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20 - MANCHESTER HERALD. Mon., Dec. 27, 1962 BUSINESS "Sweat shops' Housing, budget Judge orders attract lifters jfop Andover /ssuesj Powers to trial Vocational school enrollments are soaring . page 11 . page 7 . page 9 why not? technical schools that prepare students for almost 100 Enrollments in private vocational schools across the • Does the program emphasize hands-on training? Is careers. Write for a free copy of the “Handbook of nation are soaring. Some members of the Association of equipment modern and in use in the industry? See for Trade and Technical Careers and ’Training,” at NA’TTS, Independent Colleges and Schools report enrollments yourself — don’t just ask by phone. 2021 K St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. have doubled in recent years; members of the National Your • What about tuition and fees? Inquire about all costs. 2) The Association of Independent Colleges and Association of Trade and Technical Schools (NATTS) Money's Will you be faced with unexpected charges for equip­ Schools accredits about 560 member institutions report enrollments up 20 percent in the past two years ment and books? training in business-related and computer careers. Showers, windy, Manchester, Conn. alone. Worth • Check contracts carefuiiy. Don’t sign any ioan Write for its "Directory of Eklucational Institutions” at The reasons are obvious: Many of you — or your agreement with the school until you fully understand the 1730 M St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20031. cooler Wednesday Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1982 children — now question the need for a four-year liberal Sylvia Porter payment terms. You can always arrange your own 3) ’The National Home Study Council acts as a Single copy 25q: arts education after high school, and the employment financing. You don’t have to buy the school’s loan terms. clearinghouse of information on home study courses and — See page 2 outlook in many trades is bright. The Bureau of Labor currently lists about 70 accredited correspondence Hrral& • What is the school’s dropout rate? If it seems high Statistics projects employment in computer-related oc­ to you, ask about it. Are students leaving because of schools. The “Directory of Home Study Courses” is cupations and in offices will grow enormously through employer demands or because they are bored and available from the NHSC, 1601 18th St., N.W., 1990. or brochures, complain! If you are considering a trade or vocational school, satisfy yourself on at least the frustrated? Washington, D.C. 20009. With these incentives and high employment expec­ • Is the school accredited? Accreditation assures you 4) ’The Committee on Postsecondary Education at the following vital points: tations. it is imperative that you protect your invest­ all aspects of the school have met an accepted set of American Council on Education publishes a list of ac­ ment in vocational schools. Unlike other postsecondary • Call the Better Business Bureau or local consumer standards. It means the school doesn’t make false credited institutes. Ask at your library for a copy. DO schools, proprietary schools are in business to make a agency and find out whether any complaints have beefi claims. And while an official at NA’TTS (which itself ac­ YOUR HOMEWORK IN ADVANCE. Don’t risk being U.S. economy profit — as weil as to train students. filed against the school. credits schools) says that not all schools want to go swindled! Early in 1983, possibly even in January, the Federal . Obtain a list of recent graduates and of employers through the hassles of periodic inspections, be on guard. (“Sylvia Porter’s 1983 Income Tax Book,” her com­ First talks Trade Commission will once again take up the issue of who have hired the school’s students. Good schools Investigate on your own. In most cases, only an ac­ prehensive guide to income taxes, is now available won’t be afraid to provide you with the lists; good place­ credited school can participate in federal-state loan through her column. Send $3.95 plus $1 for mailing and 2 vocational schools. Until the FTC decides what, if any, gloomy again rulings to hand down, however, proprietary schools are ment records attract more students. programs. handling to “Sylvia Porter’s 1983 Income Tax Book,” in still subject to general FTC regulations on unfair and • Question each school closely about its placement To help you sort through choices of accredited care of the Manchester Herald, 4400 Johnson Drive, deceptive practices. policy and record. No school should guarantee, or even schools: Fairway, Kan. 66205. Make checks payable to Universal By Dennis Anderson If you have any reason to suspect false claims in ads promise, a job. But if a school doesn’t place its students. 