2 Thursday, March 2, 1978 University Daily Kansan Miners divided about proposed contract By the Associated Press Miners streamed by the hundreds into meetings throughout the nation's coal country yesterday to bear—and sometimes to lose—the contract that could end their 86-day strike. Over television and radio, United Mine Workers president Arnold Miller and other leaders urged ratification when members voted this weekend. District leaders took to podiums in union halls and civic auditoriums to brief local leaders and rank-and-file members in West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Colorado. ColorFade. But the contract was meeting resistance in the area, with certain regional and local leaders among the most vocal opponents. SOME MINERS, HOWEVER, said they wanted to return to work. In Washington, however, President Carter said he had good hope for ratification and Labor Secretary Ray Marshall said, "It's looking favorable." wanted to refute In District 5 in southern West Virginia, the county and most often mottled UMW district with more than 25,000 of the union's 160,000 striking miners, the scene was the Madison, W. Va., Civic Center, which was jammed with about 1,000 UMW members. The proposed contract was agreed on by negotiators for the union and the Bituminous Coal Association last month. The more Pressure war was to announce steps to end the strike. "The health and retirement section caused the biggest fuss," said Mandy Cabell Jr., a miner from Camp Creek, W. Va. current average of $7.80 an hour. It would guarantee health and pension benefits that currently have been suspended because wildcat strikes and the current strike have halted contributions to the funds that support them, because inflation has also depleted them. OVER THREE years, it would raise wages by a maximum $2.40 an hour over the But the health plan would also make miners pay part of the cost of some treatments that were free before, and it would be harder to find them by independent trustees, as it has been. 18, 10,000-member District 6, when 300 representatives gathered near Bellaire, Ohio, to be brief for local meetings today, Tom Van Horn, Local 1601 president, declared: "I'm gonna tell them they're crazier than灯 if they vote for it." AND OUTSIDE a meeting of 65 local presidents in Springfield, III, international executive board members in Chicago and not arguing anybody to vote against it and I'm certainly not asking them to vote for it . . . I don't think they are willing to accept my obligation is more or less to talk for it." plies in a number of states near the Appalachian coal fields. The long strike has depleted coal stock More than 4,000 layoffs have been prompted by power cutbacks in Indiana, and industrial customers of two West Texas oil fields have been considered to undergo 30 percent cutbacks today. However, West Virginia officials suspended the curtailment yesterday, saying they would reconsider after the UMW vote was known. Some locals will vote as early as tomorrow, others as late as Monday. U.S. stiffens nuclear arms stand WASHINGTON (AP)—The administration stiffened its stand on a new nuclear arms treaty yesterday, warning the Russians against interference in Africa and ruling out major American concessions in the continuing negotiations. The warning came from Zhigniev Brzezinski, the U.S. national security adviser, who said unwarranted intrusion into conflict between Ethiopia and Somalia would complicate efforts to work out a treaty and to get it ratified by the Senate. He also told reporters at a White House breakfast that the United States nearly had reached its limit in making concessions on intercontinental ballistic missiles, long-range bombers and the low-flying American cruise missile. Differences over the three weapons systems are considered to be the major obstacle to completing an agreement. The last October would be ready within a few weeks. Since then, the negotiations toward a new Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty have slowed. The Kremlin has pressed the war effort of progress and insisted in a sharply worded statement that Washington accepted major restrictions on the cruise missile and other U.S. weapons systems. Brezinaki said yesterday that the administration had set specific standards on how far it was prepared to compromise with the Russians and that "there is no point in signing an agreement that doesn't meet those standards." His warning on Africa is the first by an administration official directly linking progress on arms control to Soviet behavior in the Horn of Africa. The Russians, in an informal alliance with Cuba, have provided weapons and technical military aid to Ethiopia's Marxist government. According to U.S. intelligence estimates, there are about 1,000 Russian advisers in Ethiopia along