European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. September 13. 1907 the stars and stripes Page 7 talks with Ford near deadline head of Law not optimistic Dearborn Mich. A contract talks Between Ford motor co. And the United Auto workers have stowed on issues thai must he resolved if the to sides arc to meet a Midnight monday deadline Imp president Owen bib or said Friday. Unless something starts to happen and happen quickly then i m not very Epli Mislick that we can meet our dead  bib or Laid reporters. This is a very critical period we re in he said but declined to say what action inc Union would Lake if the dead line passes without an agreement. Union leaders have been authorized by Ford s 104,000 rank and file Law members to Call a strike but a decision on whether to strike or extend inc exist ing contract during further talks won t be made unti the deadline. The company shares the Union s con Cern Over the complexity of the issues now facing inc parties during a very difficult period of negotiations said Ford chief negotiator Stanley Surma. We still continue to be Opidi Mislick that with continued Effort by both Par lies we can reach a settlement prior to the expiration of the agreement monday nigh Surma said. Bib or said issues unresolved included the Union s lop demand of greater Job Security. The Union has proposed a con tract Hal would guarantee Ford would maintain its level of Law employment at nearly 108,000. Negotiations with of have slowed since inc Union decided last week to set lie with Ford first. Although both companies contracts expire at Midnight monday the pm contract will be extended until a new deadline which will be set once workers begin voting on a Ford settlement. Pm negotiators have insisted thai ii needs a separate contract. Pm president Robert Stempel said pm s components operations should be paid and organised like the supplier companies they com Pels with instead of like Auto Assembly workers. Pm workers have every right to expect the same benefits and gains thatford workers realize in inc new agreement said Pete Kelly president of Law local 160 in Warren a much better agreement can be reached first at Ford than at general motors said Kelly. I m very hopeful thai the agreement at Ford will be one that we certainly can get behind and fight for at general  Kelly said workers made concessions in contract talks in 1982 and 1984 in inc interest of saving jobs and we have no More Job Security today than we had  getting Tough on vandals Plant worker Greg Mingus examines new Tough mailboxes before shipment from the Shtiller inc. Plant in Indianapolis. The boxes Are constructed of a Tough plastic compound reportedly resistant to weather and vandals. Demonstrator who lost legs vows More protests Walnut Creek Calif. Api a demonstrator who lost both legs when he Knelt before a Navy munitions train said Friday that he has no memory of being run Over and he pledged to continue his protest of . Policies in Central America. I do not remember anything from. Certain min utes before the Accident to Days afterwards i have com plete amnesia said s. Brian Willson 46, speaking to reporters for the first Lime since being struck by the train sept. I during a protest at the Concord naval weapons station. I plan 10 continue my actions at the Concord naval weapons station said Willson. I m looking Forward to walking out to inc  he was flanked at the news conference at John Muir Hospital by his wife Holley Raun and san Francisco attorney Tom steel. Steel accused the Navy of lying because officials announced at the Lime of the incident thai a preliminary investigation indicated the rain was Only Ravel ing at 5 Mph and that the protesters jumped on the tracks at the last moment. We Are deeply concerned of a cover up said steel. This was More than simply an Accident. This was a crime simply and clearly a  the protesters contend thai inc train was travelling about 30 Mph and that the Navy had been repeatedly notified that people would attempt to Stop the train. Willson was described As being in Good condition and has begun taking Steps on artificial legs. He previously has said his experiences in Vietnam led him to take an Active role in protests against . Policies in Central America. Billy Carter  with cancer prognosis poor doctor says Atlanta a Billy Carter who parlayed a Quick Wil and great Beer drinking ability into National celebrity during his brother s presidential Campaign. Has inoperable cancer of inc pancreas his physician said Friday he held Lille Hope for Carter 50, who once claimed thai Beer and liquor were among his Best friends. The prognosis is poor or. R. Martin York a cancer specialist at Emory University Hospital said after a six hour operation to remove an obstruction in Carter s bile Duel. During the surgery. York said he determined Hal the cancer is in operable. It is impossible 10 put a time on survival with pancreatic can cer York said. I have had patients who have survived As Long As twp or three Yean but for most it is not As Long As  Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn. Who were in route Friday to Columbia s.c., for a meeting with Pope John Paul 11. Detoured to alb la for a Quick private meeting with his to Unger brother said Hospital officials and the secret sen ice. The Wise cracking Billy Carter frequently held Cen Ter stage on a throne of Beer cases in his Little gasoline station across the Park from his brother s presidential Campaign Headquarters in the tiny Southwest Georgia Hamlet of Plains Al. Carter i got a mama who joined the peace corps when she was 68. I got a sister who s a holy roller preacher. Another wears a helmet and rides a motorcycle. And my brother thinks he s going to be president so thai makes me the Only sane one in the fam ily he said. Carter swore off alcohol in 1979 and underwent seven weeks of treatment a the Navy s alcohol rehabilitation service in Long Beach. Calif. I am an alcoholic he said. The toughest part was when i made up my mind never to drink again god knows i gave up one of my Best friends Carter was admitted tuesday so Emory suffering from jaundice. To cols revealed the obstruction of the bile Duel causing the jaundice and a Biopsy identified the cancer before Carter underwent surgery. His evangelist sister Rulh Carter soap lion died in 1983 Al age 54 of pancreatic cancer. His father. James Earl Carter died Al 58 of pancreatic cancer in 1953, and his Mother Lillian Carter died at age s5 of multiple cancers including pan Crtalic cancer in 198.1. The Carters other sister Gloria Carter Spann lives on a farm near Plains. Billy Carter once blamed the press for his Fame. There were about 100 reporters in Plains silting Down there with nothing to do trying to Cook up Sto  he said and that s How in got  Legal expenses from a Federal investigation of How he ran the family Peanut business and another into his lies with the libyan government which loaned him j220.0qo, forced him to sell much of his properly including his Gas station. Planes1 wiring called hazardous Washington a Navy lest result indicate Hal wiring used in 80 percent of the sen ice s aircraft is a potential fire Hazard according to a report published saturday but the conclusion is disputed by the product s manufacturer. The Washington Post reported thai wiring Insu laced with Kapton manufactured by Dupont inc., can cause electronic failure and catch fire. It said Kapton is used in the major control systems of almost All american commercial aircraft As Well As in aircraft used by the army and air Force Dupont spokesman James Harris said Kaplan has been used for almost 20 years and has a solid reputation. He disputed the Navy test results outlined in the Post article saying our View of he Lesis in. Tempered by actual  no losses of life or aircraft have been attributed to Kaplan. But the Post said the wiring is believed of have been responsible for electrical malfunctions and fires that endangered aircraft and forced pilots to abort flights. The Navy began testing the Kapton wire in 978 and has prohibited its use in most new aircraft since january 1986, the Post said. The Navy does t plan 10 replace existing wiring be cause of inc Cost although in will be replaced in individual cases where problems arc selected the Federal aviation administration the air Force and the army say they have had no a or problems with the material