European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 6 the stars and stripes tuesday. June 30,1987 the s anus i a Ofca huh Najr T. Abc workers go on strike in six cities a. Unher the new contract. Abcs Parent company. These were the first need Tianyew York a the Union representing 2,600 producer writers and technician in six cities went on strike monday morning against Abc in the third and largest strike against a network this year. Abc implemented its final contract Oiler at 12 01 after last gasp negotiations failed. Member of the National association of broadcast employee and technician then walked Oft the Job As Promise j at Abc Headquarters Here. Everyone went quietly Abc spokesman Dom Giofre said Early monday morning from company headquarter picketing also began at network owned stations in Cleveland and Chicago and in Washington. D.c., As Well As in san Francisco and Burbank Calif. Union leaders charged that abcs proposed 2-year contract threatened Job recur ii and the Union by de manding test non Union workers and management Oeal Lowed to do tasks now performed by Union members. Abc pointed out thai the National labor relations Board Tail week dismissed Teven unfair labor practice charges filed by the Union and accused the Union a leadership of ignoring members. For he last 1 1 Weeta Nabet employed working without a contract have never been Given the oppor statement read by spokeswoman Mcclat Ramsey. We believe that if Union members had been Given the Opportunity of working under the new contract they would agree with Abc that it is a fair reasonable and balanced agreement for the company the Union and their 3w-hour session called by a Federal mediator Sun Day failed to produce an agreement or push Back the Midnight deadline it was Only the second session since the contract expired March 31.the third strike against a network this year came As networks look for ways to Cut costs and unions try to hold onto gains of past years. A Lota of 575 lbs and Abc editorial workers staged a walkout for nearly two months la s Spring also Over Job Security. In those disputes the networks said they gained flexibility in hiring and firing while the unions claimed partial victories. The Abc strike affects approximately one third of abcs work Force including a variety of technical positions such As camera operators and videotape opera tors As Well As production assistants and editors. Abc officials say management and non Union personnel have been trained to perform the jobs under abet jurisdiction but Union members say Quality will re going to have a Bunch of amateurs trying to put together a professional news show said Dick Bei Del a Nabet officer in Chicago. Pickets blamed the network s hardened stance on general electric which last year look Over Ria Brothers of Vietnam War hold 1st joint March in new Orleans i Annm new Orleans up about 2,000 american and South vietnamese veterans who served in the Vietnam War marched together sunday for the first time in a Parade led by retired Gen. William West Moreland and former soot vietnamese Premier Nguyen pander called it a a March of Brothers of the Viet Nam the veterans Manyin their old uniforms marched in a procession of Small groups that stretched Over two Miles through the City. Each group comprised members of a specific service Branch including . Rangers . Air Force vietnamese Navy and Vietnam Ese and Westmoreland who was command of . Force in veto am served a Parade marshals for the procession that marked the first time vietnamese and american vet Erans who served in the War marched together. This is a historic event and the beginning of other historic events Between . And vietnamese veterans Westmoreland told the estimated 2,000 marchers. Following a ceremony at the Mississippi River Westmoreland and by Shook hands and posed for Pic Tures with the who served As general of the vietnamese armies the country s vice president and its Premier before the country s rail to communist forces m 1975, called Lor the liberation of Vietnam saying 90 percent of the people in the Southeast asian nation reject the current communist government. ,./"we must free and unify All Vietnam by said before the Parade Beau. They Are waiting for us in North Viet Gen. William Westro rebuild Nam. To make Vietnam free again is not Only a dream but a duty and a he said the people of Viet Nam realize after 12 wars that this is not the Way of life they want Dennis Wood 40, of Day ton Ohio walked from Day Tonto new Orleans to Lake pah in the weekend Long activities sponsored by the vietnamese Community in the said he had walked from Ohio to publicize the plight of Veteran a he believes till arc missing in action or held Pris Oner in Southeast asian coun , who was a sergeant in the 17th air Cav div and served in 1967 and 1%s, said it was an Honor to be invited Tomarch with other american and vietnamese veterans. This is where we gain our inner strength our inner peace from within the ranks of our Fetlow veterans Wood Are As i am Vietnam veterans. We Are All Brothers of the Vietnam Wood also walked from Dayton to los Angeles and then to Houston take part in similar parades. During his