r d men in 1980s, he upational iad about elative to ■he begin- mien who led about s men.” Jies have ialf of the nee can be arsasedu- rience and ic suppon programs aken, said National Vigil Members of the Brazos County Mothers Against Drunk Drivers gathered for a vigil Monday night to remember those in Brazos County who were killed in the past year by drunk drivers. About 30 people, including College Station mayor Gary Halter attended the vigil. The group lit a candle each time a name was read. Tuesday, December 13, 1983/The Battalion/Page 7 Women’s labor movement shifting family work roles United Press International AUSTIN — Women’s in creased movement into the labor force is the “most impor tant labor market development” of the 20th century, says a Uni versity of Texas professor and former cabinet official. Ray Marshall, labor secretary in the Carter administration, noted the number of working women rose from 34 percent of the work force in 1950 to more than 52 percent in 1981. Marshall predicts women will make up two-thirds of the growth in the labor force during this decade. “In 1950, 70 percent of the American households were headed by men whose income was the sole source of family in come,” he said. “Today, less than 15 percent of the house holds fit this traditional model, even though many of the na tion’s employment policies assume it still to be pervasive.” For that reason, Marshall re commends “more systematic policies which deal with the real ity that women are permanent and integral parts of the labor force and that the traditional pattern of men being the only family income earners is obso lete.” Marshall’s comments were made in an analysis he prepared for the Women’s Research and Education Institute of the Con gressional Caucus for Women’s Issues. U.S. labor market policies should take into account career selection and development, childbearing and re-entry into the work force, ability to enter nontraditional jobs and health care for women, he said. In the future, Marshall said there may be a complication for working women ranging in age from 25 to 44. “In 1975 there were only 39 million people in this category,” he said. “By 1990 there will be over 60 million. This will greatly intensify job competition among workers between the ages of 25 and 44, who will constitute over half of the work force in 1990.” Marshall also noted women continue to lag behind men in earnings. At the start of the 1980s, he said “despite some occupational upgrading, women had about the same earnings relative to men that they had at the begin ning of the 1970s. Women who worked full time earned about 60 percent as much as men.” Marshall said studies have found that less than half of the gross earnings difference can be attributed to such factors as edu cation, training, experience and skill requirements. “The large unexplained re sidual is attributable to overt and institutional discrimination, especially job segregation,” he said. Only through public support for affirmative action programs can the trend be broken, said Marshall. “Experience suggests that the major impetus for change must come from women themselves, and effective change requires careful analyses of institutions and power relationships and the development of effective tactics to achieve change,” he said. SEEKING SCHOOL OF HAIR DESIGN •Salon Service At Reduced Rates •Today’s Advanced & World Renowned Method of Cutting & ^ Designing ^ 1406 Texas Ave. S -Next to Academy-C.S. 693-7878 SAVE TIME & MONEY! Strake criticizes Gov. White for ‘soft’ state criminal laws Buy & Trade Your Books In December 20% MORE GIVEN ON TRADES Avoid the lines and get Used Books while the supplies last. people in' n’t be ac- g good in- requires a gs said, uilt on tht a stand on or what it that even m thisyeat He stres- ;roup can't t can influ- o a certaii s prepare! s year tin raising tul exas 0 ell as othft ised on ai index, United Press International AUSTIN — Texas Republi can Party Chairman George Strake Monday accused Gov. Mark White of being soft on crime for seeking to commute life sentences given to prison in mates under the state’s old habi tual criminal law. “I think Mark White is show ing more compassion for the re peat offenders than for victims and creating a policy that sends the wrong signal to those who contemplate crimes against our dtizens,” Strake said. In a letter last September, White asked the Board of Par dons and Paroles to review and recommend commutations for habitual criminals ineligible for 5 parole. ora - 1 When he wrote the letter, White noted that lawmakers had changed the state’s habitual cri minal law, which called for auto matic life sentences for people convicted of three felonies. He also cited a U.S. Supreme Court case that said life sent ences for habitual criminals are not unconstitutional in general, but may be so if the crimes do not fit the punishment. Since receiving White’s letter, Strake said, the parole board has advised district attorneys that several hundred inmates might have their sentences commuted. In one instance, Strake said, Harris County District Attorney John Holmes was advised that one inmate with 20 prior convic tions and another with 10 con victions were being considered for commutation. “These are mostly habitual robbers, drug users and forgers, people who have already shown that they will steal again,” Strake said. “That’s why the juries of Texas put them away for life.” Under the new habitual offender law, which does not apply to inmates convicted under the old statute, a judge or jury has the discretion of order ing a prison term ranging from to be speo- get whictii- 1 ears, e in t aments tlif of what it pletetypN' illy factual- ion can I* ave alterni' s to comph' ves; but ighting, 25 years to life for three-time losers. The change in the habitual criminal law was recommended by former Gov. Bill Clements’ Blue Ribbon Commission on Criminal Justice but opposed by the prosecutors. 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Hewlett-Packard, Texas Instruments, Sharp 3’LOUPOT'SV BEHIND THE STORE EClAt 'ENlW ■ DlNN £fl h uce ssinfU-' . 0i# r ' ea if of any die Atheists plan winter display United Press International AUSTIN — The winter sea son, officially known as Winter Solstice, begins Dec. 21, and the American Atheist Center said Monday it will mark the event by tecting a lighted sign atop its luilding that says “Merry Sol stice.” Gerald Tholen, vice presi dent of the American Atheists, said the sign will remain on dis may until spring arrives March I “The peoples of the world Reserve to have their legtimate annual times of celebration re turned to them,” he said. “Reli gious mythologies played no tart in the establishment of this nistoric natural event. | Tholen said the equinoxes and the solstices “have been his torically confiscated by absurd ideological religious leaders Over the ages.” ■ The Winter and Summer Sol stices refer to the distance of the sun from the equator when days ?re the longest or shortest. The equinoxes mark the time when the sun crosses the equator,