European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february id 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 Ravi the Panda hold tip i sign bidding Farewell n Tillon it the Man died zoo Bui and her cum Pansuti. Yuan Van were returning la China on nine Day Fler a 2m-Day loan ump oks pact offering More Security Small raise Charleston . A unwed mine workers members monday overwhelmingly backed a new five year contract that provides Small wage in creases and greater Job opportunities for Laid off min ers Union officials said in a formal notice 1o ump presided Richard Trumka late monday nigh Union election Teller said Oliai with iwo Ali ids of the eligible local unions re porting the membership has overwhelmingly accepted this Igrec Mcnol. By More than a 2-to-  Union officials said there were not enough votes outstanding la change the outcome of the balloting. The pact was ratified despite some discontent among rank and file miners Over its length and Over changes in sick leave policy. The Job Security provisions apparently appealed id most members of the ump which has seen its Jim live membership fall to 85,000 from 144,000 in 1980. " realize we hardly get on agreement that s completely satisfactory said ump District 12 president Jerry Jones of so scr 111., whose District coven All or that state. But based upon the times the conditions of the Coal Industry it s a Good agreement the proposal was agreed o Jan 30 by the Union and the bituminous Coal operators association which represents the nation s largest Coal producers after nearly three months of negotiations in Washington. The new sick leave policy gives employers More leeway in deciding whether to charge an employee for a sick Day or Dock his pay when he misses work. That Drew criticism from some miners As did the five year length of Hie contract which in the past has been a 36 or "10-month agreement. The wage Section of the contract provides Tor pay increases in three Steps in the first three years of the contract. The three increases will total Aboul 6,7 per cent for those at of scale. Wages May be renegotiated during the last two years of the contract Trie new agreement guarantee that if a Coal opera Tor who signs the contract decides to lease Oul operations Ali jobs will go to ump members Laid off from that company. It also require contract covered companies that operate non Union mines to offer the first three of every five Job opening to ump members Laid off from the company s Union operations. For the first Lime the agreement also allows laity off miners to apply their Job seniority rights at any of their employer s operations nationwide but in a few districts too much work is almost As big a problem a too Little work. Edbell president of the union1 District 6 representing miners in Ohio and West Virginia s Northern Panhandle said his Mem Bers had hoped for an end to the mandatory overtime provisions of the 1984 contract. That language which was unchanged in the new agreement results in miners working 10 to 12-hour Days six Days a week Bell said. If it s voluntary hat s Fine but we Don t think a Guy should be forced to work longer than an eight hour Day Bell said. We feel that Issue should have been addressed in the  Bell also objected to the change in sick leave provi Sions the slogan that they had out. Whatever it lakes in 88, ought Tobe we lost it All in so " he said. Of a Emfs to close viewing Sites for shuttle launches new Vork in it for safety Rea sons the air Force wants to bar All photographers news org Arii Anions and Visi tors from lilt Uzial Sites for watching space shuttle launching at the Kennedy space Center in Florida officials of the air Force and the National aeronautics and space administration said monday. Nasa officials have informally complained that the move appears geared More to harassing the space Agency than assuring safety. Nasa and the air Force have repeatedly been Ai Odds Over who controls the nation s space program. Officially however. Nasa says it is considering the request. Nasa s position is. Show us what you re talking Aboul and let s Sec what s reasonable " said Charles t. Hollinshead. Director of Public affairs at the Kennedy spate Center lie said a decision Aboul the matter is Likely to be made before the next shuttle launching now scheduled for August. A record 4,000 journalists arc expected to attend that launching which will be the first since the challenger disaster on Jan. 28. Ibo. That killed the seven Crew members and grounded the nation s shuttle feet. Barring the Public from shuttle launching could be a serious blow to Nasa s Public relations efforts which arc already under siege Afler the challenger exploded studies by the Eastern space and missile Center at Patrick fab in Florida indicated that a shuttle disaster closer to the ground could endanger people at the usual View ing Sites including the main Kennedy press site about 3.5 mites from the shuttle launching pads space Agency officials said for decades journalists presidents foreign leaders celebrities and families of astronauts have gathered at the main site to watch the launching of America s manned