European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 16, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 these legs weren t made for Walkin Dpi photo several pairs of legs floating above shoes attract the attention of a passer by in downtown Zurich Switzerland. Although the legs look As if they could be those of Manhattan s radio City music Hall rockette they Are actually legs of mannequins displaying women s hosiery in a department store. General dynamics gets contract for Trident by Norman Black a military writer Washington the general dynamics corp., Back in the Navy s graces after a two month suspension received a $587 million contract on Friday to build a 13th Trident ballistic missile submarine. The award had been expected since general Dyna mics s electric boat division in Groton conn., is the Only company now capable of building the huge nuclear pow ered submarine. The company had been precluded from receiving the contract however by a suspension that was imposed last december following the indictment of the company and four former or current executives in connection with alleged overcharges on an army contract. The Navy announced feb. 7 that it was lifting that suspension because it was satisfied general dynamics had sufficiently improved its internal administrative and accounting controls to prevent discharging in the future. The company also agreed to set up a $50 million escrow account to cover potential liabilities and to accept in creased Pentagon monitoring of its internal affairs. The contract awarded Friday specifies delivery of the new submarine which will be capable of carrying 24 Tri Dent intercontinental ballistic missiles in december 1991. Seven Trident submarines Are on Active duty and an eighth is scheduled to begin sea trials in May. Four others Are under construction. The Trident Are replacing the Navy s aging Poseidon missile submarines. Each of the Trident is 560 feet Long and 42 feet wide and displaces 18,700 tons when sub merged. Friday s contract was awarded at a time when the Navy is actively attempting to persuade the Newport news shipbuilding & dry Dock co., a division of Tenn eco inc., to begin competing for Trident contracts. Newport news and general dynamics currently com Pete each year for contracts to build smaller los Angeles class attack submarines but Newport news has yet to make a decision on competing for Trident work. Congress authorized funds during the current fiscal year for one Trident and four attack submarines. A Navy source who asked not to be named said an announcement might be made next week on How this year s four attack sub contracts would be divided Between general dynamics and Newport news. In another contract action general dynamics fort Worth Texas division received a Long Lead air Force contract Friday totalling $764.5 million for f-16c and f 16d Falcon Jet fighters. The air Force Hopes to acquire 468 of the jets Over the next four years and Friday s award was described As providing economic order Quantity buy Protection for the fiscal 1986-to-fiscal 1989 multiyear  Hormel strikers accuse Parent Union of betraying them Austin Minn. A defiant Hor Mel meat packers say their 7-month-old strike won t end until they have a contract and they accuse their Parent Union of betraying and abandoning them by withdraw ing its approval of the walkout. This strike will not be Over until there is a signed agreement amenable to the parties involved Pete Winkels business agent for local p-9 of the United food and Commer Cial workers Union said in a statement Friday. The statement was issued after Union president William Wynn announced in Washington that the Parent Union was Cut Ting off $40 weekly strike benefits for p-9 members and ordering leaders of the local to end the strike. I officially called off the strike Wynn said at a news conference. Many More jobs could be lost if the strike is not ended. The a few is unwilling to watch one of the largest and most modern plants in the Industry go non Union because local p-9 s leadership is incapable of settling the  p-9 members remaining on strike would be considered Wildcat ters and would be subject to fines and discipline by the Parent Union Wynn said. The Geo. A. Hormel & co. Senior vice president Chuck Nyberg said the effect of the International s announcement was not Clear because local p-9 not the International is the certified bargaining agent at the Austin Plant. P-9 president Jim Guyette in new York for a labor rally accused the International of betraying the people in  he said he was unsure of the Legal status of the strike until he could Confer with attorneys. But Winkels said in Austin that the Union will continue boycotting Hormel products picketing at the Plant and seeking support from other unions around the coun try at least until a rank and file meeting scheduled for sunday. The local has appealed Wynn s directive to the International executive Board he said. P-9 members earlier in the week approved a Resolution asking local leaders to try to reconcile differences with the International Winkels said. The a few has wrongfully assumed this was a request for intervention he said. The Plant had about 1,500 p-9 workers when the strike began aug. 17. Since the Plant reopened Jan. 13, the company says it has hired 1,040 employees half non Union replacement workers and half p-9 members who broke ranks. The company has said it has no plans to hire More workers at this time and cannot guarantee jobs to p-9 members still on strike. The local s last contract offer demanded that All strikers be Given their jobs Back. Asked whether an end to the strike might mean some p-9 members could go Back to work Nyberg reiterated we have All of the employees we need in the Austin  members of local p-9 rejected a Compa Nyweide settlement negotiated by the Union and put into effect at other Hormel plants. That proposal included a $10 per hour base wage. A similar proposal by a Federal mediator has been rejected twice by the local