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Tuesday, October 24, 1987 Griffin Daily News UAW Expects Contract OK By DAVID W. CHUTE DETROIT (UPI) — United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther today took his hard won and record setting settle ment with Ford Motor Co. to jhis 160,000 Ford members, 'confident they would ratify it I “They will exercise their good 'Judgement and ratify the agreement because they will [realize that we have made 'substantial progress for every 'Ford worker,” said Reuther. j But as he spoke following 'Union's 300-man Ford Council 'meeting Monday night, about 250 skilled tradesmen chanted "no, no, no,” in the background. This year, for the first time, the skilled tradesmen have the power to veto the national contract. "Lord forgive them for they know not what they do,” Reuther said in reply to the chant. Near Unanimous Approval The council overwhelmingly accepted the tentative settle ment just before midnight Monday. Reuther said about 98 per cent of the delegates voted in favor of the new three-year pact calling for a sl.Ol an hour raise in the third year. If the union’s Ford workers accept the new pact, Ford assembly lines could start rolling before the end of the long & lean Panetela vfflk go KING™ EDWARD America's Largest Selling Cigar THINKING OF FINE FURNITURE? See Our Complete Selection of QUALITY BRAND-NAME STYLES at BEST PRICES and TERMS! GOODE-NICHOLS FURNITURE 206 - 208 South HOI Street Phone 227-9436 There’s more to Wide-Tracking in a ’6B Pontiac than meets the eye. ' ,v 4llfllPPy Wide-Tracking is performance. Wide-Tracking is .handling. Wide-Tracking is security. Wide-Tracking is one of the great American sports. Driving a new LeMans may be even more Orgoupto26s-0r320-hpV-Bs. satisfying than looking at one. The stan- See your Pontiac dealer for a paa dard engine is an Overhead Cam that ’ test drive and learn the differ- $|M delivers 175 hp from regular gas. You can ence between Wide-Tracking order a 21 5-hp high-compression version, and plain ordinary driving. Pon , l . c^olV |, lon • SEE THE ’6B PONTIAC AT BANK PARKING LOT OCT. 25 — NOV. 1 MILLING MOTOR CO., INC. 415 WEST TAYLOR STREET PHONE 228-1343 week. Ford’s 93 plants in 25 states have been still for 48 days, since the old contract expired at midnight, Sept. 6. The Ford Council, composed of delegates from 61 local unions across the country, deliberated for almost four hours before taking the final vote. Only a smattering of hands went up against the motion to accept the contract, which will raise the average Ford worker’s salary by $1,700 in the third year of the pact. The deadline for ratification of the new contract is 8 p.m. Wednesday, said Reuther, emerging from the meeting. Immediate Pay Hike After marathon bargaining sessions in the last 12 days of gruelling talks, Reuther and his team of negotiators Sunday tentatively accepted a Ford offer that would immediately sweeten the average Ford worker’s paycheck by 20 cents an hour. It would also give skilled tradesmen an additional 30 cents per hour in each year of the contract on top of the increases going to production workers. The skilled workers, members of a group calling itself the "dollar -an - hour - now commit tee,” however, were demanding boosts of $1 per hour in every year of the contract even before negotiations began three months ago. Reuther predicted they would ratify the pact. Reuther has scheduled a television appearance on a local station for noon today, presu mably to explain the terms of the contract to the workers and to urge them to approve the agreement. SNOWED UNDER ALPHA. Mich. (UPl)—The Alpha city manager is also required to be a truck driver, snowplow operator, street admi nistrator, sewer and village plant operator, village marshal, supervisor and general overseer of all village property and activities. Eugene Houlmont resigned the post to devote more time to his pulp and Christmas tree business—his full time job. 9 jjjjl Bratsk jlj|l EYE OPENERS—The three co-winners of the Nobel Prize for Medicine: In Cambridge, Mass., Harvard Prof. George Wald, 60, gets a congratulatory kiss from wife Ruth; at Oxford, England, Swedish-born Prof. Ragnar Granit sits with con gratulatory telegrams in his office. Inset: Prof. Haldan Hartline of Rockefeller Institute, New York. They won for eye research in "the primary chemical and physiological visual processes in. the eye.” For Men Stroke Rate High In Southeast Area SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) — A team of 12 physicians reports that the death rate from heart disease varies widely from place to place in the United States, with men in the South east most likely to die of strokes. But scientists were unable to explain why the rate varies as much as 50 deaths per 100,000 population in Colorado to near ly 250 in parts of South Caro lina. The physicians told the clos ing session of the American Heart Association’s 40th annual meeting that a new study is now under way to attempt to determine all factors which might cause the difference. Involved in the original study were nine geographical areas, three with low stroke death rates, three with intermediate rates and three with high rates. The physicians found no dif ference between areas in the methods used by medical exam iners in writing death certifi cates, so the team was able “for the first time to establish that people live longer in one area than they do in another,” said one of the physicians, Dr. Nemat Borhani. Regional differences were dis covered in death rates in 1965 and early 1966 among men and women aged 45 to 74. The vari ance for women followed the same regional lines, but the differences were not as great. The death rate for other diseases, such as coronary ar tery disease, high blood pres sure and diabetes, was also higher in the areas with high stroke death rates, the study found. Examiner Rules Against Union Claim WASHINGTON (UPI)—A fed eral labor examiner has ruled against a union complaint that an Albany, Ga. firm engaged in unfair labor practices in polling employes on the union’s popularity. The dispute erupted when Lll lison Implement Co. polled its employes after it “was made aware of employe dissatisfac tion” with the labor organiza tion. The poll, in July of 1965, took place a year after the In ternational Union of District 50, United Mine Workers of Amer ica, began representing the em ployes. Mansgement at the time re ported finding 167 workers dis satisfied with the