with 10,000 to 11,000 Cuban troops. This aid permitted Ethiopia to repel an attack from Somalia over the disputed Ogaden region and to drive the invaders back toward their borders. The United States has urged the Russians to support efforts to arrange a cease-fire and to persuade Ethiopia not to cross the border. Plane disaster leaves two dead LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Honolulu-bound DC-10, on a flight that was to be the pilot's last before retirement, blew two tires as it approached takeoff yesterday, then tipped over and burst into flames, killing two passengers and injuring 73 others. Fire department spokesman said the two dead—among 184 passengers and 14 crew members—were killed during frantic efforts to escape the burning Continental Airlines plane. Witnesses said an escape chute was engulfed in flames and passengers using that chute were dumped into a sea of fire. The spokesmen said passengers then tried to free across the aircraft's burning left wing, and flames lept through the open escape hatch into the cabin. Continental said the pilot, Capt. Gene Hersche, was on his last flight before retirement. His 60th birthday is tomorrow. He was the first accident in 37 years of flying. As Flight 603 approached takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport at 9:23 a.m. PST, two tires tire low and a landing gear collapsed, Continental spokesman Robert Sterling said. Herschever reversed his engines immediately and veered to the left, Sterling said, and the plane tipped over and caught fire. Witnesses said pulling the plane to the left averted what might have been a worse disaster because th disabled plane could have hit buildings on the right. The aircraft was taking off from west to east, a direction used only during storms because of wind changes. Southern storms with heavy rain Tuesday and yesterday. Passengers were taken to several nearby "A tip of my hat for their single-minded of Third World leadership," said a Gaussian. An American official whose main responsibility is to deal with Cuba and other Latin American countries said the Cubans were "well informed, diligent professionals who do their homework. They are extraordinarily active and talented." Cuba, which ranks 46th among the 149 U.S. nomenclatures of its contribution to NATO's mission. "Inquitably, Cuba is an important leader of the non-aligned bloc and a constructive force at the United Nations," said Nigerian Ambassador Leslie O. Harriman. Cubans gain diplomatic influence, receive praise at United Nations UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Cuba has become an increasingly influential diplomatic force at the United Nations in the face of a growing militarist threat, technicians and doctors around the world. Unlike its controversial military involvement in Africa, which began with the Angolan civil war in 1978, Cuba's role at the United Nations has drawn little觉悉 response from diplomats, and others there have been admired by other delegations. Reserved Seats *630 & *530* Their hard work and Cuba's growing foreign presence have, in the words of an Indian diplomat, made the Caribbean nation a "minor major power." "Cuba's influence is such that no Third World country would want to introduce a resolution without Havana's support," the diplomat said. Others see the Cuban role as that of a catalyst, a behind-the-scenes line lining up Third World countries for confrontation against the Western powers. Available at SUA Box office, Kief's, Cape's Corner & Peaches in Kansas City. Mother, Topek The Cubans, most of them in their 20s and 30s, participate in nearly all facets of U.N. activities, pressing for maximum exposure of such Third World countries to small island nations of small island entities like Puerto Rico, a new world economic order, Palestinian rights and southern Africa. They also are active on the cocktail circuit and have built a reputation of never missing diplomats, the fifth largest after the Soviet Uplion, the United States, China and Brazil. Wyoming-Kansas pipeline gets approval Friday, March 31 8:00 p.m. HOCH AUDITORIUM/ UNIVERSITY of KANSAS LEO KOTTKE Cuba's diplomatic activism also has enabled Fidel Castro's government to establish full diplomatic relations with nearly 100 nations, up from about 70 five years ago and 49 in 1959 under the government of Fulgencio Batista. Cuba has its share of enemies who occasionally creek fowl over its military capabilities and their warnings and criticisms have gone unhealed in the Third World-dominated world forum. Ambassador Ricardo Alarcon, who has represented Cuba here for the past 11½ years, explains Cuba's activist foreign policy by saying that "the movement was from afar because, for a long time, we were completely isolated in the Western Hemisphere." The United States continues