European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 04, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Aile on aside to resume Alexandria Egypt a Egypt and Israel agreed wednesday to resume the stalled palestinian autonomy talks and to prepare for a Summit though no dates were set. President Carter s special Middle East envoy sol Linowitz announced the re sumption pledge after he met for 45 min utes with egyptian president Anwar Sadat at Sadat s Villa near Here. Missing from the Linowitz statement. Though was word on Israel s claim that All of Jerusalem including the Arab inhabited Eastern sector is Israel s eternally undivided capital. Sadat and other egyptian leaders had said earlier that Israel must soften its Jeru Salem position before Egypt returns to the negotiations. The breakthrough came after Linowitz spent two Days in Israel talking to israeli prime minister my Nachum begin. The pledge to restart the talks which Sadat called off on aug. 3, provides a boost to Carter s re election efforts. Vol. 39. No. 139 thursday september 4, 1980 a i 21855 a polish Coal miners Back ending wave of strikes Katowice. Poland a silesian Coal miners began returning to their jobs wednesday after the government and the workers reached a pre Dawn agreement granting the miners major concessions and signalling the end of Poland s two month strike wave. Under the agreement signed by Deputy Premier Alexander Kopec at 5 40 a.m., miners were granted the right to form inc pendent Trade unions and were also Given other concessions including work free weekends and pay hikes. The Coal miners Are going Back to work Warsaw radio announced several hours after the ceremony which took place with representatives of some 250,000 strik ing miners in the Smoky auditorium of the july manifesto Shaft at astr Zubic on the czechoslovakian Border. The agreement appeared to spell Success for the communist government s Effort to end a series of labor conflicts that have plagued this soviet bloc country since Early july when the regime boosted meat prices. Word of the Coal mine walkouts came Only after the government signed an unprecedented pact with striking shipyard workers on the Baltic sea coast last weekend. That agreement which the government said applied nationwide granted workers the right to form Independent Trade unions and to go on strike a first for a russian bloc country. The Coal strikes Are believed to have undermined even further the Power position of communist parly chief Edward Gierek a former Coal Miner who came to Jower in december 1970 with the support of that key Industry. The official polish news Agency i a re ported that the country s Parlia Mcnol or Sejm will meet Friday to discuss the cur rent program of government action to re continued on Page 2x. Cul. Ii Carter campaigns among minorities Reagan apologizes Pittsburgh starts busing it was the first Day of busing fallowing a court order o integrate All Public schools in Pittsburgh. Up pupils from St. Cir Village leave the school bus hand in hand upon their Arr Al at the Overbrook elementary school. From press dispatches Philadelphia with a Little help from Ronald Reagan and a major labor Union president Carter went on the Offen Siye wednesday campaigning in the Industrial Northeast that could prove Deci Sive in his Battle for re election. Appeals for support among ethnic and minority groups marked the president s Day in Philadelphia where he visited a Community Center in a polish american neighbourhood an italian Market and a Black Baptist Church. Before he left Washington Carter received the endorsement of the leadership. Of the american federation of slate county and municipal employees the largest Union of government workers. The million member Union had backed Carter s challenger. Sen. Edward m. Ken Nedy in the primaries last Spring and Union president Jerry Wurf warned Carter at the White House that you la be carry ing the Burden of communicating to our Carter thanked the Union from the Bot Texas Bank faking 3 Amelco Sites torn of my heart and then left for Phila Delphia where his first Stop was the South Philadelphia Community Center. A Day care class of preschool children greeted him by singing Good morning or. President How arc you Carter took a scat in a child sized chair with a hand lettered or. President sign taped to the Back and held a Little girl on his Lap. To his left at the Low table another Little girl played with modelling Clay and paid no attention to Carter. Then he went to the Basc Meni where several elderly men cheered the president As he tried his hand at Bocci an italian Bowling game. In Detroit. Reagan telephoned gov. Fob James of Alabama tuesday to apologize to the people of Alabama Tennessee and Mississippi for his remark on the Kun flux klan. He expressed deep regret and apologized to the citizens of Alabama missis Sippi and Tennessee for any negative re Flection caused by his remarks James said. The controversy sprang from a remark by Reagan in Detroit monday chastising Carter for choosing to open his Campaign icon Linuell on Page 28. Col. 31 Washington is a Texas Bank will take Over american express Mili tary banking facilities in the United King Dom Iceland and Guam effective oct. I a department of defense spokesman said wednesday. The National Bank of fort Sam Houston at san Antonio Texas was selected to operate the military banking facilities in the three locations said Ron Adolphi of the Dod comptroller office. The new contract awarded Post Sam Houston Bank Breaks a hold on military banking that american express has enjoyed in the . Since world War ii. A spokesman for the fort Sam Houston Bank said wednesday that the Bank will take Over 13 american express facilities in England one at holy Loch. Scotland and one at Kef Lavik. Iceland. In addition. Fort Sam will take Over two military banking facilities on Guam in the Pacific. Holy Loch Kef Lavik and the Banks in Guam arc on naval installations. The others arc on air Force installations. Cclia Lummis Bank manager of the american express facility at Raf Milden Hall said wednesday i could t believe it. It was a real she said she was Noti fied of the takeover of the contract on tues Day. A Usa eur spokesperson said Ameri can express will retain the military banking continued on Page col. 1 vote
