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News Briefs From United Press International UAW members ratify pact with Ford by large margin
DETROIT—Members of the United Auto Workers yesterday ratified by an overwhelming margin a historic pact with Ford Motor Co., swapping wage taxes in favor of labor rights.
Unofficial totals from UAW showed that the pact was approved on a vote of 43,883 to 15,833, a 73 percent margin, following a week of voting. About two-thirds of voters said they supported the pact.
The agreement takes effect today. Formal signing ceremonies are set for 2:30 p.m. at Ford's world headquarters in suburban Dearborn.
Approval of the contract will enable Ford to quickly resume supplemental unemployment benefits for laid-off workers, union leaders said. The company's supplemental fund, which helps make up the difference between unemployment checks and a worker's former salary ran dry earlier this
Officials said the week of voting went smoothly and only a few local groups rejected the pact. UAW spokesmen said the low turnout resulted because members decided not to vote when they heard the pact was passing by a wide margin.
Ratification now means a "three-tier" system of contracts between the IAW and the nation's big three automakers.
General Motors Corp. workers will remain under a current pact, which was approved in 1979, while Chrysler Corp. workers last year approved contract concessions in the midst of the company's brush with bankruptcy.
The spotlight now turns to GM, where negotiations fell apart Jan. 20.
Salvador army attacks guerrillas
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador—Lefort guerrillas fought off assaults by government troops on a northern volcano yesterday in the heaviest combat ever.
Meanwhile, in a televised interview yesterday, the leader of El Salvador's rebels force助 for U.S. help in arranging peace negotiations between the two countries.
Heavy fighting was reported near the villages of Palo Grande and of the Robolan, on the slopes of the Guzapaz Volcano about 30 miles north of the
At least 10 government soldiers were seriously wounded in fighting on the volcano late Saturday and early yesterday as the guerrillas continued to hold their positions, a shift from their traditional tactic of retreating from the army.
At least 39 government soldiers were killed around the country and 75 seriously wounded during the past week, the highest number of military casualties reported since the January 1981 guerrilla offensive, local commanders said.
Reagan adviser urges local cuts
WASHINGTON-The president's top economic adviser, Murray Weidenbaum, urged local governments yesterday to cut their budgets the same way the federal government is doing in order to prevent large increases in property taxes.
Weidenbaum spoke to a gathering of mayors and city officials at the annual congressional-city conference of the National League of Cities.
Various economic experts told officials at the conference that both property taxes and new user fees on the local level were accelerating rapidly.
Weidenbaum said his suggestion for more scrutiny of local budgets probably wouldn't please mayors and city managers.
I was an active participant in those budget review sessions," he said. "That is quite an eye opener at the federal level, and I wouldn't be surprised that someone sitting through at the local level and the state level and the county level would have a very similar experience."
Tanzanian hijackers free hostages
STANsted, England—Four hijackers freed the last of 82 hostages held for three days aboard a Tajmin jetliner and surrendered to police authorities.
"All the people who were on the aircraft are off, safe and well," said Robert Bunyard, Essex chief constable.
The hijackers, who were demanding the expulsion of Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, were arrested.
Bunyard said the four hijackers were allowed to speak with an exiled Tanzanian leader who apparently convinced them to give up. The four left the Air Tanzania jet "peacefully" after releasing the last group of 22 hostages.
A co-pilot suffered a minor wound during the takeover, but all the other passengers were unharmed despite frequent death threats and claims by the hijackers that two hostages were killed on board.
Jordan to request arms aid soon
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger said yesterday that Jordan had not yet asked to Buy American mobile anti-aircraft missiles or F-16 jet fighters, but King Hussein said Jordan's arms requests would be made soon.
Weinberger, who recently returned to the Middle East, refused to say whether the Reagan administration would be sympathetic to such a request, although he described Jordan's current anti-aircraft system as "ineffective."
Weinberger said he was concerned that Jordan's purchase of surface to air missiles from Moscow might extend Soviet influence in the Middle East, and said he warned Hussein that "more than instruction manuals are involved" in weapon purchases from the Soviets.
Hussein said requests for military arms from the United States would be made at upcoming joint military commission hearings.
China, U.S. ignore 10th anniversary
The communique was signed by former President Richard Nixon and the late Premier Chou En-Lai on Feb. 28, 1972, but relations between the two countries are now seriously strained by a dispute over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.
SHANGHAI, China—China and the United States publicly ignored the 10th anniversary yesterday of the historic Shanghai communique that led to a crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
Nixon warned yesterday, that U.S. arms sales to Taiwan could frighten the Chinese into a renewal of its foreign alliance with the Soviet Union...
U. S.-China relations were formally re-established on Jan. 1, 1979 after nearly 30 years of hostility between the two nations.
