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Danville Register (Newspaper) - September 02, 1973, Danville, Virginia2a to sunday 11973 Canadian parliament votes measure to end rail strike big George a parliament legislation saturday to end Canadas 11day fou Onode rail shutdown and the leaders of most of thai striking workers recommended that thar Mem Bers accept the governments settlement terms the strikes were to return to their jobs by an not sunday however the leaders of one Union representing 18000 of the 56000 do operating employees voted against a negotiating committee motion to obey the new Law they Are members of the Ca Nadian brotherhood of railway transport and Genera work ers and Are All employees of Canadian National railways one of the country two largest a dreads no operating workers Are clerks porters and other pm a month of regional rotating Teyes not directly involved in strikes running the trains under the Law which Parlia Quebec and Ontario have Sig ment passed saturday morning if Vantly curtailed newsprint after an Al night session the Supply to us newspapers average minimum salary of the which depend on Canada for 65 56000 striking no operating per cent of their newsprint employees will be boosted about some of those newspapers have 18 per cent to per hour by been forced to Lake con july l 1974 Serva Tive measures cutting the parliament also raised wages size of the paper and Eli Rinat for 20000 shop Craft rail work ing editions in some cases ers and 14500 trainmen they the rail shutdown which has tied up passenger and freight traffic and closed a number of factories came in the midst of contract negotiations Between the unions and 11 Canadian railroads the walkout followed talks Nixon from onry to state what new information might have been discussed saying he didst know whether Agnew had received any fur ther communications from Beall or the Justice depart ment a White House source said that Agnew wanted to give the president a report on the situation from his perspective but spokesmen there also re fused to Deal with specifies of the talk sources said the two men talked informally while seated on couches before a fireplace in Nixon Oval office a less for Mal arrangement than if the president had been seated at his desk no other persons were present during the meeting Warren said photographs were not permitted afterwards Nixon later was accompanied on his flight to Camp David by mrs Nixon his daughter Tricia Cox and his close Friend cd Bebe Rebozo they arrived at about 3 pm Edt they were joined later of Julie and David Eisenhower the Nixon younger daughter and Soninlaw who drove to the Mountain Retreat storm to Linurd from Piiper one present conditions Are favor Able for development of this system the Center said the depression was expected to Drift slowly northwestward during the next 24 hours fore casters said a Hurricane Hunt or aircraft was scheduled to investigate the depression on sunday month thurs 10 am to 9 pm i Friand sat 10 am to 10 pm stores everywhere open labor Day monday september 3 new Suedeane Oxford for women and teens savesi07 our i Olar Coj col Smitn i big it Ulni suede shoulder bags boys new two tone Brown Oxford our save tl07 i Iii Solo Nanri Hool qtj3 i Good thru tuesday i i i Monty of fam parking Kings Fairgrounds Plaza i rom Fuir when an employees record shows too Many absences he can be disciplined the Union says that voluntary overtime works at american motors and International har Vester and they want it at Ford Chrysler and general motors the big three says it would damage production severely we have operations where one or two individuals could re fuse to work overtime and the whole Plant would not work says William Obrien Chrys of negotiator Chrysler says its worker worked 405 hours a week in 1972 it says that most overtime is in the production Side of their operations met Al shaping and forging for example rather than straight Assembly work the company says it has no breakdown on overtime by departments most of the overtime comes during Peak production times not spread out Over an entire year Chrysler was chosen aug 21 As the Laws bargaining target in its contract talks with that firm Ford and general motors the Union goal is a settlement with Chrysler that will become a pattern for agreements with Ford and pm despite the hangup on the overtime Issue the talks seem to be going More smoothly than in past years in other years we we rent As far advanced in the Cussion stage As we Are now Law vice president Doug Fra ser said we didst even have an economic proposal at this Point in previous years in the last round of negotiations general motors did not become the final Union target until sept 10 three Days before con tracts expired the 67day strike in 1970 became the costliest labor dispute in american history Chrysler has not dealt with a National strike at its plants since 1950 when efforts to create a pension fund led to a 104day strike Are not on strike but have been