space missions. Officers at Patrick fab arc responsible for making sure that shuttles Fly a Safe course and for destroying hem by radio command if they go awry. It was these Range safety officers who destroyed the challenger s Booster rockets As they sped away from the exploding shuttle. The new air Force position according to an air Force official who spoke on condition of anonymity stems from a review of How Long the service would wait before sending a destruct signal if a shuttle had serious problems that threatened populated areas. Previously the air Force and Nasa had agreed thai pushing the Button would be delayed As Long As possible if Asir Nauis were aboard an errant shuttle. Haw the air Force says a realistic appraisal of such an emergency shows that debris from a failed launching Nii Ghl fall much closer to the usual viewing areas. This it says leaves the Choice of moving the viewing areas farther Back from the launching pads or pressing the pcs Trucl Button sooner Odlini tical of the Kennedy space Center said the air Force position on viewing areas would mean thai most news organizations would be barred from the Center since there is no room for alternate Sites. He added however that discussions with the air Force Ore in the Early stages and that a Compromise might still be reached. Reuters reportedly broke news embargo Boston al1 the new England journal of Medicine has suspended for six months air mail delivery of Iii weekly Magazine to Reuters saying the Brit ish  service broke the embargo on reports of an aspirin Hurt study. The publication announced its action in a idler dated feb. 3 and sent to subscribers. The letter was signed by the journal s editor. Or. Arnold s. Rulman. The report that taking an aspirin Ever other Day reduced chances of dying from cardiovascular disease appeared in the Magazine s Jan. 28 Issue. The letter referred to the violation of the embargo by ecu Lori and other business oriented wire services the letter Taid the Magazine agrees 10 provide the news Media with airmail deliver of is Maga inc in return for a Promise not to release material before 6 . On wednesdays. The Magazine said ii macs every Effort .10 provide copies of articles slated for publication to the news Media on mondays four Days before the actual publication. The embargo policy the letter said is to be certain that physicians get their copies with All the scientific details before patients learn of study results from news reports and ask for advice. 6 homeless men die of exposure by United press International six homeless men in new York and Washington died of apparent exposure aver the weekend As Tom Para lures on the streets where they lived dropped to about 10 degrees with wind chill even farther below the freezing Point. Two men were found dead within hours of each other on frigid Manhattan streets one in front of lbs news Headquarters and a third was discovered near the homeless shelter where he stayed on wards Island in the East River new York police said. In Washington an unidentified Man was found dead Early sunday near an Alley heal grate where he had been sleeping in the affluent Georgetown neigh boyhood. The District of Columbia medical examiner s office said the Man apparently died of exposure caused by temperatures that hovered around 10 degrees. Authorities said. A third Man died of apparent expo sure late saturday shortly after he was Laken by ambulance to Howard University Hospital. None of the three men was identified. We have to Deal with turning people away every  said Harold Moss a member of the Community for Crea Tive non violence which operates one of Washington s largest shelters for the homeless. We As a City Are not providing shelter to All those who need  in new York two bodies were discovered saturday in the Borough of Manhattan As temperatures plunged to about 10 degrees and the wind chill Factor reached about 6 degrees below Zero officials said. Police suspected that the men died of exposure bul the exact cause of death will be determined by autopsies said police sgt. Maurice Howard. He said they did not die As a result of violence. Their names were not released. The first vie him who officials said was about in. Was found saturday evening outside lbs news head quarters Howard said. Two homeless men had been living outside the Tele vision station s news Center and sleeping on cardboard placed Over grates in the sidewalk said Tom Farns an assignment editor for webs to station a Rio works in the building i Don t know if the dead Man was one of these Guys bul it s certainly  Farkas said. You would see these two Guys when you came to work and sometimes you would talk o them. They were very Friendly  the second Man believed to be 42, was found by a pass scr by saturday night in an empty lot in lower Manhattan Howard said. A third homeless Man was found dead sunday morning in a Field behind the Manhattan psychiatric Center on wards Island in the East River said s$1. Raymond o Donnell. The Man who police said was in his 60s and lived in � homeless shelter on the ground of the psychiatric Center was found lying face up and had blood on his face o Donnell id