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Imports An The U.S. textile industry suffered greatly from increasing imports and national economic recession last year, resulting in a record textile-apparel trade deficit of nearly $6 billion in 1981, reports the American Textile Manufacturers Institute (ATMI). As we entered in the fourth quarter of last year, textiles, as the rest of the economy, u:* u. tu/> tu;? wdb Mil uy inc rc^c^^iun. iiiis uuwm-iuiii 15 unique because at the same time we are experiencing the slowdown at home, we are being overrun by imports?a combination that is devastating to our industry. The outlook for 1982 is tied closely to the performance of the national economy and to the level of imports. Interest rates and imports will continue to plague the textile industry during the early months of 1982 as they have during the last year. About Our Pr im w I V "I'm glad to see our profit shari "The annual statement lets me know \ r "The profit sharing will help most d High Interes Prospects for 1982 depend on what money rates do. If interest rates continue to decline, then consumers will start buying houses and automobiles in increasing numbers and this will definitely help segments of the textile industry which have been particularly hard hit recently. Hundreds of thousands of U.S. textile and apparel jobs are being threatened by the rapid growth in imports from low-wage nations. Imports of textiles and apparel have in creased about seven percent annually over the past decades and were up 19 percent in 1981 over 1980. All of this happened while the U.S. market had minimal growth. An AMTI index comparing the growth of imports with the growth of market production, using 1977 as the base year, shows imports of textiles and apparel from developing countries have inofit Sharing: ng grow."?Tullie Fain, Geneva i in ^ t H \ H V mt 9 1 if 1 what I've got."?Paul Woodward, No. 1 KUNMBfll when I retire."?Annie Clay, Geneva t Affect TextiU creased 24 percent while domestic market production has shrunk five percent. "The 1981 trend of increasing imports must be stopped in the coming year," ATM I President Robert Coleman said. "In 1982, our government will negotiate bilateral agreements which expire with 12 nations. We implore the administration to hold import growth in line with that of the domestic market in negotiating these textile/apparel agreements." Among the nations whose trade agreements expire during 1982 are Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and China, which together account for more than half of textile and apparel imports to the U.S. Negotiators, representing 51 countries, recently gathered in Geneva to discuss the expiring Multifiber Arrangement (MFA), which was formed to maintain a balance in imnnrfc onH ovnnrtc in tho fovtila inHi ictrw 11 i i yj\j i i j ciiivj ij ill li i^ v v* ah it niuujii j and to cover international trade in textiles. Clothmakers I Woman Of The Year Fran Dettmar, wife of Clinton Mills of Geneva Personnel Director Bob Dettmar, has been named Geneva Woman's Club Woman of the Year. Mrs. Dettmar received a plaque in recognition of her outstanding service to her church, home, community and club during the past year. She is a member of the Council on Ministries at the First United Methodist Church, and is active in UMW. She has served as Cub Scout den mother, Girl Scout leader, been invnlvpH in uarinnc fnnrl raicino rlriuec taught Vacation Bible School, and serves as Women's Club secretary. In Tournament Twelve Clinton Mills employees and employees' sons have registered to participate in the Southern Textile Association 59th basketball tournament March 22 through March 27. Sam Owens of Technical Services will coach Scottie Roberson, Matthew King, Tom Davenport, Jay Swetenburg, Joe Bramlett, Billy Rae Smith and Aaron Simmons. Also, Jimmy Miller, Billy Osborne, Terry King, Roger Higgins and Jesse Brewster. Scholarship Established The Eva B. Land Music Scholarship was recently officially presented to Presbyterian SAFETY January Lydia j M Bailey [ _ Clinton Geneva % Bwjpt Geneva n\ TOTAL \ /* Medical Cases?WofH^l^ed a^p^j Lost Time?A work relateo^widet the next regularly scheduled shift b Page 7 i Industry The MFA was due to expire December 31 after eight years of existence, but after five weeks of uninterrupted negotiations, an accord was reached, regulating the flow of textiles from Third World producers in to the Western industrialized countries and Japan. On a more optimistic note, ATM I reported in its annual business and economic review that the industry continued to increase its productivity, which over the past 10 years has improved at a rate of four percent per year. This increase in output per manhour compares with an average improvement of 2.8 for all manufacturing. Only chemicals, petroleum and electronics can claim higher increases in productivity than the textile industry. Coleman said increased productivity allowed hourly wages for textile employees to increase about eight percent in 1981. In The News College. The scholarship, presented in honor of Mrs. Land, retired Clinton Mills activities director, was made possible by a $25,000 donation given to the Clinton Music Club by the Bailey Foundation. Sigman Elected Clinton Mills Controler Walter A. Sigman Jr. has been elected President of the Bailey Memorial Hospital Board. Hidden Names Of Books Of The Bible In these remarks are hidden the names of 15 books of the Bible. It's a real lulu. Kept me looking so hard for facts I missed the REVELATION. I was in a real jam, especially since the names were not capitalized. The truth will come to numbers of our readers. To others, it will be a real job. For all it will be a most fascinating search. Yes, there will be some easy to spot; others hard to judge. So we admit it usually results in loud lamentations when we can't find them. One lady says she brews coffee while she puzzles over it. (One book is boldface to help you start. Can you find the other 14?) ?Reprinted from Thorn we 11 Life (Answers on back page.) QREBOARD jia7uT2M^31, 1982 *^IeDJC|LS\ lost time liTKlfflfc r\ MPi1 \ n Pjw^fccTbya^rftysician. if hi jlii?tTiii employee cannot meet ecause of the accident. *