trek people offered a lot of thumbs up salutes honks he said. I did it to get people to ask me Why and what i was run he said he slept along the Way in abandoned tractor trailers ditches and on top of rest area roofs a Arizona to avoid snakes. Other actives during the weekend included the dedication of a Monument honouring veterans to be entirely financed by South vietnamese veterans a banquet and several receptions. Of Uphou remains May be 37th victim of killer. Re in dry Tacor Affif stauburn Wash. Up a Skeleton found in the Woods May be the remains of the 37th victim of the Green River killer believed responsible for America s longest string of unsolved serial killings of Young women police area where we were working has been an area that has been a common grave site for Many of the victims of the Green River killer King county police la Dan Nolan said sunday. And Given thai fact that will certainly be a consideration incur determination in the possibility it could be a victim of the Green River Nolan said the skeletal remains Are being checked by the medical examiner to determine the victim s sex abcs Parent company. These were the first negotiations by Abc since the takeover. After 19 years with this company i never expected this said John Hoffman a videotape supervisor. As he walked the picket line Here. If a company throws Down a package and says Thi i is the Way it is How is that Good Faith Neotia tion1 " he said. We be always had a Good relationship with this company but this is a new company be. The contract offered pay increases of 3.6 percent the first year and 4.6 percent the second but Union spokes Man John Krieger said the Lack of Job Security made it a Union busting the Union is hoping for support from the directors Guild representing Abc directors and the i Leroa tonal Alliance of theatrical and stage employees rep resenting Abc stagehands said John Oark a local vice president who works As a radio Engineer with the Abc radio network in be York. The directors contract expires tuesday and the stagehands Union has been working under a contract Extension since dec. 3 1. In addition to the Abc network felted were Knic to in Burbank a May am and a May to in Chicago Cleveland Webcam Wynn pm and in by to new York Kubr am and san Francisco and Washington s ways pm and arc to. And 10 members of the Green River task Force searched through the Brushy Ravine about 15 Miles South of Seattle for further clues sunday. The Bones had been in the ground from 18 months to two years and were found saturday m a wooded Gully about 300 Yards off a slate Highway by were searching for aluminium cans Northeast of Green River Community College. Four other sets of Bones from the Green River killer s Vicuna have been found nearby. Many of the Green River victims had prostitution records and were Black. Many disappeared room Aoudy strip near Seattle Tacoma International Airport where streetwalker were known to work. Stateside smoke forces evacuation of hotel in san Francisco san Francisco a a fire in a Linen closet spread heavy smoke through the exclusive St. Francis hotel and forced the evacuation Early monday of at least 200 guests fire officials said. Officials cleared the 24th floor where the fire started shortly after 1 a.m., and when alarms went off a lot of other r Ople also evacuated said fire battalion chief Bill Richardson. We got everybody out and there does t appear to be any serious inju.," he said the fire in the 34-Story downtown hotel took off when the Linen closet door was opened Richardson said but it was controlled about a half How after it was reported. Indians Honor ancestors in ceremony at Ellis Island new York a offering prayers in a Tongue remembered by few american Indian gathered solemnly on Ellis Island honouring ancestors who trod there up to nine centuries ago. My heart is very full today Annette Ket Cham wife of a Council member of the Delaware indians Eastern Oklahoma tribe said sunday. This is where in All began this is where they fished and this is where the culture two dozen Delaware indians from Oklahoma and Canada came together on a Lawn of the famous immigration Center for the notes the elders said prayers in Delaware a Lan Guage now spoken by fewer than 100 people. Spain s King plans visit to san Antonio City says san Antonio Texas a King Juan Carlos of Spain will visit san Antonio in sep tember As part of a . Lour City officials say. Mayor Henry Cisneros and councilwoman Helen Dunk a chairwoman of the Council s International relations committee said the City has been advised of the King s intent to visit Shirl Thomas the mayor s administrative assistant said that details will not be worked out until next month when the Spanish ambassador visits san Palace in Madrid would not confirm that the King plans a . Lour but Spanish newspapers have speculated that it would include sever Al stops in the southwestern United Stales where Many Spanish speaking americans live. The King is tentatively set to visit the City during the last half of september officials said. Earlier that month the City will play Host to another world figure when Pope John Paul ii visits As part of his . Tour
