European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a a the stars and stripes sunday october 28,1990juggling sales a store hailed As the worlds first to sell circus gifts provides delights for 4-year-old Nathan Stallings of Centreville a. He a ready to lend a hand As sales associate Lee Torrence juggles scarves at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum amp Bailey circus store in Fairfax a. The shop opened saturday. Law cancelling Extension May Call strike at Chrysler Detroit apr the United Auto workers Union told Chrysler corp. It is cancelling a contract Extension under which the automakers 63,000 Union members have been working since sept. 15. The move which will become effective at Midnight monday unless a new temporary Extension is agreed to before then raises the possibility that the Union would Call a walkout at the financially struggling automaker. The so called three Day letter was Given to company officials Friday night said Law spokesman Bob Barbee. Quot this is a notification of a termination of the Extension a Barbee said saturday. A but it still can be extended on a Day to Day he refused to say if the letter increases the likelihood of a strike. Meanwhile negotiations continued saturday mostly in subcommittees focusing on specific areas of the contract. The Union is seeking a new three year contract to replace the one that expired last month. On Friday Law president Owen Bieber and Ford chairman Harold Poling signed their new three year agreement which is similar to one Bieber and general motors corp. Chairman Robert Stempel signed a week ago. The Union is using those contracts As models for the Chrysler contract. But Chrysler has said it May not be Able to afford the so called pattern agreement. Bieber on Friday refused to discuss the Progress of talks with Chrysler. A a in a Here to sign the Ford agreement a he said. The Council made up of Law local presidents and bargaining committee chairs could be briefed on the status of negotiations asked to approve a tentative contract or set strike strategy. Among the main sticking Points in the talks is Retiree costs including pensions and health care. Pension costs were on Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca a mind during a preview Friday of a yet to be finished $1 billion Chrysler technology Center in Auburn Hills North of Detroit. A right now in a wrestling with the Union on a $1,5 billion Premium Over general motors Over pensions Quot he said Chrysler spokesman Lee Sechler declined to discuss Iacocca a remark saying the company would not talk about issues pending in the negotiations. Chrysler which has about 60,000 retirees and about 63,000 Active workers has said since talks began in mid july that its Retiree costs Are higher than Gmys or Fords. The pm and Ford agreements Call for among other things Lump sum payments to current retirees and surviving spouses a method for increasing pension payments for workers who retired before oct. 1, 1979, and increases in the amount future retirees will get. Although the Law Chrysler contract is far from wrapped up events in Canada have tempered talk of a strike. The Canadian Auto workers Union like the Law sought basically the same contract with each of the big three automakers operations there. The Law and the Caw each negotiated agreements first with pm and Ford before turning to Chrysler in an apparent move to put More pressure on the no. 3 automaker and its Canadian subsidiary to agree to the pattern contract. The Caw and Chrysler agreed to a pattern contract thursday. Washington a Security police at Andrews fab were looking for a stick of dynamite saturday that Haa been hidden in a truck during an anti explosives training exercise. The dynamite missing since thursday evening could have easily been mistaken for a Road flare arid a is considered extremely dangerous a said sgt. Janice Firth a spokeswoman at the Home base for the presidents Jet air Force one. She said live dynamite had been planted randomly in vehicles near a training site during an exercise for explosives detecting dogs thursday. However the canine corps was beaten to the stick by a former member of the military who unaware the exercise was going on drove off into the Maryland Countryside with two Sticks of dynamite hidden under the wheel Well of his Dat Sun pickup truck. The Man who was not identified drove his truck throughout Prince Georges county in suburban Maryland before the Security police finally tracked him Down Friday morning Firth said. One stick that apparently fell off As the Man was driving away was found near the base Gate but the other is still missing she said. She said the Cylinder measuring 8 inches by 3/4 Inch contains a half Pound of for s son Elliott Roosevelt Best Selling author Dies at 80 Scottsdale Ariz. Apr author Elliott Roosevelt who served his father president Franklin Roosevelt during world War ii and later wrote a Best seller about it it died saturday in Scottsdale he was 80. The cause of death was not immediately disclosed. Roosevelt was a world War ii army air corps general As Well As author and lecturer. He was also a former mayor of Miami Beach fla., and a democratic National committeeman from that state. Roosevelt was born sept. 23,1910, in new York City. He attended Groton Ana Hun preparatory schools and Columbia University. In world War ii Roosevelt commanded the multinational Aerial reconnaissance Wing that played a key role in the allies 1944 a Day landings on Normandy Beach As Well As the invasions of North Africa and Sicily. During the War he flew 89 missions was wounded twice and decorated for valor by the United states France Morocco and England. Roosevelt launched his writing career in 1946 with the publication of the Best Selling Book a was he saw it a which detailed his experiences As an aide to his father during five historic wartime Summit conferences. He later wrote a trilogy of books about his parents and in 1983 wrote a the conservators a a statement of his philosophy about survival of the Jiwanet. Roosevelt had r ived in the Phoenix area Roosevelt in the late 1950s and re turned to Arizona in 1989, settling in Scottsdale. He is survived by his wife Patricia a brother James eight children 21 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Memorial services will be held tuesday in Scottsdale. Chess champs tied after 7th game new York apr defending Champion Garry Kasparov conceded the seventh game of the world chess championship saturday to challenger Anatoly Karpov leaving the pair deadlocked in their $3 million showdown. Kasparov a acknowledged by chess experts to be at a disadvantage in the game a opted to resign rather than resume play said Phyllis Arnold spokeswoman for the championship. The championship is now tied at 3vi> Points apiece. Each player gets one Point for a Victory and a half Point for a tie. Each player has now won once and the other five games ended in draws. The first player to reach 12vi Points wins the championship. Kasparov who dethroned Karpov in 1985, would retain his title if the match ended in a 12-12 perceive costumes As reality expert says Philadelphia up if your toddler screams like a Banshee when you dress her As a Witch for halloween it May be because she thinks she is one a child care specialist says. Liz Armistead director of la Salle University a building blocks child development Center says Young children see things very literally. A up to about 4 years of age children Are still developing their perception of reality a armis Tead said recently. A they Are just starting to figure out what is real and what is not. Then halloween comes along and throws everything she said most toddlers done to understand that although they May look like a Witch or Goblin in their costume they Are still the same person underneath. Parents she said Are often astonished when their Little children done to share their enthusiasm but they can make an Effort to change that. A get started ahead of time a and Tell the child what to expect Armistead said. A make sure to emphasize that the costume does no to change the person underneath its just a special Way of dressing like wearing pyjamas to bed and Dressy clothes to Church a Armistead said. She said parents should let their children have a say in what they want to be for halloween. Many will choose something with which they Are familiar such As an animal a pumpkin or an Angel. Above All Armistead said done to put a mask on the child. Instead use some makeup. And take the child out for trick or treat during the daytime when things Are not so Hunting for dynamite stick that went astray explosive and a could be detonated by a sudden Jolt Jar or Firth said the stick has an Orange wrapping labelled a ditching the spokeswoman said the training area was closely supervised and the question of How the Man had been Able to enter the area and drive off with a dynamite loaded vehicle was a being
