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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 26, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 27 24 hours of country hits on pm Frankfurt Twenty four hours of country hits will be presented by the an pm radio Over the Columbus Day weekend oct. 6, 7, 8, 9 from noon to 6 . Each Day according to Bud Miller an radio program director. The special titled the Caval Cade of country music will feature the top country hits from 1949 to 1978. It will be hosted by Dave Malone of town and country Gary Thomson formerly of the "16 05 to Nashville Jan Wood previously of stick buddy Jamboree in Berlin and Tom Tucker also a past an radio country music Host. The program which will offer Al most 400 hits Over the four Days is the brainchild of Joe Mansuri who will co produce it along with Malone Miller said. 22,500 pupils resume classes blast buckles Wall at Cavern building site by Dan Synovec Bremerhaven Bureau chief osterholz Schrambeck Ger Many is an explosion Here Early sunday morning buckled a Wall and Tore out some windows of a company motor Pool maintenance building at the construction site of the new Cavern that will House the 2nd army div fwd German officials said monday. No . Soldiers were at the Cavern and there were no injuries military officials said. Damage estimated it went off at 3 . Sunday and was loud enough to Wake a woman living one Kilometre from the Cavern the resident Engineer official said. The official estimated the damage is be tween 80,000 to 90,000 Marks. He said that since the contractor was still working on the building it should not take too Long to repair it. Officials said the person or persons responsible for the explosion entered the construction site by cutting a 6-foot Hole in the surrounding Fence. Bridgeport teachers Back by the associated press More than 22,500 pupils returned to class monday in Bridgeport conn., As a 19-Day strike by Public school teachers ended with both sides approving a 2-year contract pro posed by the state labor commissioner. James Curiale Deputy schools superintendent in the state s largest City said the opening of school was off to a very Fine  elsewhere teachers strikes affected nearly 500,000 students in Washington state Ohio Michigan Massachusetts and Minnesota. The Bridgeport City Council voted overwhelmingly to accept commissioner Peter Reilly s proposals sunday night minutes after More than 260 jailed teachers were freed from a National guard Camp where they were held for violating a judge s Back to work order. 686-205 vote the new contract was unanimously approved earlier sunday by the City s Board of education after the teachers voted 686 205 to accept the settlement although they were unaware of its recommendations. Superior court judge James Henebry ordered the teachers released when he Learned of the school Board vote. We have shown the City of Bridgeport the state of Connecticut and the nation that teachers have the gumption to stand up for their rights said Bridgeport education association president Arthur Pechillo As he left Camp Kartell with fellow teachers in a Fleet of yellow school buses. The contract contains a 6 percent wage increase plus increments in the first year and a 7.5 percent pay raise including increments for the second year. The agreement also includes a no reprisals clause for strike participants. 16-hour session Reilly kept both sides in talks for 16 hours that ended about 6 . Sunday according to Ellen Wisser vice president of the Bridgeport education association. The Union had sought 8.6 percent annual increases for the teachers whose salaries ranged from $9,450 to $20,180 a year under the contract that expired aug. 31. In Washington talks continued sunday , but a District spokesman said 21 issues including raises remain unresolved. Tacoma officials said they would decide by tuesday whether to open schools with substitute teachers and any regular teachers willing to Cross picket lines. The nearly 3-week-old strike has affected 31,000 students and 1,600 teachers. Starting pay for teachers is $10,725 under the old con  in the Seattle strike which Shuttlesworth is honoured for role in rights movement Birmingham Ala. A the minis Ter described As the architect of the 1950s civil rights movement was praised for his efforts in the same Church where four1 Young Black girls were killed in a 1963 dynamite  Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth laughing and crying was lauded sunday night for his civil rights role Here in a ceremony at sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Fred Shuttlesworth kept the movement moving moving across this state to make Freedom be said the Rev. . Vivian. It was this City that got us the civil rights Bill. Without Fred Shuttlesworth this would still be bombing am not  Shuttlesworth now a resident of Cincin Nati was a minister Here in 1956 when the state outlawed the National association for the advancement of coloured people. He immediately organized the Alabama Christian movement for human rights to take its place. On Christmas Day in 1956, an explosion ripped through his Home. He was pastor of Bethel Baptist Church and two years later the Church was bombed. Authorities Are seeking to extradite White supremacist Job. Stoner from geor Gia to face charges in connection with that bombing. At the tribute . Murphy a member of the Early organization Effort with Shuttlesworth said there were some who said not now but Fred Shuttlesworth said now is the time " Shuttlesworth invited the Rev. Martin Luther King or. And his Southern Christian leadership conference to Birmingham in 1963 to pressure Whites for desegregation. Weeks of demonstrations and police counterattacks followed. Sulc president Joseph Lowery and Martin Luther King Iii were