THE BATTALION
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1980
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4 WASHINGTON — Consumers have dusted
yp their credit cards and resumed their old bor-
ruf' rowing habits — another sign the recession is
i/m, 11 over, although trends on the unemployment and
inflation fronts remain grim.
™ e ncals[ j p e deral Reserve Board — the nation’s cen-
enCy r tral bank—said Friday that for the second month
ier "tfr i nar ow, consumers borrowed more money than
lm j !i they repaid, indicating the public is slowly regain-
y ear racing confidence in the economy.
( l® 1 Wwo government reports issued the same day
0ttne: Show that despite the economy’s slow recovery,
inflation and unemployment resumed their up-
' , ea ^ : ward spiral in October following dips in both
Jrth ^ categories in September.
fiiiThe Labor Department said unemployment
rose 0.1 percent to 7.6 percent in October and
“icunept; jjoieggig prices of consumer goods rose 0.8 per-
lshaw '" cent last month.
^Neither figure surprised government and pri-
to coBtaMg analysts, who noted the jobless rate typically
nght.HtsMj at t h e beginning of a recovery period when
'h • ‘ more people begin looking for work.
, • And, as many experts had expected, rising food
d tor wfeiF
“There is still a lot of
inflation out there,
concentrated in the food
sector. That s bad news for
consumers because it
shoots any discretionary
spending. ”
Auto prices — the major factor in the October
increase — rose 3.4 percent last month, following
a 4.2 percent drop in September.
Warning against aspirin use
for children’s viral illnesses
the vete J
prices and higher price tags on new 1981 model
cars boosted overall wholesale prices 0.8 percent
in October following a 0.2 percent decline in
September.
If producer prices continue to increase at their
October rate for 12 months, prices would jump
12.6 percent over the year.
The producer price index now stands at 252.2,
meaning those goods that cost $100 to produce in
1967 now cost $252.20.
Prices for consumer foods also moved up 0.5
percent over the month, after edging down 0.2
percent in September. They mainly reflected a
large increase in sugar prices.
Lawrence Chimerine, chief economist for
Chase Econometrics, a private forecasting firm in
Bala-Cynwyd, Pa., said the report indicates
“there is still a lot of inflation out there, concen
trated in the food sector. That’s bad news for
consumers because it shoots any discretionary
spending. ”
Although the 7.6 percent unemployment level
in October was not much different than in the last
two months, it represented a major shift in the
employed population.
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ATLANTA — Federal health offi
cials are warning parents to use cau
tion in dispensing aspirin to children
suffering viral illnesses because the
medication could lead to the some-
times-fatal Reye syndrome.
The national Centers for Disease
Control said Friday that at least
three studies into a possible link be
tween aspirin and Reye syndrome
showed there may be a tie.
“In view of these data, parents
should be advised to use caution
when administering salicyates (aspir
in) to treat children with viral illnes
ses, particularly chickenpox and in
fluenza-like illnesses,” the CDC
said.
Reye syndrome, first described in
1963, is a children’s disease which
kills about one out of five of its vic
tims. At one time the fatality rate was
nearly 50 percent.
The cause of Reye syndrome is a
medical mystery but the disease
seems to follow a viral infection,
usually influenza-B or chickenpox.
The CDC said it was not known if a
virus itself caused the ailment.
The infection attacks the brain and
liver. There is no treatment except
supportive care in a hospital.
Dr. Cornelia Davis, an epide
miologist with the CDC viral dis
eases division, said Reye syndrome
was a rare ailment with one case per
100,000 population in persons under
age 18. But last year there was a
major outbreak of the ailment in the
United States, nearly 444 cases that
occurred alongside the worst epide
mic of influenza-B in 18 years.
“What we’re doing is to advise pa
rents to use caution in giving their
children aspirin,” said Dr. Davis.
“We’re not saying you should not use
aspirin.
The unemployment level for adult men drop
ped to 6.4 percent in October — the first time
since April that it has been outside the narrow
range of 6.6 percent to 6.7 percent.
Stolen US cars sold in Mexico
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Police implicate Mexican officials
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WASHINGTON — Mexican gov-
Timent officials are involved in the
[iffic of stolen U.S. cars smuggled
toss the border, Texas police offic-
Dr. Wil jers said during testimony before con-
Te X as 0 Jgtessicmal investigators.
MrfliiwJEl Paso Police Chief William Rod-
aent, y Auez said his agency had gotten in-
San'tos, tjbrmation that Mexican government
Rosa ClJpdals are involved in auto thefts
ed on tliiland information that “the son-in-law
of the president of Mexico sold a
Clinic is j hide reported stolen in Chicago,
Santa ItJxrrding to a congressional report
;re heyffil easec ^ Friday. He gave no further
•d
ho
jfletails.
»He said both Mexican state and
federal police use criminals to steal
vehicles in the United States.
im a tei
times an!
f Rodriguez, in his June 12 congres
sional testimony, cited the case of
■'one known narcotics trafficker who
| working for them (the federal
ijiolice) in exchanging narcotics for
stolen vehicles.”
Tuis Barba, with El Paso’s Auto
eft Bureau, said the Mexican fed
eral judicial police probably were
most heavily involved and other
Mexican police agencies “are reluc
tant to confiscate vehicles they feel
are in possession of those agencies”
— presumably meaning the Mex
ico’s federal police.
The two men appeared June 12
before a joint hearing of three sub
committees of the House Interstate
and Foreign Commerce and Foreign
Affairs committees.
Rodriguez cited a number of ex
amples to back his charges, although
he did not name names. In one case,
he said, an El Paso citizen “reco
vered his stolen vehicle which was
being used by a Ciudad Juarez, Mex
ico, police officer.”
In another, he said, two federal
police officers from Mexico City with
five vehicles stolen from the El Paso
area were arrested by other federal
officers. But, he said, the disposition
of the case was not revealed.
In yet another case, Rodriguez
said “a Mexican Army colonel was
given a stolen vehicle for ignoring
illicit activities of auto thieves.” He
added: “The thieves were involved
in exchanging narcotics for stolen
vehicles.”
Barba said that during the first
quarter of 1980, some 264 late-model
American-made cars were stolen and
transported across the Mexican-
American border in the El Paso-
Ciudad Juarez area. He estimated
600 to 650 cars from his area were
stolen and taken across the border at
El Paso.
The report said many of the vehi
cles stolen in the United States go
elsewhere — to Canada, other parts
of Latin America and also probably to
Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Hearings June 2, 10 and 12 co
vered the general problem of auto
thefts, estimated to cost $4 billion a
year. Congress is expected to consid
er soon an administration - sup
ported “Motor Vehicle Theft Pre
vention Act.”
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iboutwh) NORWICH, Kan. — Air Force
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