European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 16, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 Chevy engines in other cars states to go ahead with pm suits new Orleans a almost one half of the states plan to move Forward on suits against general motors corp. For in stalling Chevrolet engines in More expensive make cars without advising customers. Ohio attorney general William Brown disclosed the plan As the National association of attorneys general closed a three Day meeting Friday. The suits claim that pm put Chevrolet engines into bricks Oldsmobile and Pon tics without telling customers. He said pm rejected the attorneys Gen eral offer to Settle if pm would pay customers $500 per car and extend the warranties. In Detroit a pm spokesman said the Auto maker would not discuss the rejected proposal because this matter is in  the lawsuits seek restitution to custom ers court orders and penalties. About 128,000 Oldsmobile bricks and Pontiac built in the 1977 Model year had Chevrolet engines because pm said its Oldsmobile Plant could not keep up with car production. Pm offered to Swap the cars with new ones As Long As the owners would pay 8 cents for each mile driven in the cars with blame the sign Geoffrey St. Gelais 7, keeps an Eye out for customers although business seems slow at his pumpkin stand in Cohoes . Should he try to blame the sign there s still the problem of explaining the poor spelling to his teacher. Up Union raises will hike Cost of phone service Washington up the new con tract Between the american Telephone and Telegraph co. And its employee unions will hike the Cost of providing Telephone serv ice by 6.1 per cent Over the next three years a government study estimated Friday. The Council on wage and Price stability said terms of the collective bargaining agreement which covers 650,000 att workers would result in wage increases of 8.3 per cent in the first year and 25 per cent Over the three year life of the contract an average annual increase of 7.7 per cent. That figure the study said takes into account provisions for Cost of living in creases and is based on the Assumption that inflation will Rise at a 6 per cent annual . Council which is responsible for monitoring inflationary trends for the White House indicated that the american consumer would be affected by the wage boost. The Council study said the average hourly wage on Telephone workers Over the past decade has risen considerably faster than the earnings of private nonfarm workers in general. Between 1967 and this year the Council said Telephone employee hourly wages have gone up from $2.80 to $6.77, a 134 per cent  contrast private nonfarm workers hourly wages have increased from $2.67 in 1967 to $5.22 this year a 95.5 per cent in crease. Chevrolet motors. The offer would Cost a customer $400 if he drove his Chevy pow ered Oldsmobile 5,000 Miles. Brown s statement said that 39 attorneys general made the Compromise offer to pm in july. The statement did not say when pm rejected it or Why. Now that the settlement was not accepted the meeting assumed the posture of How to proceed said Winston Decuir a Louisiana assistant attorney general. Each of the states is going to have to proceed on its  also during the convention Illinois at Torney general William Scott coordinated work on a Federal class action suit on the same Issue that is pending in . District court in Chicago. Suits against pm on the motor Issue have been filed in Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Nevada new York North Carolina North Dakota Pennsylvania Rhode Island ver Mont Virginia and Wisconsin. The Issue began when a Chicago Man discovered that a Chevrolet motor was in his 1977 Olds 88 instead of the widely advertised rocket motor. Prevent blindness National society for the prevention of blindness the National society for the prevention of blindness is the oldest voluntary health Agency nation ally engaged in preventing blindness through Community service programs Public and professional education and research. 1978 Dod combined Federal Campaign overseas area 1978 National health agencies american red Cross this is a stars and stripes Public service advertisement