom, ’ other secretaries in
|ie University are moving up or
at, says Dr. Jane Armstrong, em-
loyment manager in the personnel
lepartment. She said Thursday that
30 jobs of all types are open, partly
ecause people are moving at the
ndof the semester and looking to-
ard better jobs for next year,
rmstrong said prospective em-
iloyees may check “job books in
loom 211 of the YMCA Building for
lescriptions of available positions,
alary and duties. A telephone re-
ordhig, Dial-A-Job, lists vacancies
iy title each day. The number is
145-4444. Armstrong said the num-
ier of openings is about normal for
time of year. This picture was
akenafew years ago by Pete Leabo,
raw a photo editor for the Associated
Press in Dallas.
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United Press International
NEW YORK — They make up
one fourth of the world’s estimated
wpulation of 4.22 billion. Yet they
me no vote, no political clout, no
layover their lives. They are the
lost powerless, the most vulnera-
ile. Yet, until now, they have had
world lobby for their special
leeds.
They are our children, the subject
{special attention in 1979, The
btemational Year of the Child.
They are our children and our
nlure, said Dr. Estefania Aldaba
im, overseer of the United Nat
ions’world project.
Worldwide, I would think the
lumber one problem for children is
lunger,” said Mrs. Andrew Young.
Lim agreed that hunger is of pri-
ury concern, especially in de-
eloping nations where three out of
)urchildren live. Or die.
Children’s futures should he con-
dered in broader terms in both the
nderdeveloped and developed na
nus, she said.
Lim, of the Philippines, is a
idow and mother of six children
[ed 18 to31. When the U.N. Gen
ial Assembly decided to ask
lember states to renew concern for
ildren, Secretary General Kurt
ialdheim and Henry R. Labouisse,
xecutive director of UNICEF,
makes no sense to me that in
b's country, for instance, any
might die of a preventable
hease, said Young.
amedheras overseer with the rank
fassistant secretary general. Lim
as her nation s former secretary of
lie Department of Social Services
nd Development.
Young, mother of four, aged 5 to
3, is the wife of the U.S. ambas-
ador to the U.N. and President
barter’s appointee to head the U.S.
Commission to IYC.
In separate interviews, the two
faders discussed progress to date
ad the hope that the 1979 program
lillbe a springboard for continuing
uograms for the world’s 1.51 billion
hildren. Most concern in the un-
lerdeveloped countries is for chil-
lien under five, said Lim. In
illuent countries, projects will
each into the teens.
To date, she said, 141 nations
toe been in touch with IYC and
already have working national
wmnittees. Each is responsible for
(sown binding, but UNICEF, an
inn of the U.N., has designated $3
aillion to help developing nations
'ith plans.
Help also is coming financially or
projects from more than 200
in-governmental organizations in
e United States alone.
Lim said there would he no inter-
lational conferences because of the
Ipenses involved. “I feel that pro
grams should emanate from the in
dividual nations aware of priorities
in their own areas.”
The Year of the Child is timed to
mark the 20th anniversary of the
U.N.’s declaration of the Rights of
the Child.
The U. S. Committee for UN
ICEF in a series of newsletters this
year already has outlined what some
nations are doing. One headline
reads, “Iran gives $7 million from
defense budget.' "Japan, Canada,
Malaysia, Iraq, begin activities,”
reads another.
Spain is considering a draft of a
declaration on children’s rights for
its new constitution. Queen
Elizabeth II is patron of the United
Kingdom s Committee for IYC.
Nepal has established a 30-member
committee to plan for the year.
One newsletter pictures a repro
duction of the IYC logo put into
space on a golden plaque carried
aboard the Soyuz-30 Soviet space
ship by Maj. Miroslaw Hermas-
zewski, the first Polish cosmonaut.
The late Pope Paul VI blessed the
year when he gave a private audi
ence to Labouisse. In a letter, the
pope emphasized the concern that
should he given “each and every
child throughout the world.
He asked particular priority be
given to "the needs of disadvan
taged children, the physically and
mentally handicapped, those aban
doned and those in special situations
of distress and .suffering.’’
The major problems of children
differ among the developed and un
derdeveloped nations. “We can
learn from each other,’ Lim said.
Hunger, disease, immunization,
stunted growth, education and child
labor are among the problems in the
developing countries, she added. In
more affluent societies, problems
include battered children, sexual
abuse, pornography, welfare of
children in minority groups, espe
cially in the migrant families, vio
lence in the media, drugs and youth
pregnancies.
In the western world, the prob
lems also involve emotional aban
donment, deprivation and neglect,
said Lim. It is less a problem in
third world countries where usually
“the child is loved, cuddled, prized.
I have seen many a poor woman in a
market with a basket on her head,
her child strapped to her. said
Young.
“It makes no sense to me that in
this country, for instance, any child
might die of a preventable disease,
said Young, teacher and civil rights
activist.
But they do, and more so in un
derdeveloped countries.
“Health care remains a staggering
world problem,” said Lim.
The World Health Or ganization,
also an arm of the U.N., is setting
up a world-wide immunization pro
gram. Lim said its goal is immuniza
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United Press International
NEW YORK - Most American
teen-age “leaders’ who responded
to a survey show an increasingly
conservative and moralistic bent,
and say their traditional values will
help them as their generation
gradually assumes responsibility by
the year 2000.
The teen-agers, considered
scholastic and social leaders by their
teachers and counselors, do not
favor pre-marital sex or marijuana or
cigarette smoking, and think the na
tion needs a strong defense program
and an old-time religious fervor.
The 21,500 high school juniors
and seniors surveyed were among
318,000 high achievers listed in the
1977-78 edition of “Who s Who
Among American High School Stu
dents,” released Wednesday by the
Educational Communications, Inc.,
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and not before.
The survey showed:
81 percent are members of an or
ganized religion, and six of 10 attend
weekly services.
76 percent say they haven’t had
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fer a traditional marriage; 54 per
cent would not live with someone
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tion by 1990 of at least 80 percent of
all children for malaria, cholera,
dysentery, and various water-borne
diseases.
Overpopulation continues to
plague much of the world. In
Nigeria, for instance, Lim said at
the current growth rate, its popula-
Lim agreed that hanger is of
primary concern, especially in
developing nations where three
out of four children live. Or die.
tion would be doubled in 20 years.
IYC seems to he leaving the
population problem to individual
countries. Lim said that in Nigeria,
family planning was not a govern
ment policy but, "I know of some
volunteer groups in the private sec
tor who are aiding women. Mans
women without the husband s con
sent are planning the number of
children.”
But Young felt that abortion
should not be part of the IYC
agenda: “I think it would he
counter-productive for the chil
dren, she said.
The two leaders agreed that
targeting just one year was not
enough.
“You can’t take a year and expect
dramatic change, said Young. “But
you can take that one year and get
problems on the agenda and a start
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