bargaining for new contracts the Canadian government had asked parliament to in crease the hourly minimum for no operating employees by 172 per cent to the associated no operating railway unions called for a 216 per cent wage hike the minimum wage still can be increased by a government arbitrator who is to be selected within the next few Days to re View the no operating employ is total contract Munro said the arbitrator should consider cost6fliving factors productivity increases and any need for catchup raises to keep Railroad pay competitive with wages in other Fields the rail strike and labor Dis Putes at several paper plants in libyan government reveals takeover of Oil holdings Meany heat Hong Nuell frown walked out of classes claiming temperatures Friday afternoon reached 102 degrees the Prin Cipal said no disciplinary action would be taken against those who left in Prince Georges county my the owner of Richards trash service reported that 10 of the 36 garbage men he employs have refused to work Dur ing the hot weather temporary workers were hired by the county to fill in and the trash collection firm was fined if All else failed there was always the Beach new York cites beaches were kept open on a 24hour basis and City pools and Parks stayed open late the Parks department set up a special command Post in its Central Park office and announced an emergency Tele phone number for people to Call for help from Pas labor department show that despite prices wage increases in major contract settlements negotiated during the first half of the year averaged 58 per cent slightly above the administrations 55 per cent guideline Meany repeated his pre diction of a recession by years end and said this is inevitable no matter what action the administration takes however he suggested that All wage and Price controls be ended and the Economy be returned to a free Market i think what you would have would be a chaotic condition of prices going and a few weeks and then i think they would Settle Down he said the 79yearold labor Leader talked to eight reporters who specialize in labor coverage his comments were for release saturday yeah you and who else Rescue figures within 50 feet of the surface surging then More lines were attached from the Vickers voyager and the crippled sub was hauled aboard Tripoli Libya Rubyan government announced saturday a 51 per ceal makeover of the holdings of All major Oil companies still operating independently Here the decree signed by pre Mier Abdel Salam Jalloul and Oil minister Ezzedin Mabrouk marked the fourth anniversary of the revolution that toppled King Idris and installed a revolutionary military regime headed by col Moa mar khad Afy it was not known How the companies would be compensated in previous Takeo vers the khad Afy regime has offered to pay the Book value of the assets seized an amount that often is kept Well below the actual value for tax Pur poses saturdays takeover appeared to affect California Standard and Texaco which together form the am Oseas Oil group Mobil and Kelsenberg which operate in a 6535 partnership Shell and the Esso group which includes Atlantic Rich Field and Grace it did not appear to affect some smaller companies such As Amoco and Aquitaine of France in san Francisco Emmit n takeovers of us interests several other Oil companies including Continental Mara lion arrangements a Huday did not appear at saturdays commemoration of the Libya revolution the Hon Amerada Hess and la Monde re of Stu in j i0 Nhor info had re sold out 51 per cent of men completely merge dental have since that khad Afy had re g Teress at bargain prices go Fly saturday the Rubyan decree said All Oil president Habib company personnel would con Borg Ujobai the guest of Honor Tine in their jobs under their celebrations was quoted existing contracts Warren gloss head of the am Oseas group and informal spokesman for the american Oil companies cd khad Afy was in Here confirmed the announce ment but said it had been a Surprise to him and details were not yet Clear in Washington the state de fire from Iligir an investigation was being conducted to determine the cause of the Blaze which apartment declined immediate quickly from the Central the John Cabot pulled in the briton a spokesman for stand Small submarine Only after a Oil of California said series of false starts and stops u Vou want to look at fits caused by inky blackness under the water and the rough sur face weather it took nearly a Day for sonar equipment to Home in on the stricken sub and pinpoint its location despite the fact that a radio Telephone kept Contact Quiesce in the seizure of 51 per the Way As we do it amounts to a confiscation of our con cession this nationalization Fol lows rejection by our negotiators of the governments most recent ultimatum which was that the company must a comment one company official who asked not to be identified speculated that the companies taken Over saturday might prefer to give Libya 100 per cent control if they could then