1) NATTS represents about 600 of 7^000 trade- Press Syndicate.) By United Press International are friencdly ’The cloud of economic gloom deepened over the na­ t ' , Overnight gloom-and-doom mentality tion, with Treasury Secretary Donald Regan pondering the need for more taxes to cut deficits and pop singer Billy Joel singing the woes of distressed factory 8 workers. In Bethlehem, Pa., Bethlehem Steel Corp. announced an(J cortdial 1982 setbcks bring caution to oil field service firms Monday between 9,600 and 10,000 jobs will be lost when Bethlehem .Steel Corp. permanently shuts down some By Bruce Bakke spokesman for Schlumberger Com­ John Miles, spokesman for the just disappeared. Hughes Tool, which provides rates from the 18 percent level, operations at Its plants in Lackawanna, N.Y., and At the same time, he said, “the U.S. Johnstown, Pa. KHALDE, Lebanon (UPI) — Lebanese UPl Business Writer panies. “We’ve been burned very Western Co. of North America in Robert Harris, chief executive of­ statistics for drilling activity, said which had discou aged many and Isr.aeli negotiators held their first of­ supports Lebanon’s independence, seldom because we don’t make Fort Worth, agrees. ficer of Houston’s National Supply 4,530 rigs were operating in the operators, coupled with substantial­ In Washington, Marlin Fitzwater, a spokesman for the national unity and integrity and the DALLAS Rose-colored predic­ vacationing Regan said Monday, ‘"The secretary is a ficial talks since 1949 today, meeting for tions made a year ago for com­ predictions. " At the start of 1982, Miles said, Co., said recently excessive inven­ United States late In December of ly reduced costs of drilling for oil six hours under American sponsorship to restoration of full sovereignty .\t Hughes Tool Co. in Houston, drilling was at “tremendously high tory is a huge problem facing the 1981. The rig count plunged through and gas ought to provide incentive budget realist ... and he has indicated that with the throughout its territory.” panies involved in oifield service growing deficit... the administration will have to con­ discuss removal of foreign troops from and supply industries darkened to a Chairman James R. Lesch has said levels." supply industry, and getting rid of the first three-fourths of 1982, drop­ for increased drilling activity. The Lebanese Christian Voice of sider at least some kind of tax increases.” Lebanon and a .possible peace agree­ gloom-and-doom mentality almost he expects the company’s 1983 It fell throughout the year until the surplus will be slow, painful and ping to a loof 2,379 in mid-October, “You can drill and complete a ment. Lebanon radio quoted an Israeli Foreign results to be similar to 1982. Isaac reaching a low in autumn. very competitive. By late December it had risen again well now for maybe 35 percent less “We deeply regret having to take these actions,” Ministry spokesman at Khalde as saying overnight in the oil glut year of 1982. Donald Trautlein, Bethlehem chairman and chief A UJS. spokesman said at the conclu­ Now the big companies in the in­ "Ike" Kerridge, an economist to “•What we expect is an upturn as When the downturn occurred to 2,708. than a year ago,” he said. “’That’s a the atmosphere of the talks was “friend­ executive officer said Monday. He said the shutdowns sion of the first round of talks that they dustry, not surprisingly, are Hughes Tool, hinks, however, “the the year progresses, as opposed to a earlier this year, Harris said, “the But two small rays of hope can be big drop. The price of oil and gas has ly and optimistic." were needed because of “the losses we have been were “friendly and cordial” and cautious about making business seasonal pattern will be the reverse decline in 1982," Miles said. pipeline of production was full to seen in next year’s forecasts: a drop not dropped that much.” progress was made. The meeting was held amid heavy experiencing ....” forecasts for 1983. of this year. Last year started high The big companies, conditioned to meet what seemed to be a firm in interest rates and a decline in “Drilling costs have come down The spokesman gave no details, but security. Israeli troops and armored “I’m in a state of shock right now,” Michael Mazuca, •*ili "Last December, when things and the least favorable comparison ride out the boom and bust periods backing that melted overnight. This costs associated with oil well more than the composite price of oil cars massed at the northern and New York director of the United Steelworkers Union, said a second round of talks would be were at their peak, no one in the oil will be in the fourth quarter. The of well drilling activity, have resulted in a tremendous amount of drilling greater than the drop in the and gas,” Kerridge said. In the peak held in the northern Israeli town of southern approaches to Khalde, hit in re­ industry would have said this year best favorable comparison next hunkered down to wait out the pre­ inventory on hnd as anticipated price a well-owner can get for his oil period of 1981, he said, a barrel of oil said.

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