European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse July m Trig stars and stripes Page 7 labor clash threatens Railroad peace Washington a almost 10 years of labor peace on the nations railroads nay be ending As unions and management Ere tangling once More Over the size or Tram the unions see the emotional Issue As the key to their very manage Mem Calls the labor demands featherbed president Al Chaser of the United transportation Union charged Friday that Railroad management is trying to incite a strike and warned ire can accommodate them if the companies persist in their to the which represents conductors and Engi would be the most seriously affected among the 14 unions bargaining with the Industry if the site of train Crews is re the National railway labor Confer the Industry bargaining served notice june ii thai it wants major cuts in Crew it also wants to change the basis on which workers arc paid As Well As the rules determining which employees work in the rail Carter aide mediating Maine dispute Washington a a a Lifcia aide to president Carter is expected to recommend a modest soon in the land dispute Between Maine and two of the states Indian the Washington Star the newspaper said the settlement to be William Carters representative in the would not Cost the government a great Deal of the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes in Maine have claimed More than 12 million acres 60 per cent of the states land area and is negotiations have been going on for he last three months with a former Georgia acting As a third party in an attempt to head of f a suit against the supporters of Indian causes had hoped the White House would take a Strong stand Monthe sidot the but the Star said the administration has decided against such a stand because it might Cost the Federal Treasury Loo much slate officials in Maine have said that any Money settlement should be borne by the Federal the outcome of the dispute could affect the Star quoted unnamed White House aides As saying gutters recommendation May go to the president before the end of Iii but that it is not expected to be disclosed until after Carter has had a Chance to review it Crew be and rules traditionally have been bitter subjects Between the Industry and its in the Industry demanded the elimination of firemen in the Diese locomotives and it took 12 years of Legal Battles before the Issue was settled in the Industry throughout the the Industry was plagued to a series of nationwide strikes As a result of that since then a spirit of cooperation developed be tween labor and with the unions even lobbying Side by Side with Industry for legislation to revitalize the ailing but Chesser said the Industry has again Given us the big and charged that the old guard is apparently Back in control of the he suggested Congress should consider the possibility of nationalizing the Industry As a Means of ridding it of inept manage menu at a news he rejected the Crew size proposal As said a 1967 court ruling established that the Issue of train Crew size can be bargained Only at uie local Jevel the he is will log to modify Crew site rules and has agreed to do so As part of Many local agreements in recent Cheser said the Industry proposal to change the basis for pay from a mileage to hourly basis is an Effort to Cut wages and in place the american railway worker in about the same category socially and economically As the soviet russian railway government figures show railway work Era averaged hour in the Carrier want to Cut the minimum freight train Crews from our to three per eliminating one of two Chesser said employment in the Indus try has declined from in i960 to 000 this the unions also have submitted a list of contract including is per cent annual wage increases for 1b78 through Mcdonald giveaways end tests show Lead in Glass Washington Kupij food and drug administration tests confirm that on the outside of Mcdonalds cartoon Char Acter glasses contain but there is no proof yet that they Are a health spokesman said were just not ready to run up a red Flag Fra spokesman Wayne Pines dont have any basis yet for concluding that this poses any health Hazard the reason is that the decals Are on the outside of the were doing tests today to see it theres any possibility that any food could be exposed to the Lead in the decals whether the Lead from the paint can get into any he on Massachusetts health offi glasses to go tested the Massachusetts department of Public health Bai ordered restaurants to Hall distribution to glasses la go because of possibly Dangen amounts at Lead in toe decals m Odu Teot the the Fra began tests to we it they Anant Tabuan few play artist is now in Fife soup api the monster that ate Walter Fucks Duck Lings has paid or his ravenous res beat made into Turtle soup at a Chi picks two year Battle in find what was eating his ducklings in the Pond behind hts Nous ended this past week when he pumped out the Pond and discovered a 38 found snapping Hes mean fuck fris neck is just As big As a Beer can and Hes got claws almost like a Hes two feet Tail when he stands up on Bis Hind with his neck nerf fuck a raises ducks As a everything was Fine until about two years when ducklings began disappearing beneath the Ponds in two 49 ducklings Digap neighbors told fuck it was a Musk ral or a Large fuck fished for but got i never knew who it was because he never showed Bis fuck i used to sit out there at night with a hoping hed poke his head above monday morning my kid was fishing Over there and he came running into the screaming that a Duck came out of the water with his neck Cut with 25 ducks All sitting on eggs to be kick borrowed a pump from a local fire department and pumped some Gallons out of the he also got two barrels of but corralling the monster still want it ale its Way through a net and was finally contained in a garbage George a wildlife inspector for the stale department of environmental conf rated that a 38 Pound Turtle in capable of eating after seeing a photograph of the Tiedman said it appeared to Boas Large As the 3t pounds reported by Fick pumped the water bade into the Pond and sent the Turtle to the dais ordered the fast food Chain to Stop its glasses to go advertising Campaign after environmental Protection Agency tests showed unacceptable amounts of Lead in painted pictures on Deputy Massachusetts health commissioner David Kinloch advised parents to keep children away from the 49ccnl Glass which have a White and yellow Pic Ture of Ronald Mcdonald or other cartoon characters on the but Mcdonalds and Owens Ali Noia which manufactures the Glass charged thai Massachusetts acted irresponsibly and said they intend to sub its health although Mcdonalds president Edward Schmitt denied the glasses Are he said Mcdonalds is temporarily sus pending promotional activities for Mcdonalds asked the pad and the con Sumer product safety commission to review the Massachusetts Pines said testing on the glasses began in fads Boston office Friday we received results last night and Early this he said there is Lead in the paint when exposed to various it can Leach out of the later on this weekend or probably to Morrow monday Well be evaluating fur ther testing to see if any regulatory action is he but at the present time we have no basis for concluding any Hazard to human health Massachusetts is saying they pose a health were just not ready to put up a red Flag an Epa spokesman in Washington said his Agency tested the decals Lead Content at the request of Massachusetts health offi Andels responsibility ends but he noted that similar glasses an used by a lot of other companies Peanut Batter and other fast food serv investigations Are needed to learn if leaded paint is used on them and whether us Lead Content comes off in the dishwasher or on Peoples when they bold the be Survey says shortages caused High fuel costs Washington up natural Gas Prica to Homes across the nation have risen by w per cent to each Yew since and the utter cold of last Winter drove prices of even More steeply to Many anew report presenting us first nationwide Survey of residential Gas the National association of regulatory Utility commissioners said chronic shortages an Moat to blame for the increasingly High coat of americas most precious it also that the higher prices reflect increased pro transmission and distribution wellhead pice hikes allowed by the Federal Power commission and costly emergency purchases of Gas or propane in some areas last
