European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday March 18,1988 Butcher wins third straight id Tarod sled dog race stateside Nome. Alaska a sirens wailed and hundreds of boisterous fans jammed the Street to cheer Susan Butcher As she coasted to an unprecedented third straight Victory in the Milrod Trail sled dog race. Bitterly cold winds raked Nome As the flushed and perspiring j3-Ycar-od alaskan cruised beneath the log Arch for Nisi at �42 . Wednesday. It meant a lot to me to win three years in a Row said a smiling Butcher As she hugged her frosty faced Lead dogs. Granite and Tolstoy. I very much want said Butcher who has competed in ii of the grueling races and earned 130.000 for wednesday s Victory to guess 1 want although the weather was pretty Butcher said this morning it was to her advantage because my dogs arc Good in that Type of Butcher who appeared with Granite on Abc tvs Good morning said the dog came through with flying colors. He s Gol to get a Good Bone for this Butcher finished after ii Days. Ii hours and 41 minutes a record for the race s longer Northern route from Anchorage to Nome. Last year her time of 11 Days. 2 hours set a record far the Shorter Southern route. Her a Tifesi rival. Martin Basa of big Lake trailed by 14 hours wednesday night. What gave me the Lump on Martin was that storm we had last night Butcher said. I knew when i heard we were going 1o a Sivc winds that was the Best thing that could happen because 1 knew mine would pull through i Duscar s team she said had walked in Light winds earlier along Ike coast. So i knew he could t make it through a she said. Wind and cold dropped the wind chill to minus 70 degrees. She said built battling for second place with four time id Tarod Champion kick Swenson of two Rivers will be a Strong contender if he races neat year. Joe Gamie of Teller was running fourth wednesday. Joe Redington a 70-Vcar-Otd knit resident known As the father of the Idit ared for helping in 1973 to found the race he has never won was fifth. After the Winner s Lake the next 19 finishers will split 1120,000 in prize Money. Butcher has won the id Tarod three times finished second twice and finished among the top 10 four other limes. She is the second woman to win the id Tarod. Libby riddles of Teller won the contest in 1985, the year Butcher was forced to drop out after an angry Moose stomped through her team. The to Ditardo named after an old Supply route to the my mum hourly gains approval Washington a the House education and labor committee wednesday voted to raise the Feder Al minimum wage to $5.05 an hour in several step Over the next four years. Chairman Augustus f. Hawkins d-calif., said the full House will Lake up the measure within id Days after the members return from their easier recess on april i. Sen. Edward m. Kennedy a Hess chairman of the Senate labor and human resources committee said on Friday his panel would consider a similar measure during the week of april ii. Labor Secretary Ann Mclaughlin had told the com Mittee that senior White House advisers would urge president Reagan to veto any legislation raising the minimum wage Over three years to $4.65, the amount approved l y tic House labor standards subcommittee. Last week however the full committee approved an amendment by rep Carl c. Perkins d-ky., to raise the minimum wage 40 cents More per hour during a fourth year of the Bill. The committee took the action after the subcommittee rejected a proposal to tie or inde. Fulu increases to inflation which was supported by Hawkins Kennedy and organized labor. Hawkins and organized labor supported the fourth Butcher and Granite share a moment of jubilation. Gold mining districts of Interior Alaska draws its inspiration from a 1925 relay of diphtheria scrum to Nome which was hit hard by an outbreak of the disease. The race started March 5 on trucked in Snow in downtown Anchorage and the temperature fluctuated around freezing the next few Days which strained the cold Loving huskies. Then fresh Snow slowed the Lead ers in the Alaska Range. Five of the 52 teams trial started the race have dropped out the remaining teams were Strung 500 Miles Back along the Trail and will be straggling into Nome for a week or More. Wage of $5.05 of House panel year increase in lieu of indexing in Hopes that a mini mum wage raise would not be Defeated by Congress this year. Kennedy said he still prefers indexing under the measure approved wednesday the cur rent minimum wage