European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday september 17.1989 App hmm an Atlantic City Casino bus disabled by strikers alter it tried to drop off non Union Warden if immobilized. 11,000 employees begin strike at 7 Atlantic City hotel casinos by United press International maids bellhops and other hotel workers walked off the Job tuesday in Atlantic City s first major Casino strike while a tentative still Cmunt was reached to head Oft threatened strike at it hotels in Washington . At least ii ,000 workers at seven hotel casinos in the new Jersey resort City struck at Midnight monday after local 54 of the hotel and restaurant employee Union rejected a last minute contract offer by the at lactic City Casino association Union officials  Union is seeking higher wages. In addition workers for the bankrupt Atlantis Casi no hold walked picket lines tuesday in Defiance of a court order barring strikes a hotel spokesman  officials could not be reached for comment on the Atlantis action. At the Golden Nugget Casino Union members hoisted placards and took their positions at the Entrance. There Are hundreds of them out on the Boardwalk in front of the casinos said am Slu Barty a spokeswoman for resorts International. The casinos vow a to remain open and Promise that gambling would continue but they said they did not know if any services would be reduced. To Washington negotiators representing local 25 of the hotel and restaurant employee Union and 17major hotels reached tentative settlement shortly after 5 ., a Union spokesman said. Talks extended beyond a Midnight deadline broke off at 1 30 . And workers picketed the Sheraton Carlton hotel where a selective strike by about 160bellhops, maids bartenders waiters doormen and other workers was declared. Local 25 Secretary Joh Boardman said. Management and Union officials resumed negotiations before Dawn and reached the tentative settlement that a Union Leader said would be submitted to the rank and file for ratification later tuesday. Differences had entered on benefits and pay scale issues. The walkout staged by employees of at least seven of Atlantic City s 13 Thofiel Cau Nof marked the first major Casino strike to hit the entertainment and Beach resort. Roy Silbert local president said. We re pre pared to stay out As Long As it takes the rank and file voted sunday la reject the casinos contract offer containing a wage freeze Union off cull said after the rejection was announced monday the Ca Sinos offered raises ranging from 10 cents to 20 cents an hour for the 11,000 workers but the proposal was immediately turned Down. Atlantis management monday won a court order barring a strike against that hotel for nine Days because it is under chapter 11 Protection of a Federal bankruptcy court. Atlantis spokesman Robert Arrow said that picket lines formed tuesday outside the hotel and that non Union employees were filling in for the strike. He said the hotel planned to seek contempt of court citations against the pickets. Key issues in the Washington dispute were wages management proposal to increase the employees Shire of health costs and asian to Cut pay for newly hired work Era. Peter Nalii evict chief negotiator for the hotel association of Washington said the establishment would stay open despite a strike. Many hotels in the nation s capital have suffered drop in occupancy because of a hotel building Boom this decade. Studies project further declines. Thomas Carver president of the Atlantic City Casi no association said profits for he Casino Industry have fallen sharply in the past three years. Pm offers workers Sweet plums if they la resign or retire Early Detroit up salaried employees at the Buick Oldsmobile and Cadillac group of general motors corp. Are being offered As much As 20 months pay and six months of benefits to resign. The pm group also is sweetening its Early retire ment programs for older while Collar workers be tween the Ages of 33 and 59 to persuade them to quit said an internal memo obtained by the Detroit free press. The memo disclosed for the first time the types of compensation being offered to employees of the group which is based in suburban Warren. Another memo obtained last week by the newspaper revealed hat another pm group Chevrolet Pontiac and Canada is offering some White Collar workers buy out packages Worth an average $49,500 Roget them to resign. The automaker wants a 5 percent reduction in Sala ried Chevrolet Pontiac and Canada workers by the end of this year and another 5 percent Cut by next september. Company officials say attrition alone will not achieve thai goal. Pm is in the midst of a program to slash its White Collar work Force by 23 percent by 19e9 in an Effort to Cut costs and improve competitiveness. The automaker has 133,000 salaried employees in tic United states and 9,000 in Canada in the Buick Olds Nobile Cadillac memo pm Vic president William Hoglund said employees will be id Lowed to refuse buy outs the newspaper said. Stateside Pilot injured after ejecting from Jet Over Arizona Dudleyville Ariz. Up an air Force Pilot a i injured monday when if air Force t-37 training Jet crashed in a Mountain Ous Region of tout East Arizona. An air farce spokesman said 2nd it William Wheeler 23, is on a routine training minion when toe plane went Down about 1 40 . Wheeler who Wai stationed at Willmm fab ejected from the Jet n it went Down near Dudleyville Arit at the Edge of the san Carlo Indi an reservation. Wheeler suffered a broken leg in the  cause of the crash vat undetermined. The t-37 a lie primary training Jet for air Force Pilot moderate quake shakes South Central Alaska Palmer Alaska a a moderate Earth quake Shook portions of South Central Alula Early monday but there were no reports of dam age or injuries the Alaska tsunami warning Center reported. The 6 48 . Earthquake was entered 30miles Northwest of Mccarthy or 200 Miles East of Anchorage. Its preliminary magnitude measured 4.7 on the Richler Wale the Center said. The Richler scale is a gauge of the Energy released by an earthquake As measured by lie ground motion recorded on a  increase of one dumber say from no Gipti tude 5.5 to magnitude 6.5, Means the ground motion is 10 times greater. A quake measuring 4.7 on the scale is capable of causing moderate to considerable damage in populated areas. The temblor that rocked alaskan 1964 and killed at least 1 14 people measured 8,s on the scale. Artificial heart patient develops fever after stroke Tucson Arii up doctors have postponed a nationwide search for a human heart for artificial heart patient bar Nattle Chayrez after she suffered a stroke and developed a High fever and immune system complications officials said monday. Charrer 40, the world s first recipient of two mechanical hearts suffered a stroke sept. I and was recovering from the stroke Over the weekend when she developed a High fever of unknown origin physicians at University of Arizona med ical Center said. Her body also began producing antibodies that would damage a donor heart doctors said. To Quality for a second heart transplant Chayrez a Mother of three must be Given drug therapy to suppress her body s hyperactive immune system or. Mark Levinson said. Such therapy however roust be delayed until the source of the fever is determined and the fever eliminated. Harvard students publish parody of Usa today Cambridge mass. Up students a America oldest University have turned Thrif satirical pen toward one of the country s newest newspapers. This year s edition of the Harvard Lampoon published tuesday parodies Usa today uts of the newspaper s Fulu Olor glory Complete nth Jazzy graphics and joke weather Man mowing a Glacier creeping Over the United the spoof publication s front Page features Tongue in Cheek Lead Story telling of r 9? depicting the United