In Washington, the State Department said President Reagan had sent a letter to China's leaders commemorating the anniversary of the com-
Carson cited for drunken driving
Police said Carson was brought into the station about 1:30 a.m. Saturday and booked for drunken driving. Police Chief Lee Tracy ordered that no alcohol was allowed.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. —Johnny Carson, host of NBC's "Tonight" show, said yesterday he was stopped by police for a motor vehicle violation but refused to comment on a police report that said he was arrested for drunken driving.
A spokesman for Carson said the comedian was stopped by police for having an improper license plate registration. Carson voluntarily submitted to a sobriety test, spokesman Jim Mahoney said. He did not comment on the result of the test.
A police spokesman said Carson, 56, will go before a judge in about two weeks and could face a penalty ranging from a fine to a jail sentence.
Prof disputes Reaganomics
By VINCE HESS Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Reaganomics is based on flawed assumptions, and the 1982 and 1984 elections will provide a forum for candidates promoting alternatives, tax laws, social welfare tax, a professor of social welfare said recently during an interview.
The professor, Donald Chamberls, has written a textbook, "The Practical Public Policy Analyst," to be published in the fall. The book will contain a guide with Chamberls analysis of Reaganomics and its effects on the poor.
The basic premises of Reaganonomics, tax cuts to help the economy and welfare cuts to reduce government spending, are based on a misunderstanding of the economy, Chambers said.
"If you take Reagan's and Stockman's statements at face value, their view of economics is basically naive," he said. "They really believe that if you cut taxes for the most wealthy, they'll spend more that money in new plants, not antiques."
"There's no evidence that's true.
"Reagan and Stockman really believe there's such a thing as a free market. Even Adam Smith didn't go that far."
CHAMBERS SAID money from previous tax cuts in the United States had been spent mostly on consumption. Only 5 percent went into investment.
Reaganism also includes cuts in welfare programs, and the New Federalism calls for the transfer of the remaining programs to the state and federal.
In addition to actual cuts in welfare spending, Chamberls said, the poor also
suffered under inflation, which erodes
underlying power and increases
unemployment.
"The thing Reagan doesn't seem to understand is it's not just the disreputable poor he's causing problems for, but the people who are laid off and who would get food stamps."
Because of all this, he said, there
of people who were hungry
this winter.
STATISTICS from the Congressional Budget Office contracted the claim by some Reagan supporters that the welfare cuts do not hurt the "really" poor, Chambers said. A CBO report showed that 70 percent of the 1982 budget cuts in welfare would directly affect the poor.
"The private charities have no possibility of covering the gap," said Chambers, a member of the private sector that supports the private for the Kansas City, Kan., archiosecies.
In a report released Saturday, the CBO said that 85 percent of the tax cuts for individuals in calendar year 1983 would go to households with incomes of more than $20,000. In fiscal year 1983-84, 60 percent of the cuts in grants to state and local governments would come from programs for those with low income or those receiving public assistance.
Chambers said private charities and the state and local governments could not afford to take over the ad- ditional government's welfare programs.
said, quoting figures from a New York Times report.
"Any accountant can tell you that."
"Any accountant can tell you that." Under the New Federalism, Kansas would have to increase taxes 8% percent, or $119 million, to pay for the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program at its present level, Chambers
"Kansas is better off than a lot of states," he said. "The conclusion is the states aren't going to accept the New Federalism."
BUT CHAMBERS said he saw some worthy ideas in Reagan's proposals.
One such idea is that federal spending is out of control. Another such idea is an increase of local control over government, especially such personal social services as school nutrition programs, education, public health and mental health.
Chambers said a third strong idea of Reagan's was his criticism of the often poor management of welfare programs. However, Congress, political parties and such professions as education, medicine and social welfare have not been specific in setting the procedures going on as welfare programs. Another problem in experience; national welfare programs are only a few decades old.
"Reagan will go out as the second Herbert Hoover. But this will pave the way for an economically liberal government in the next election," he said.
SUCH A government could consider a proposal, the negative income tax, that appeals to both fiscal conservatives and liberals, Chambers said.
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THE STUDENTS CONCERNED WITH DISABILITYS will sponsor a discussion group at 4 p.m. in 7-D Lippincott Hall.
THE SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS, Sigma Delta Chi, will sponsor a speech by Tonda Rush, Attorney for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and National Director of the Freedom of Information Service Center, at 7 p.m. in the Conference Room of the Satellite Union.
As a guest of the KU PHILOSOLOGY DEPARTMENT, Nelson Potter, professor and chairman of the department of philosophy at the University of Nebraska HarperCollins Publishers. On Obligatory Ends! at 8 p.m. in the International Room of the Kansas Union.
THE NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS ORGANIZATION will sponsor a dutch lunch for members at 11 a.m. in Cork II of the Union.
THE CAMPUS CRUSEAD FOR CHRIST will meet at 7 p.m. in the Jayhawk Room of the Union.
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The members and guests of the NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS ORGANIZATION would like to thank Chancellor Gene Budig and Vice Chancellor for student Affairs, David Ambler, for joining our weekly "Dutch Luncheon" on February 16th in the Cork II room of the Union.
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