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Houston and Dallas are the most common destinations, according to figures from the Civil Aeronautics board. Together, the two cities drew one-fourth of the 2.4 million people flyingoutof New Orleans in 1983. Houston topped the list by captur ing 15.5 percent of the travelers, fol lowed by Dallas, New York, Atlanta and Chicago, which all had less than 10 percent. "Most of it is business travel,” said Virginia Simons, manager of re search for the Economic Devel opment Council of the New Orleans Cnamber of Commerce. “This indi cates where our strongest (commer cial) ties are.” Records show the same five cities as the most common starting points for people flying to New Orleans Associated Press EL PASO — AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland said Monday that unions, as well as the U.S. economy, are threatened by a flood of foreign imports that has cut the demand for domestically produced goods. “Jobs are heing lost in all sectors of the country,” Kirkland said in a Labor Day address in El Paso. “We’re even losing now large sectors of the so-called high-tech sector of the economy. “We’re shipping jobs overseas. We’re confronted by a flood of im ports that are systematically driving American goods from the American workplace. And, I’m beginning to fear we’re teetering on the edge of another severe downfall.” Speaking to about 600 people at the El Paso Central Labor Union’s annual Labor Dav breakfast, Kirk land said national policy and legis lation that addresses “these major problems” must be adopted. But the Reagan administration “is still asleep on the issue,” he said. At a news conference preceeding his speech, Kirkland said, “I think that the Reagan administration is locked in the ice of dogmas that are no longer realistic, that no longer re flect the real world. If it continues on its present course . . . this admin istration will become irrelevant and the initiative will go elsewhere.” Kirkland said the public has been aware of the need for labor-related legislation for several years and that Congress is far ahead of the admin istration.’' But, he said, “the Reagan admin istration represents elements of our society and special interests in our society . . . that want to attack the trade movement.” Kirkland, who became president of the 14 million-member AFL-CIO in 1979, said, foreign trade “is not just a problem for the trade unions. It’s a problem for the whole coun try.” He said more than 8 million peo ple are unemployed in the United States, many because foreign im ports have eliminated their jobs. “Unemployment that high used to be called a recession,” Kirkland said. “But today, it’s called a recovery.” Kirkland also dismissed the no tion that organized labor is weak ening in the United States. “What I see today from the grass roots up is not a weak, sick, discour aged labor movement,” he said. “The labor movement is the first line of defense and the only real avenue of progress for the plain people in this country. The labor movement is a great chorus in which the voices of all America can be heard.” Kirkland predicted that organized labor will grow in strength in the fu ture, saying it already is adapting to meet the needs of the United States’ more technological-oriented society. “I think we’re on the threshold of a long period of growth,” Kirkland said. “Our mission is to make sure that those who do not hive enough power in this country are not kicked around . ON THE SIDE OF TEXAS ASM $5.00 SIMPLE FEE If balancing your checkbook has been a problem, you will love University National Bank’s low monthly fee of $5.00 on accounts less than $500.00 and no charge on accounts with a minimum balance greater than $500.00 71 I University Drive College Station, Texas Member FDIC UNIVERSITY NATIONAL BANK Houston topped the list by captur- as the most common starting points “Congress is far ahead of the admin- power in this country are not ing 15.5 percent of the travelers, fol- for people flying to New Orleans. istration.” around....” Profs say salaries may not be gender-related Associated Press higher salaries. The team found employers va- “The conclusion might be tl Associated Press COLLEGE STATION — Em ployee experience and job traits — not gender — may account for why men receive higher overall salaries than women in the same field, three Texas A&M researchers said Mon day. A study of 100 occupations showed that, in general, women and the jobs they traditionally hold pos sess fewer characteristics linked to fly, associate psychol- Be higher salaries. In their stud ogy professor Ben Shaw, associate management professor Stuart Youngblood and graduate student Keith Allen analyzed job characteris tics such as salary, decision-making, use of machinery, clerical activity, supervisory duties and public con tact as wel( as experience, education and the number of hours worked each week and each year. The team found employers va lued the traits studied equally whether the characteristics are found in women or men, or in tradi tionally male or female jobs. 7 flv acteristics, including four or five ma jor ones,” Shaw said. “Males had more experience, worked more hours per week and worked more weeks per year. Their jobs were also significantly different. ‘The conclusion might be that in male and female jobs these factors are treated equally to determine wages, but females tend to be in jobs which have lower levels of things which got weighted highly to deter mine those wages,” he said. Shaw said the research seems to refute theories that women are not paid comparable wages for compa rable work. 5 th Annual j/TfSC J\4.adrigal * ‘Dinners Dhe Dinners are a recreation oj a yuletiJe celebration in the Jays oj J^ierrie CViV Dncflani) - A festival oj song anD merriment. JcoJ anil Jrink. colour anD pageantry. 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