European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday june s3,1986board advises rail Union to accept company offer Washington up a presidential emergency Board recommended thai unionised workers who Trig gered a Chain reaction rail strike in is states accept their company s jail offer he while House announced saturday. The strike started March 3 in Maine when Union ised maintenance workers for the Maine Central rail Road walked Oftle Job in a dispute Over staffing cuts. A sympathy walkout hit Boston commuter rail sys tem March 12, leaving 13,000 commuters stranded. Conrail a 15-Stalc freight system was crippled May 15 when an estimated 20,000 workers refused to Cross picket lines set up by the brotherhood of maintenance of Way employees. Under a presidential order May 16, the worker returned to their jobs Rosl of them under the conditions in effect before the strike pending the emergency Board s recommendations. The Board in a decision forwarded to the president Friday and released saturday denied a company re quest 10 examine Broad labor relations issues including the right of rail unions to state sympathy strikes. Instead it focused in the dispute Between main Central and the brotherhood of maintenance of Way employees saying that the company s fast contract offer should be adopted. The offer called for Lump sum payments of $26,000to Union members whose jobs were eliminated. Company officials hailed the emergency Board s decision saying it vindicated their position in the Dis Pute. What inc Board has said is essentially thai the last offer thai was on the table should have been accepted said Colin Pease Maine Central s vice president for governmental , he Board has vindicated everything we  Pease said. We were bargaining in Good Lailand offered the Union a Good agreement. Instead they went on strike and disrupted the whole northeastern rail system Union leaders could not immediately be reached for comment. Both sides have 30 Days to consider the Rai Board recommendations. If tar that Pease said the strike could resume. The rail Board s decision is just a guideline that Sall fuse said. A has no Force of Taw. It s not like  Pease said the National mediation Board planned to summon both bide to Washington next week in Hopes of helping them forge an agreement. Conrail runs More than 13,000 route Miles in Mas Sachs Sells Connecticut new York new Jersey Penn Sylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia. Wot Virginia Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois Kentucky Missouri the District of Columbia and Quebec. Plaque honors chernobyl firemen Schenectady . A some american firefighters saluting the courage of their soviet counterparts killed in the chernobyl nuclear Accident will present a plaque this week to soviet officials in Mem Ory of the six victim. We Felt that the firefighters at chernobyl were pretty much overlooked because everybody a so upset about fallout said capt. Jay Campano a firefighter for 16 years Campano and others from Schenectady s City firefighters Union local 28 Are scheduled to travel to new York City on tuesday to present a plaque at the soviet Mission to the United nations. The april 26 explosion and fire at the no. 4 react rat the pow a Plant resulted in at Leas 26 deaths. Soviet newspapers praised the heroism of the fire fighters especially Viktor Kib enok 23. Who was said to have worked for hours on the roof of the reactor to contain Lames. Kib enok was the first fireman to die 15 Days after Ine Accident t. A special brotherhood exists Between All firefight ers of the world As they face the harsh demands of their duly Wilh extreme courage and bravery. Soil was a chernobyl Good Bye Brave comrades the plaque reads. Campano who talked with several people at the soviet Mission said the response was positive to the proposal of the plague two plaques were made one that will be taken Toich base of the six deceased firefighters and one thai will remain in Schenectady Campano said we Are basically not equipped to go right in on a two minute response to a nuclear Jire said the 39-year-old Campano. Neither were they. That s why.,. We had a lot of empathy for  Scheue tidy , fire Dur tent Cit Junpu holds plaque minting chernobyl in Ghim. Cam 7 protesters arrested for going topless in Park Rochester. . Up seven women peeled off their shirts at a City Park saturday and were arrested in front of a crowd of jeering on lookers it test a la that allows Only men to to shirtless in  women protesters who said they were fighting society s obsession Wilh the breast vowed to take their Case to the slate court of appeals new York s highest  say suppression creates obsession said Ramona Santorelli 28, organizer  Ion and one of those arrested on an exposure charge. What is so obscene about a woman breast 5 die 2 Hurt when truck hits Van on interstate Coldwater Ala. A a tractor trailer truck being pursued on an interstate by hate troopers slammed into a Van saturday killing five people and injuring two others police said. Truck Driver Elmer g. Milteer. 