European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes August 1978 postal Union asks mediation in try to Avert a strike Washington a a major postal which rejected a proposed wants Federal mediation in an Effort to Avert a National a High ranking offi Cial of the Union said the National association of letter carriers rejected the Tenta Tive contract by a 43 is just a drop in fhe Bucl Cef Honolulu up window cleaner Ned Harris says his survival of a 15story fall last bother me i feel quite fortunate but ill probably be Laid up for three Harris said tuesday at Straub Hospital where he is recover ing from rope a broken ankle and a knee in Ive worked on Heights for a Good Many that Doest bother me the owner of Atlas window clean ing was working on the 20th floor of the chateau Waikiki when a line holding his window chair broke and the backup rope failed to when i saw the rope was not go ing to catch i grabbed it to break the he he free fell about four stories be fore getting a secure hold on the then Slid quickly Down 11 More stories before reaching a fifth floor i could see the hide coming off my hand and i knew i was going to get busted up but i figured if i held on i  be he Pressman strike spreads to newsrooms but the Union will ask the Federal mediation and conciliation service to seek renegotiation with the postal said the Union who asked that he not be in rejecting the the letter carriers Union May Force two other postal unions to ignore their ratification votes regardless of the counts by the two other unions Are expected by the end of the the Constitution of the letter carriers Union Calls for new negotiations to begin within five Days of a contract if the postal service will not As it has then the Union Joseph is empowered to Call a National he also could Call a strike if the new negotiations Are not completed within 15 according to the Vacca was unavailable for comment to with his office saying he was in a expansion possible a Tetter carriers walkout could Lead to strikes by the rest of the More than unionized postal James letter carriers National vice said on july 31 that the three unions had agreed not to put the contract into effect if any one Union votes against votes from the Ameri can postal workers Union and the member mall handlers division of the la borers International Union have not yet been the Pwu ballots had a tuesday Midnight a spokesman the pact rejected by the letter carriers called for a 19i percent pay increase and costo living benefits Over three postmaster general William Bolger has said the contract talks would not be re we have completed our Neotia he said earlier this As workers were preparing to count Pwu spokesman Stan Allen said top Union officials were not saying Public Cally what they expect the outcome to but just a week ago delegates to that unions National convention booed their Emmet when he asked their support for the hard fought a Day the delegates had directed Andrews to Call a nationwide strike if the contract is not ratified and negotiations do not resume within five Days of rejection or if a More acceptable contract is not reached after is Days of new Bunch room Maureen Mccormick hop her former to Michael at the dedication of the Brady Bunch wait ing room at Cui Drens Hospital la los Angeles Lookinland played i and Bobby in the 1 vision Carters find rough on Salmon River Fri by Wesley Pippert on the Salmon Idaho up president Carter and his rafting party shot Down the eight foot High Tappan Falls on the Salmon River wednesday and got a Little More excitement than they expected the handle on the rear sweep of their raft was pulverized on a the Waterfall ride occurred Early in Carters second Day on the Middle Fork of the Salmon and signalled the Start of rough water on his three Day shortly after the 20foot rubber raft bobbed and bounced its Way Down the the Threefoot wooden Board or sweep appeared to have hit the fabled widow Niak new York a a strike by Pressman and paper handlers that has Par Al Zed the cites three major newspapers since 9 has spread to the the newspaper Guild struck the new York Post on compounding prob lems for the afternoon Post and the mom ing new York times and daily Guild officials had said the strike concerned major management Retro res Sions on the including a oneyear wage moves to scuttle Job Security and denial of arbitration rights the Guild represents editorial and com Mercial officials on both sides have said a strike by the Guild complicates the problem of getting the three major Dai lies printing a Federal mediator recessed negotiations with Pressman tuesday night with a no Progress report and scheduled another session for Kenneth Deputy director of the Federal mediation and conciliation serv refused to discuss the he would say Only that tuesdays talks Cen tired on the prime Issue of pressroom crawl space slows delivery of letters to a crawl Detroit a up to letters dating Back nearly two years have been found in a crawl space Between the 15th and 16th floors of the Cit county postal officials the officials said a repairman discovered during a routine Check tuesday that a panel on the mail Chute had popped and Many letters dropped in the Chute from above that Point had flopped into the crawl the Bill collectors have been after me please put my name in the paper so people will know i was telling the truth when i said i said Ulysses Ham who is docket management clerk for the Wayne county circuit court Dennis director of customer serv ices at the Detroit Post office said the Best we can do is go ahead and return the mail which has return addresses and deliver the he said the forwarded letters dating Back to december would carry an the old Lucent Stamps would be a Many workers in the building said they had been suspicious of the Chute and had stopped using it or both a Large Rock in the a the snapping Impact my per Norm Guth to is recovered and the raft my there was said Dick 1 voting another while they May i the familiar comforts raft trip through Carter and us j like tuesday the enjoyed a campfire Dir Idaho baked and Strawberry Shor tuesdays lunch i ens and two Gallons of wednesdays menu York and top sir Toini for dear fruit and Strawberry i they Are going to said George Toj supplied much of the they Are j any 1 asked or was the Ball the Butcher Hen cat Blodgett said the i 20 pounds of Black and Milton the building superin said the Post office is cares about returning the fibreboard test cards Chute rom so he  Tell anything was that loaves of wheat White 10 and some Frozen i fresh sliced i 18 Heads of 1 10 pounds to i and a Small Quantity i Carter and mra r there also was Ai and