avoid paying High prices to buy Oil from the libyan National Oil company the libyan firm which does not have the facilities to mar Ket its share of the Oil is sell ing it Back to other concerns for s490 a barrel for 40degree Low Sulphur Oil a Type usually used for pricing standards saudi Arabia Sells Back Oil under similar arrangements for about s250 a barrel Western Oil men feared lib Yas move would Lead to de mands by the saudis and other Oil producing countries for immediate 51 per cent staircase and elevator Shaft the last guests had just left the bar when the fire was Dis covered fifteen minutes later flames engulfed the three upper stories of the five Story build ing witnesses said i ran up the stairs but got no further than the second floor i knocked on All doors but found that the rear of the building was already ablaze and the heat forced me Down again receptionist Bent an Dersen said unofficial reports said tourists of at least 10 nationalities were listed in the hotels Register which was recovered by fire men known survivors included american West German French British and Argentine citizens with the trapped crewmen Success in the sonar probe came Only after Mallinson and Chapman were ordered to sing for your lives despite the Drain on their precious air Supply the Rescue efforts recalled the Small research submarine cent interest in the company s interest and facilities however from our View Point the government offer in return was a totally inadequate payment which in no Way rep resented a fair value of the company properties and con Cessions and interests the libyan operations of British Petroleum were nation among other areas Meany trapped on the sea bed off key Ali Zed in recember 1971 in re covered were West sad june part of this whole thing is that under the present Circum stances unless there is some change we now have a presi Dent that the american people by and Large have lost Confidence in he said Meany said Nixon should be throngs of people flocked to impeached if he refuses an or Coney Island on saturday and Der from the supreme court to surrender the White House tapes sought by special water Gate prosecutor Archibald Cox but he added i dont believe he will defy the supreme court the president he recalled said a few weeks ago that the matter should be turned Over to the courts Well if it should be Given to the courts then he should at least cooperate with some of them found they beat the heat Only to encounter an other problem the beef Short age because of the Lack of beef a hot dog eating contest was turned into a Corno the cob eating contest the Winner downed four ears of Corn in less than three minutes one of the few people who had a Good word for the heat was Sal Montefusco no Hes not an iceman Montefusco is a postman in East Northport by and he noted its so hot even the dogs Are kept in Fla for 31 hours last to veto it Meany said legis lation boosting the minimum wage to s220 an hour has been passed by Congress and awaits presidential action Meany predicted enough strength in the Senate to Over ride a veto but expressed doubts about the House Talia Tion for alleged British sup port of Iran in its occupation of three persian Gulf islands claimed by the Union of Arab emirates operations of Bunke Hunt a unowned firm were nationalized last june in what Libya called a move against us sup port for Israel khad Afy has said there is a need to Deal America a Strong slap on its Cool arrogant face through learn to earn with americas largest tax service Job interviews available for Best students income tax course Inch Tei Cir Tel i inn to Hwy practical in Block of Lien Tram tout to a tort of ind Elm time Nair did upon indu Dion enrol now classes Start i i i i Contact the office nearest you Riverside drive phone 7927091 or 7920448 Plith my it rat Anfir Midlil hut Lii hid link Minini til Crail m Tulili i t it visit or Illy i incr m unroll name address City state phone zip clip and mail today the courts Meany said minimum dont know How the president is go ing to justify it but the word that we get is that he is going Beautiful walltowall1 carpeting prices Start at putting your Money to i so cd fantastic Broodkoorn Stylos in o magnificent Selec Tion of at a Low Price Kight now is the perfect time to put luxury on your floors Check it but the selection is fabulous and the prices Are Low each is from one the country leading carpet Mills offering years and years of Beauty and service selection now is most Complete choose from deep pile shags Plush pile Nylon twists and Many More Beautiful and luxurious weaves that will Wear thru the years shop Friday to 9 pm for Home for office for business Youir save More of sch Ewels get our prices on Wal Towall tackles installation if you wish Well do the Complete Job of one Low per Square Yard Price terms Are available j phone 7931v 41 for prompt service Schewel furniture co main at Craghead Danville a exit ends warm Welcome to All 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