among those praising Shuttlesworth at the ceremony. Began sept. 5, moved to Olympia sunday As both sides sent representatives to the Public employees relations commission offices. The District which has 55,000 students has offered a 5.6 percent pay raise with another 2.5 percent boost in increments. The Seattle teachers association wants an 8.4 percent Cost of living raise and a 2.3 percent increase in increments. In Ohio strikes continued in five school districts affecting More than 150,000 Stu dents across the state. In the 37,000-student Dayton school District where teachers and nonacademic workers have been on strike since sept. 6, teachers were Back on the picket lines monday in Defiance of Montgomery county common pleas judge Carl d. Kessler s Back to work order. Sheriff s deputies and City police were monitoring the picketing but made no arrests. Officers were on hand to escort teachers who wished to return to work but the Union said there was no noticeable attrition in the ranks of the striking teachers. In fall River mass., 13 teachers were arrested monday and charged with unlawful Assembly for picketing outside a school committee member s Home. A labor medi Ator planned to Convene talks Between the school Board and striking teachers on wednesday. The two sides in the 2-week strike have not bargained since Friday. Servan Schreiber Defeated Giscard s coalition has severe setback Paris up president Valery gis card d Estwing s Center right coalition plagued by growing unemployment inflation and the unpopularity of its austerity policies suffered a severe political set Back monday by losing key parliamentary by elections to the socialist party. In the Eastern steel and Coal Center of Nancy former newsmagazine publisher l express and Radical party Leader Jean Jacques Servan Schreiber was Defeated by socialist candidate Yvon ton Don who chalked up 30,757 votes against Servan Schreiber s 21,851. In the 16th electoral District of Paris gaullist Christian de la Malene who has represented the area in the National As Sembly for the past 20 years won Only 39.25 percent of the vote in the first round of balloting and was forced into a tight run off next sunday against the socialist Candi Date Edwige Avice who rolled up 33.01 percent of the first round ballot and is Likely to Benefit from the 19.33 percent of the votes chalked up by the communist Candi  previous by elections this sum Mer called after the invalidation of the March parliament elections in certain districts for irregularities have been won by 15 most Active new York up the 15 most Active stocks in new York Stock Exchange composite monday trading at 4 . Carrier corp., ramada inns. Pan am air. Sears Roebke. Green giant. Texaco inc Goodyear co. Caesars id. Holiday inns. Appl digital. Sony corp Pfizer inc Polaroid up. East Kodak. Kenne Cotter. Sales. 734,800. 545,300 .245,500 .193,300. 173,800 .172,000. 170,200 .159,200. 151,700. 150,000. 148,700 .133,800 .133,500 ,.122,300 .122,200 last 26w 8% 22 a 35va 24% 17 25% 15 /4 8 35% 50 /3 62 a 27"j chg. 6% amex 10 most Active new York up the 10 most Active stocks in american Stock Exchange composite trading at 4 . Monday sales last chg. Resorts Tia 122,100 128 / -10 instr syst 110,900 1% resort Sawi 110,400 43% 3v4 Allied artist 90,300 5% % Mcc Lloil 90,200 4 a / Houston Oil 64,800 24va % Dentale 61,200 19 a i a Sundance Oil 58,200 187/e 1% Norte Klinc x57,700 14v % Synte corp 48,200 33 /4 a Dow Jones averages new York up Dow Jones closing averages monday High Low close change 30 industrials 865.47 856.20 862.35 0.09 zot Ransport 243.77 239.04 242.35 0.77 i utilities 106.33 105.41 105.78 0.06 65stocks 300.37 296.55 299.03 0.28 the left two by socialists and one by a communist marking the growing dissatisfaction of the French electorate with the government s economic policies. The announcement of the by election results coincided with several worker demonstrations throughout France pro testing the unemployment and a new government takeover plan for the steel Indus try. At chateau Vallon in Southern France where government members of the Parlia ment Are holding a two Day seminar 1,000 shipyard workers blocked roads and at tacked the car of Jean Leca Nuet. One of the coalition leaders breaking its Windshield and injuring the Driver. 2 Gss killed 3 Hurt in 2 traffic mishaps Wurzburg Germany two 3rd inf div soldiers died and three were injured in two unrelated traffic accidents near Schweinfurt Over the weekend according to a division spokesman. Each Accident the spokesman said involved a single privately owned vehicle. In one car the Driver who died was the Only occupant. In the other car one person died another is hospitalized and two were treated and released. All of the soldiers Are assigned to co a 10th engr in in Schweinfurt. Those treated and released Are pets. Bruce e. Bussiere and Mathew 1. Melton the spokesman said. Names of the dead soldiers and one who is hospitalized Are being withheld until next of Kin Are notified. Conversion rate London a monday s closing rates of the . Dollar to european currencies. Figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other local currencies to dollars sept. 22 sept. 25 British Pound 1.9/10 1.9/445 German Mark 1.9540 1.9437 French franc 4.3750 4.38625 dutch Guilder 2.1225 2-1165 belgian franc 32.105 32.035 italian lira 827.35 826.30 Swiss franc 1.5240 1.4905 greek drachma 36./17 36.680 turkish lira 25.25 25.25 Spanish peseta 73.12 /2.65 these Are commercial rates and can be related Only to the use of foreign currency by . Forces for official business. Sales of German Marks to . Personnel for personal use will be at the rate of 1.93 on tuesday which is based on Price fixing at midday and allows for Standard handling charge  
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