Reagan Call Boosts TV Job Fair
President Reagan gave a local television stationÛªs Job Fair a boost last night with a telephone call from the White House, urging firms to ÛÏmake quite a dent in unemploymentÛ by hiring just one worker.</br></br>ÛÏCall now,Û the president said, ÛÏyou can make this Û÷Job FairÛª work.Û Echoing the appeal he made before Christmas, Reagan said,' ÛÏif those businesses that can, if they would just take a look and see, they could take on another employe and they could make quite a dent and speed the recovery just that much.Û</br></br>The station, WDCA Channel 20, had used a videotaped appeal from Reagan to open the two-hour show.	r	^	Û¢</br></br>As part of the event, job seekers lined up to fill out applications and to take their turn before Channql 20Ûªs television cameras at Wheaton Plaza in Montgomery County to make personal appeals for job^. Meanwhile, 40 job'counselors staffed telephones and took applications from viewers.</br></br>jobs had been registered with them by last night at three locationsÛÓWaterside Mall in the District, the International Trade Center in Alexandria and Wheaton Plaza, although cameras were set up only at the last site. They said a complete tally wasnÛªt available.