Kokomo Tribune Sunday (Newspaper) - January 22, 1995, Kokomo, Indiana KOKOMO TRIBUNE Weather CoM with 27 Low 17 Aft Sports Spot Kokomo beats Carmel 6347 In two overtimes Indiana 1998 Some go back to work Employees vote today on agreement with GM A worker clears train tracks in AF photo DETROIT AP General Motors managers scrambled Saturday to resume production at plants shut down by parts short ages caused by a strike at a Flint About 300 employees returned to work Saturday afternoon at the Flint complex to ship parts left on loading docks when the strike and to prepare for produc tion to GM spokesman Dan Dolan He said normal production is expected Monday at all plants affected by the which idled more than After a similar strike last it took GM up to three days to ish parts supplies at some closed Members of United Auto Work ers Local 651 vote today on an agreement that would end the walkout and allow about workers to return to AC Delco Flint The which began also idled workers at eight other plants that rely on parts made at the Flint Among the strikers were workers who assemble instrument clusters for Delco Electronics GMs automotive electronics The union agreed to let the 300 workers return before the vote in hopes it would head off three or four additional assembly plant The union has complained that and overtime to meet booming demand for cars are creating dangerous and unhealthy working The union said GM broke an agreement to hire new employees to ease the In the UAW said out side contractors hired by GM threaten workers Neither the union nor the compa ny would release details of the set announced late but the Detroit Free Press reported Saturday it provides for 700 to 900 new hires and guarantees GM wont buy certain components from outside Catholics look at Columbian But will it be available Tribune staff writer Anticipating possible jumps in Kokomos Catholic school is looking to the countys biggest school corporation for Joan of Arc Patrick School recently sent a letter to School indi cating interest in purchasing or leasing Columbian School from the public The Catholic which con in the is run by Joan of Arc and Patrick church 1234 Courtland would close if the 21st Centu ry school improvement plan being considered by Schools were The plan calls for selling or leasing the We have our eyes on Columbian said Cecelia princi pal of Joan of Arc Patrick Its a wonderful building and in close proximity to Patrick 320 Broadway is about a block from Columbian Its too soon to say how much the enrollment of Joan Patrick could increase in the Smith But many telephone calls from those hoping to enroll their children next year have already been received by the A committee of parishioners from Joan of Arc and Patrick churches has been estab to study the future facility needs of the The results of that are expected in the It is not known what Joan of Arc Patrick grades would be housed in Columbian Smith said the hope is that the Catholic school could purchase or lease Columbian from Kokomo Center by fall of But David community relations said its unclear whether that would be I dont think weve reached a stage where we can say when facil will be he And we wont know until we get to that An architectural firm is figuring an estimated cost for the 21st Cen tury which also calls for the closing of McKinley and Lincoln schools and the Koko administration build Barnes said the report from the architect is not expected until and then it is not known when or how the board might act upon what it Joan of Arc Patrick Schools inquiry about Columbian is under It is the only written notice Koko has received about the possible purchase of any of the schools that would close under the 21st Century Weve received a number of verbal but we dont take any of them seriously until theyre in Barnes If the board would approve part of the 21st Century Plan calling for closing a bidding process for sale or lease of the building would according to state The assessed value of Columbian School and its property at its most recent in was said Center Township Assessor Sheila The assessed value is about a third of its true she The churches have not ear marked money for a possible acquisition of But we believe it could be Smith Before merging with Patrick Joan of Arc housed some of its pupils in Palmer located at 900 Webster about five blocks from But that building is up for sale and wont be used by the Catholic school Smith Palmer was built in 1892 and does not meet federal standards for accessibility to those with dis she Columbian School is less than 30 years Gino of the former Patrick Catholic David also of and Grant formerly of Joan of doing push KT photo by i Its been a good transition By TRISHA TURNER Tribune staff writer The principal of Kokomos newly consolidated Catholic school said this year has taught her that com bining two separate student groups doesnt have to be a bad In Cecelia Smith has learned it can be just the When approached with intelli gence and cooperative education need not threaten school systems and can benefit she Five months into its first acade mic Joan of Arc Patrick School the consolidated version of the former Joan of Arc School and former Patrick School is still without a perma nent school uniform and Deci sions in those areas are expected in the Pupils were allowed to select which schools uni forms they wanted to based on the style they Some pupils originally from Patrick are now wearing Joan of Arc and vice Smith said the fact the new schools nearly 400 pupils are wearing uniforms from two differ ent parishes in no way means they feel as if they are from separate Smith If you were to ask any person whether the person next to them were from Joan or they would probably tell you they dont she Theyre from Joan of Arc Patrick Its just been a good Last a commission with representatives of Joan of Arc and Patrick Catholic churches decided to combine the schools starting in fall The announce ment followed months of study and receiving input from Kindergarten through third grade from both parishes are now housed at the Patrick school while children in pre school and grades four through seven are housed at Joan of Arc Palmer which formerly housed Joan of Arc is no longer in Smith said she expects the num ber of children at the school to increase next based on the many telephone calls Joan of Arc Patrick has received seeking information on how to The commission that decided to merge the schools has acted as the new schools governing body this Convening for the first time in a new board will take over as sole governing body for the school in Smith the joint board and the commission will be asked to make decisions on such issues as permanent school name and uni Input in those areas is being solicited by task forces comprising parents and Russians target village Chechens hit supply lines apartment in Grozny was Wf photo Russia AP For the first time since launching a ground attack on the capital of separatist Russian forces on Saturday turned the bulk of their firepower away from the shelling a strategic village in what may be a preview of the wars next Outgunned but tenacious Chechen rebels have threatened to regroup in the moun tains south of Grozny if the Russian assault drives them out of the Tto village of which the Russians attacked lies between the city HIM thip mountains Tbe rebels early Saturday used run attacks to harass Russian supply lines heading into a tactic likely to be used more often with their position weak ening in the Chechens said they counted 111 Russian armored personnel tanks and other vehicles massed near about 30 miles from The Russians were also backed by helicopter In bands of rebels clung stub bornly to their positions and waged tles in the center near the blackened shell of the presidential Russian troops who allowed a television crew into the palace briefly said Chechen snipers remained holed up on the upper The Chechens claimed the whole area around the palace remained up for and said President met with his commanders in a bunker just 500 yards No one controls the center of Chechen spokesman told Russian artillery fell silent overnight and for much of Inside TODAY Local News of
