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ne Herald, Toosday, August 5, 1980, h Pays 7

Coent tots: 08 billion, following these figures a are adjusted
= an 18.6 per cent ‘decrease in to take into account seasonal
“May. mo , variations.

Terminal = = Express
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‘Radio Message. Answering Service:
| _For Pager No.31 |

OTTAWA. “ery a
Canada's. exports of
| manufactured. and ‘other,

. Koods exceeded imports -by
$892’ million in June; Stails--

tics Cariada reported taday..
| ‘The. surphia, up frony'$313°

- million in May,-means ‘the ~”
’ trade surplus for. the first six +

montis of this- “year ‘ls more
than double that of 1979:°$3:1,

billion. compared to $1.4 |

tilion
Increased ‘exports. of: -

wheat, oll, natural gas and . -:

coal, fertilizers and .wood- i
pulp “accounted” forthe 3.6° -
per cent increase in ‘sales.

abroad to $5.97 billion in-

June, following-a seven per -

‘cent drop:a month earlier. “;
wo Declining demand for car
of parts and imported ollsmeant ee
_-_tinports Aropped ° ‘two. Per“

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“>; Austria was on the low end
‘of the 1979 strike totals, with
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striking” per worker. .

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+

e maternity. ward a
“new metric weight-scale, thanks’ to the General .
, Radio Service. Club for Beautiful B.C. The.club | ¥
“donated money for the digital scale from:‘money:
raised at.a Valentine Dance. Every year, this
CB. organization makes donaflons to various
_ cases: in Terrace; last year. they pald, for gym.
equipment at the Jack Cook School.’ From right
‘to left is Margaret Patrick,. Diane. Campbell,
- treasurer of the club, Karen Esperan, David St. . -
Thomas, president, and Crispina Cote, nursing
_Surpervisor at Mills Memorlal.. Phata by Gail ‘ating

‘Women wearing
ere ur

1

iret

"bout: face a few. years ago -

when it became clear that
nore and- more women were
- beginning to wear -work
clothing, pays an Andustry
official.

" “It was a difficult” ad-
justment. at firat,”” says
Howard A. Wolfe, executive
director. of . the. National --
-Associstion of. Uniform’

Manufacturers, ~ "But now -
-. most uniform ©  mainifac-

turers offer a wide variety of

outfits made apecifically for

women.”

*. The major challenge was

‘tw design uniforms. that fit

- the female shape but do not

‘alter the traditiqnal-designs has
that ‘make uniforms

: distinctive.” Women's - gar-

- ments had to blend in and co-

‘ordinate with: the existing
‘men "8 garments, are

4, The iransition now. Is: 0
“gomplete that there should

‘no longer be any need-for 7

women to wear: cal-ceyn :
smen's s garents.

~ Many uniform accessories

specifically designed for .

women are also available,
. such as cross-over ‘ties,

‘-wniform caps and’ :special -

_ handbags that allow freedom
" of - movement. There are

even bullet-proof, vests ‘with

ai)
. have i an evell more fem! ine -

look.

Whereas it was generaily ;

felt, at frat. th$t- women in
uniform should ‘look exactly
‘like men In inform, now
theré ig 4 trend. in’ many:

occupations. toward: letting

‘women, look. like women -

while ‘still :wearing outtits.
that’ are co-ordinated: with

- the male design and image,”” ;'

he says.

‘There. .is also evidence of

‘an increase in the number of
. men entering professions
that, were. formerly:

dominated by'women. Wolfe.

says: that ‘airline flight at-
” tendant’, is. one: uniformed
occupation where this trend

hasalready emerged. in 1971 |

there were very few male
flight ‘attendants; today

there. are approximately —

8,000 in the United States. :

On the other hand, in:1971'-
” there were only 8,000 female.

lawienforcement: officers,
including police; detectives
sheriff's deputies .

' bdillffs, In 1979, that: number ,

had increased to 34, 000:
A clear indication: of. the
growing number of women in

uniform is evidenced by the-

Iguance of - maternity
uniforms to women in the

Armed ForcesUUC% Wolfe,

adding that this. trend is

starting to extend to other

uniformed occupations.

“He says. that a uniform

retailer in Rochester, N.Y.,
was recently called ‘upon: to
furnish a

- “Since no.police ‘maternity
" uniforms are being nade at -

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‘We offer the most complete stock :
in the north: °°

Servicing: the mining, logging &
construction industries.

We deliver to the freight companies.
a onder can be on the: wast plane”

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