European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d demo congressmen have a shoving 2 d supreme court upholds Indian claim to 5 d today Dollar buys Page 27 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 321 March 1985 1se Ond sunday d 8693 a workers rally against pan am new York up some pan american world airways employees rallied outside the airlines new York Headquarters tuesday to protest company mismanagement and in support of a six Day walkout that has shut Down the airlines Domestic members of All five of pan ams unions filled the Street outside the Midtown Manhattan pan am waving american chanting Acker must go blowing whistles and carrying signs Reading we gave our we gave our now give us our Edward Acker became chairman of the Board of pan am four years flight wearing their familiar Blue were sprinkled through the chanting crowd and complained bitterly of weekend layoffs in which flight attendants were let their the Independent Union of flight tuesday set an april 1 deadline to join the mechanics in the Acker wants to go Back 20 a stewardess the unions were asking the company to open the books to if they would do and Promise they really were in bad wed Bend Over backwards its our airline the transport workers representing me walked out last thursday after contract talks broke pan ams other four representing flight machinists and have honoured the mechanics picket All five unions contracts ran out no talks arc scheduled with either the Twu or the so pan am has Laid off workers and 181 saying it Doest have enough flights to warrant their the Carrier has been operating about 40 percent of its International flights and 90 percent of its Caribbean flights with supervisors and nonunion All of pan ams 200 Domestic flights were grounded the airline says it has not made an operating profit since 1980 and cannot afford the unions contract the company said it made million in million in million in lost million in made million in 1983 and lost million in the gains reflected the Selling of Why Farmers Are angry Coats Are overtaking income in billions of dollars production expenses forecast shows Range a Nam Tram plot Ctm Emit pm some of Pumm d Farmers March in demanding a fair price7 Washington a planting White crosses on the mall to commemorate the growing number of bankrupt midwestern Grain Farmers have begun lobbying for higher guaranteed commodity prices to cover production members of the american agriculture movement who marched Here monday to kick off a we Klong lobbying say they also want strict production controls in the farm Bill being debated in we just want a fair Price for our product so we can said Devere a Farmer from who participated monday in the arms March for if inflation goes Why cant we charge More for our higher production costs Why do we have to keep our prices Low Manderfield the March started with an outdoor rally at the Jefferson memorial in a drizzle and 40degree following Brief speeches from Aam leaders and far state the Many carrying walked about two Miles to the agriculture department building for another were not up Here for a welfare Check or subsidy pay we simply need and deserve a fair Price at the said Wayne a were asking the american people if they want this family farm system to continue to keep this the bested there going to have to rally behind this family farm said president of arms Missouri Farmers planted 250 foot High White crosses on the mall near the agriculture representing the number of farms the group estimates Are going bankrupt each District of Columbia police estimated there were 700 a photo angry Farmers wave crosses during considerably fewer than protest organizers had Farmers said they Welcome the emergency credit legislation pending in which president Rea Gan has threatened to the House was to vote soon on the Senate passed Bill that provides million in interest rate subsidies and billion Worth of new loan we want parity not said Corky see Farmers on Page 28 sea by Charlie Bowden staff writer Heidelberg the absence of International airline transportation association and German Railroad licenses will not hamper the ability of Barbarossa travel Agency outlets in 43 communities to Issue air and rail starting March according to owner Wolfgang with less than two weeks until opening Scherer said he and his until now silent Dieter have met with officials of several airlines Over the past several we will in the interim period until licensing is a airline ticket stocks available in our offices to directly Issue to our custom ers As of the said about 60 trained travel agents already Are on the Barbarossa payroll with More being hired and the firm is ready to Start said any delays wont be because of problems from our he Scherer said he has verbal agreements with both Iata and the German rail system once the licensing require ments Are the outlets on army Ca Serns will be a top Iata official confirmed that Scherer and Chyzy had met with Iata officials at the association Headquarters in but said no agreements were he described the visit As a fac find ing Mission to discuss licensing whether Barbarossa meets the require ments will be determined by the Agency investigation panel in he the official said any Agency that meets the Licens ing requirements can be and the Only thing unusual in this Case is the numbers and time Scherer said that All the offices will be licensed by Iata and the German rail Way but that it would be a gradual pro we will pick out about 15 which will be licensed Iata must Send out its inspectors to verify that the require ments Are and they can do that much faster if we submit a few at a time rather than All 43 at each office is treated separately in the licensing according to Iata offi to be an Agency must meet several the most critical Al see travel on Page 28