union while 26 wanted the labor group to continue representing them. The firm said it' would no longer deal with the union, and the union complained to the Na tional Labor Relations Board. Trial examiner Harold X. Summers Monday recommended dismissal of the complaint. • For Better SHOES SHOP I RAYCROMLEY § Lax NASA Is Fumbling Success in Space Race By RAY CROMLEY NEA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NEA) It is no accident things have gone wrong and the Saturn V shot will be delayed probably until sometime in November. The conditions that led up to the dreadful Apollo fire that killed Lt. Col. Virgil I. Grissojji, Lt. Col. Edward H. White and Lt. Comdr. Roger B. Chaffee have not been corrected. A few men have been fired, allowed to resign or been transferred. A new layer of supervision has been put on top of the old. But things haven’t changed much, according to some men close to the program. Today, nine months after the event, it is becoming appall ingly clear the Apollo fire was no accident but inevitable result of sloppy management supervision by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The fire hazard may well have been licked. But no adequate management system has been set up to replace the haphaz ard, easy-going system that was responsible for .the fire. Incompetent NASA managers are not removed because they have friends in powerful places who could make trouble for the men who do the removing. NASA officials are afraid to force some contractors to raise their standards for fear these contractors would cause them difficulties in Congress. A great deal of time and energy is spent jockeying for power, and position in NASA. Individual success may depend on how well a man plays the political game. According to this reporter’s sources, topflight technical men are turned down because they don’t meet the political criteria. The problem is not only a lack of adequate supervision of companies working on Saturn V, Apollo and other space pro jectsand their components. The problem is that the top men at NASA do not adequately ride herd on the men below them. Some of the top men are “nice guys.” They want to please everyone. They won’t clamp down on their subordinates to achieve the super-high standards necessary if the United States is to win the space race and win it with maximum safety to the astronauts involved. * HS f of proper supervision in turn has encouraged some field officers supervising NASA projects in the field to become even more lax in their overseeing of the quality of rkm /! nshl ,P b y the contractors making key components and as^r e * l^ « ies ior s P ace vehicles and engines. NASA headquarters is in Washington. The top men here are responsible to the President and Congress for the space programs The direct, on-the-spot supervision of the pro -8 n a ii. 0f c ? u ,a S ?’ 1S n o™ahy conducted in the field. mac a l hou f h U . has the ultimate responsibility and authority. NASA headquarters apparently has very little control over its own fie d operations. Managers and engineers in the field frequently defy their superiors in Washington. what s needed is a thoroughgoing shake-up in N4SA fn make certam the men in decision-making postsVre men with the courage to make tough decisions and able to bear down on the men and companies working with them when necessarv to insure the success and safety of the snare program SS3ry DOUBLE BED Size Single Control 2KKS3K&, GENERAL wm ELECTRIC At the time of your purchase you will " ■ m ■ be given a slip to be filled out. Upon * ELECTRIC BLANKET and Snooz-Alarm Clock dock to your home. Ask for full details. » ** * 1 VulWWIv the name so you W know of the high quality. Don’t {#)| * ft] | for as well as several for gifts! jSr ■ WBF A WA SLEEP GUARD BLAN- | * KET has no lumpy thermostats. Just Doze comfort. Huge IBH Super soft blend HP 80% PAY WEEKLY OR MONTHLYI * Hi THE DOCTOR SAY 3 Causes, Treatment Os Cracked Skin Vary By Wayne G. Brandstadt, M.D. Q—The ends of my thumbs crack and bleed. Changes of weather or location make no difference. Ointments have been used without success. What would you suggest? A—Since there are several possible causes, no single treatment will benefit all persons with this rather common condition. The skin of your thumbs may be unusually thick or abnormally thin. Exposure to oils, strong soaps or some substance to which you sure allergic may be the cause. Aging, with Its attendant hardening of the arteries, may also be a factor. In some persons a diet deficient In protein or vitamins Is the cause. If soothing ointments, such as Lassar’s paste, do not help you, you should cover the cracked skin with an adhesive bandage dut, most important, have your doctor find the cause and eliminate it. Q—Can one .have scoliosis without torticollis,? What causes these conditions? Is there any cure? i A—Scoliosis is an S-shaped curvature of the spine and torticollis is wryneck. It is possible — in fact usual — to have one of these conditions without the other. Scoliosis may be caused by poliomyelitis, muscular dystrophy or poor posture in childhood. Mild degrees require no treatment. If the condition is recognized during childhood It can be corrected by the wearing of a spinal brace or body cast. Torticollis may be caused by an injury to the neck muscles on one side at birth. The injured muscles develop tough scar tissue which contracts and pulls the head toward the affected side. The treatment is surgical removal of the scar tissue. Spasmodic wryneck developing later in life Is another matter. Some persons with this condition are helped by an operation in which a cryosurgical probe (one cooled to subsero temperature) Is used to destroy a minute area of the brain. This treatment is considered experimental. Q—l get high altitude sickness when I go to Lake Tahoe. Is there any cure for this? A—Mountain sickness is caused by the fact that at high altitudes the air contains less oxygen than at sea level. Recent studies Indicate that actazola mlde (Diamox) Increases the body’s tolerance to this type of air hunger. It is available only on prescription. Please send your questions and comments to Wayne G. Brandstadt, M.D., in care of this paper. While Dr. Brandstadt cannot answer individual letters he will answer letters of general Interest In future columns. For information about: MUTUAL FUNDS Call or visit: Mr. Carl L. Kelley THOMSON & McKinnon Members New York Stock Exchange 113 West Taylor St. Griffin, Ga. Telephone: 227-1335