to be a verbal target of Cuban verbal abuse, along with Chile, Israel and South Africa. But the U.S. delegation, under the leadership of Andrew Young, no longer responds to Cuban invective with the same sharpness Daniel Patrick Moynihan displayed when he was the U.S. envoy. An SUA & Schon Production in cooperation with KY102 hospitals. Three persons were reported in critical condition. County health officials said a total of 50 persons were injured. Continued spokesmen put the figure at 30. from the Arapahoe Pipeline Co. for $18.5 million, converting that line for gas transmission. Karnell said Cities Service would only about 183 miles of new pipeline. The pipeline proposed by Cities Service would run from Rawlins, Wyo., to Heston, Kan. It would carry up to 185 million cubic feet each day, or 4.7 billion cubic feet a year. WASHINGTON (UP1)—An Energy Department judge has given Cities Service Gas Co. initial approval to build a new gas pipeline from Wyoming to Kansas, saying it is needed to safeguard home fuel supplies, a department spokesman said yesterday. The decision by administrative law judge Samuel Kanell of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said Cities Service might have to curtail deliveries to some homes and small businesses in 1984 if it did not tap new gas fields in Wyoming. existing oil ship —was the best way for Citese Service to油车 gas from Wyoming. He turned down a Colorado Interstate Gan Co. to buy these exiting lines to carry the Citese fuel fleet. Kanel ruled that the $5 million pipeline—part new and part converted from an part Under the proposal, Cities Service would buy 473 miles of existing pipeline oilne The full commission must review Kanell's decision, which was issued Tuesday, before he could be appointed. UK TVListings Thursday 6:30 Hollywood Squares 4 Sha Na Na 5 $25,000 Pyramid 9 MacNeil Lehre Report 11, 19 Octuple 13 Mary Tyler Moore 27 Newlywed Game 41 7:00 New Zealand for the Fun of It 4 Waltons 5, 13 Welcome Back, Kotter 9 Once Upon a Classic 11 Forsythe Saga 19 Chief 27 Jokers' Wild 41 7:30 Flash 9 Sneak Previews 11 Hollywood connection 41 8:00 James at 16:44, 27 Hawaii at 16:33, 13 Barney Milner 9 World 11, 19 Movie Theater The Best Man" starring Honka Fonda 41 Louise's Bar 7th and Michigan 9:00 Class of 65 14 Barnaby Jones 5, 13 Ben Venere Special 9 Karen Gerrard 11 New Zealand for the F uni 127 10:00 News 4, 5, 9, 13, 27 General Sociology 11 Dick Cavett 19 Star Trek 41 8:30 Carter Country 9 10:30 Tonight a 27 Medium Game at Series 5 Mary Tayler Moore 9 ABC Capped News 11, 19 Movie - "The Terminal Man" starring Nicholas Porter 11:00 Odd Couple 9 Starsky & Hutch 41 11:30 Untouchables 5 Forever Fernwood 9 Everything you need is in the UDK 12:00 Tomorrow 4, 87 Merv Griffin 9 12:10 Toma 41 111 Flint 864-4358 An attorney for Ellis said depositions would be taken early next week from residence and guests of the hotel to determine availability and availability of fire protection devices. Defendants in the suit are Bruening Properties Inc. and Downtown Realty Co., owners, and Shryock Realty Co., manager. Fire victims' family files suit against Coates hotel Mike Ellis, husband and father of the plaintiffs, and two of his daughters, Candy, 4, and Marcella, 2, were guests at the hotel where the three were in a 10-year-old structure. All three were killed. 12.30 Movie—"The Incident" 5 1. 20 News 4 1. 20 Movie—"The Best Man" starring Henry Fonda 41 1. 20 News 5 1. 25 Love, American Style 41 1. 30 Art Linkletter 5 Dick Van Dyke 41 1. 30 Night Gallery 41 1. 40 Thriller 41 1. 50 Untamed World 41 1. 50 Wildlife Theatre 41 The petition alleges that the hotel management failed to provide an alternate means of exit from the fourth floor apartment where the Elliss were staying. It also alleges there were not effective smoke detectors or alarms, adequate fire extinguishing devices, properly working fire doors at specified locations or adequate fire escapes or rope ladders. The petition also alleges that the management violated various state, county and city codes and laws. Brenda Ellis and her daughter, Melissa Lynn, are seeking $454,000 in actual damages and $1 million in punitive damages. KANSAS CITY. Mo. (AP)—A $1.35 million lawsuit has been filed against the owners and managers of the Coates House in connection with the Jan. 28 fire, which claimed 20 lives. U p o l a n L C I N r T This space for rent. 864-4358 NOTICE WHERE? Due to heavy mail response, six more informational meetings will be held to explain our accelerated reading and study skills program. Lawrence Community Center 11th and Vermont Community Room WHEN? educational reading services of kansas, inc. professional consultants to schools—executive reading programs 3300 west 29th street topeka,kansas 66614 (913)273-2233 Thursday March 2 6:00-7:00- 8:00 p.m.