35, of new Orkwas charged with reckless driving and attempting to elude officers said police Llroy Smith. Local authorities planned la charge Milleer with five counts of vehicular humic ii he said. The Van was carrying seven people when in was hit shortly after 11 a.m., troopers said. Four occupants were killed immediately and the fifth a child died while being taken by helicopter to Carawa methodist medical Center in Birmingham. Man killed by lightning while boating in Iowa Des Moines tows full lightning electrocuted a pcs Moines Man saturday when a series of summer solstice thunderstorms raked the Slat with heavy downpours and High winds authorities said. David Scalise 24, was struck by a Bolt of lightning while sitting in an aluminium boat with two friends on Saylorville Lake North of Desmoines authorities said. The thunderstorm sent golfers and Boater around the Lake scurrying for cover and officials theorized that the three May have been trying to reach Shore when Scalise was struck. Pilot aborts Jet s Takeoff because of broken gauge san Francisco up the Takeoff fan american airlines fight from san Francisco to Phoenix was aborted saturday when the Pilot noticed his airspeed gauge was not working a airline spokesman said. The Pilot brought the plane loan abrupt halt and billowing smoke front the Brake on the left main Landing gear was visible from the Airport Tower the spokesman said. One of the 60 passengers aboard the boeing727 Jet was injured during evacuation of flight 232 and was  Wilh a twined ankle an airline spokesman said. She was not identified. No other injuries were reported. Violence Mars festival near downtown Denver Denver a police using tear Gas and dogs dispersed a crowd of a least 500 people hurling rocks and bottles saturday night and one policeman was shot in the Juriw Keenth Cele bration s second consecutive night of violence police said. It. Joe o Donnell said the violence was the worst in the 20-year history of he june tenth festival which Cele Brates the Day Texas slaves receive word of their Freedom in 1865. We be made a number of arrests bul 1 can t say How Many said sol. Dennis Gerk. We be had crowd Esti mates of anywhere from 500 people unto 3,000, bul we Don t know exactly How Many were there throughout  officer Tim Pulford 25, who was shot in the was in fair condition a Denver general Hospital. Gerk said. The incident began around 9 55 p to when Pulford was reported shot while Manning a Lookout Post atop a cleaning business near the Celebration just North East of Denver s downtown. Police wearing Gas masks converged on the area and began hurling tear Gas canisters at the crowd reporters on the scene said. Some in the crowd hurled rocks and bottles Back. Dog learns moved in. At least Oneman was bitten and fell to la ground bul he was allowed to leave the area reporters said. About five or six people weres Wied. By 11 p.m., radio station a Bra re Porter Morris James said the situation seemed to be calming Down and troublemakers had broken into Smalt roam ing groups Ai Small Clouds of tear Gas drifted into a general Haze Over the area. Gerk said officers had removed their Lear Gas masks and were patrolling i hearer on foot. Well slay As Long As it takes he said it was the second night of violence atthe gathering. On Friday night three men were arrested and at least 20 people were injured from fighting and Bogue in Rowuin prompting police to fire tear Gas to break up a crowd estimated at 700 peo Pis. Twelve officers and a police dog were among those Hurt Friday night suffer ing minor injuries said sgt. De con no a. Most of the injuries to the crowd inmate Melee were minor police said with the Only person still hospitalized a Stab Bing victim. Michael Hargirs 21, of Denver was listed in serious condition saturday at Denver general Hospital Wilh a sub wound to the Back. A 22-year-old Man was shot in the head Friday night in the same Vicinity. Police said they do not know if that was related to the Street Brawl. The in Idoni Ifield Man was reported in critical condition saturday. Police did Noi identify the three me arrested but Connors said they were jailed for disturbing the peace or other Misdemeanour offences