of 53,35 an hour would be in creased to j3.85 in ims4.2sin 1990.j4.65 in 1991 and $5.05 in 1992, the committee sent the legislation to the floor on a voice vote after defeating a proposal by Steve Bartlett r-tes., to create a new hire or training wage by which employers could pay new workers 13.3 s an hour for 90 Days. The higher wages would have to be paid after that Bank cell said the White House would veto any legis lation not containing a lower Slatting wage. The committee on a voice Vole rejected another Bank cell amendment which would have Given private employees the right to receive compensatory Lime olt in lieu of wage for overtime. Also Defeated by a voice Vole was an amendment by rep. Thomas e. Pct i r-wis., to permit employers to include the Cost of fringe benefits such As be Ullh insurance in the calculation of the minimum wage and an amendment by William f. Goodling r-pa., to exempt motorcycle dealers from paying overtime. An act of god1 strikes two love struck bulls Stillwater Okli. Api Law Sart of god thai brought two love struck bolls to Gether with the cow nest door Sajta Row accused of negligence for them apart the built were unexpectedly freed from their pen Lien a 1m limb relied by s storm crushed the Fence enclosing them. They headed for mag Gie and Blackbird two purebred cow awaiting artificial insemination by a 5770.000 prize win Ning Angus Bull named Broadway. Since the bulls aged 9 and 11 months May have beaten Broadway time with he cowl the cows owners were advised to wait 60 to 90 Days before artificial insemination la male sane Broadway was the of claw. Though his was done the owners ire suing Kirk Hardin caretaker of he bulls and cows for $39,000, accusing him of negligent in not keep ing the Guys and gals apart Lonnie Pembrook owner of Pembrook cattle co., and Tom Young a businessman each owned a half interest in Blackbird. Pc Brool owns Maggie. Sony introduces player for 3-Inch compact discs new York a Sony corp. Has introduced the first compact disc player designed specifically for the new 3-Inch compact discs. The new d-8s pocket disc Nan introduced wednesday is smaller than a person s bind and can play Standard 5-Inch cd also although the larger Lions stick out from one Side. The a by will be available in june at a Sug gelled retail Price of $159.9 5, Sony Laid. The 3-Inch cd can bold up to 20 minute of music. Tried have been available since late last year and can be played on most Standard sized buyers. Georgia county debates Issue of nudity in Art class Marietta a. A. Art jul dents trill Haw to stretch Thrif injun Nalibou in life drawing Doss now that a county official has banned nude mooch Bob Ash Bead of the Cobb county Community services department who a few Weeb ago asked that models Wear bathing suits Ico Urda or just basically anything because of fear about How nude modelling might be perceived. My students Don t understand said Stephen Smith an Atlanta artist who has taught Lifen Wing and life sculpting courses at the county run Steeple House am Center since shortly offer in january 1957 opening. Nude models had been used tory in Smith s and vac to a duals Only Art raises. The Issue of nudity in Art was to be addressed thursday night by the county s rive member arts commission. Ash has said he will abide by the commission s decision though he May Dis agree with it. Smashed specs dispute costs City Union $ 1,157 Titusville Fla. Apr a Gesl dispute Over a sos pair or glasses damaged on the seat of a fire truck will Cost the City and firefighters Union $1,157. If nothing else it was a Good learning experience it. Cecil Cornish president of International association of firefighters local 2445, said wednesday of the unions $578.50 share. The Union bled a grievance after Frank be Earl vice president of the local left his glasses on the seat sept. 19. The next Day firefighter Timothy gut nun sat on them As he climbed behind the wheel Neeld demanded reimbursement under a con tract clause oiling for repair or replacement of glasses damaged in thelic leaving glasses on the seat of n fire truck where anyone could have reason to drive it was neg contended City manager Randall Reid. And being on duty or at work was not what the contract i mended by in the line of duty " arbitrator . Raffaeta of Philadelphia sided with the City in a March 13 ruling on the grievance. The dignity of a collective bargaining agreement he wrote should not be compromised by an interpretation that reduce its meaning la
