UMW reaches tentative pact
WAbHlNGTON (AP) — The striking United
Mine Workers (UMW) and a major indepen
dent coal company reached a tentative con
tract settlement Monday that could set a pat
tern for an industry-wide agreement to end the
77-day coal strike.
But Carter administration officials cautioned
that major roadblocks remained and began
testing congressional sentiment for legislation
to force an end to the strike.
Labor Secretary Ray Marshall conferred
with the chairman of the House and Senate
committees that would handle any legislation
to halt the dispute.
After the talks on Capitol Hill, Marshall was
called to the White House to confer with Vice
President Walter Mondale, Energy Secretary
James Schlesinger and others.
Officials said Carter’s options for intervening
in the strike include one or a combination of the
following: invoking the Taft-Hartley Act ordering
miners back to work, seeking legislation for a
temporary federal seizure of the mines or legis
lation imposing binding arbitration to dictate
contract terms.
The tentative agreement with P&M Coal
Co., a Gulf Oil Corp. subsidiary, was taken to
the union's 39-member bargaining council for
review.
If the contract is approved by the UMW
leadership and rank-and-file members em
ployed by P&M, the company could begin pro
ducing coal, helping to ease shortages in some
areas.
But more importantly, the tentative
agreement could bring pressure on the
Bituminous Coal Operators Association to
reach a settlement.
rWorld at a glance^,
From Associated Ptmm mporta
Assad goes arms shopping
Syrian Pres. Hafez Assad flew to Moscow on an arms-buying
trip Monday — the fourth hardline Arab leader opposed to Egypt's
Middle East peace initiative to visit the Soviet Union within a
month.
As the Soviets laid on a red carpet welcome for Assad, a top
U S. envoy returned to Jerusalem to try to resuscitate the stalled
Egyptian-Israeli talks and the Israeli cabinet began a major reas
sessment of its attitude towards the peace bid.
U S. Assistant Secretary of State Alfred Atherton told reporters
at the airport that he will try to draw Jordan into the negotiations.
Goering’s suicide note printed
BONN, West Germany — A German newspaper has pub
lished a suicide note attributed to Hermann Goering in which the
Nazi Reichsmarshal told his wife, Emmy, he would have ac
cepted an Allied firing squad but was killing himself to escape the
indignity of hanging.
The newspaper. Welt am Sonntag, said the former air force
chief and No. 2 man in the Nazi hierarchy wrote the letter in his
prison cell shortly before poisoning himself on Oct. 15,1946, two
hours before the scheduled hanging.
Widow, 71, arrested on assault
QUINCY, Mass. — A 71 -year-old reclusive widow was taken
into custody Monday after keeping police at bay from her bun
galow with a shotgun for 12 days, threatening to kill herself and
anyone who approached.
Detective Guido Pettanelli grabbed Mary Regina Connor
when she opened the door of her home early in the afternoon.
Officers found a loaded shotgun inside the door, Quincy Police Lt.
James Fay said.
Paul Graham, a neighbor, said Connor opened the door after
Pettanelli had knocked to check her condition when she did not
answer her phone.
She was arrested on an assault charge stemming from a
threat she made with the gun, police said.
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Officials deny
Jordan’s spitting
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
White House released 33 pages
of statements Monday to counter
a story in a newspaper gossip col
umn that said Hamilton Jordan,
Pres. Carter’s chief aide, spat a
drink down the front of a young
woman's blouse in a Washington
singles bar.
The Washington Post reported
Sunday that two witnesses told
reporter Rudy Maxa that on the
night of Jan. 27, Jordan and two
friends tried to strike up conversa
tion with the woman at Sarsfield’s
bar. It said Jordan introduced
himself as “Harvey Phillips.”
In the course of the conversa
tion, the Post said, Jordan wrote
the woman a dirty limerick and
rubbed the small of her back until
her repeated efforts to remove his
hands finally discouraged him.
When he failed to distract her
from a conversation with another
man, the newspaper said, "Jor
dan filled his mouth with his drink
and spewed it down the front of
her blouse.”
White House Press Secretary
Jody Powell said when he heard
last Friday the Post had prepared
the story, an assistant to White
House counsel Robert Lipshutz
was dispatched to talk with sev
eral witnesses, including the bar
tender at Sarsfield’s who served
Jordan.
Soviet military
outstrips NATO
LONDON (AP) — The British
government said Monday the
Soviet military buildup is outstrip
ping that of the NATO allies in the
air, at sea and on land.
The Labor government report
said the Russians are spending
between 11 and 13 percent of
their resources on the buildup.
Moscow’s military capability
goes well beyond Europe into Af
rica and the Soviet government is
able to deploy military resources
rapidly “in support of its political
interests in the Third World,’’ the
report said.
It gave these examples of the
increase in Soviet naval power in
the Eastern Atlantic and in land
power in Central Europe over the
past 10 years:
•The number of nuclear
powered submarines increased
from 44 to 104, or 136 percent.
•Missile-armed cruisers and
destroyers increased from six to
23 or 283 percent.
•Fixed-wing maritime aircraft
increased from 170 to 220, or 29
percent.
•Battle tanks increased from
7,250 to 9,500, or 31 percent.
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A Brown Bag Lunch Series
' Tues, Feb. 21 - How to Start A Bookstore and Other Businesses-Mary
Faust and Patricia Tubb - Book and Tea Shop
Mon, Feb. 27 - Rabbi Laura Geller (co-sponsored by the Jewish Student
Union and Women’s Referral and Resource Service)
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<Events DaUy in the University of Oregon EMU
Monday, Feb. 20
Nobuko Joanne Miyamoto and Bennie Yee, members of
"Warriors of the Rainbow," an Asian American movement
band, will give a concert at 8:00 pm in the EMU Ballroom.
Tickets are S3.00 and may be purchased at the EMU main
desk.
‘Tuesday, Feb. 21
Jerome Hall, internationally known Black poet and writer,
will give a iecture at 1:00 pm in the EMU Forum Room. Halt
writes articles and does photography for many newspapers
and magazines, and also teaches courses on racism in Spain
and the U.S. One of the possible topics Hall will speak on
is "European racism: variations and significance. Free
admission.
Wednesday, Feb 22
Roger Broer, nationally known Sioux Indian artist will give
a lecture and show some of his paintings at 12:00 pm in the
EMU Forum room. Admission is free.
The award winning film "At the Time of Whaling" will be
shown at 7 00 pm in the EMU Forum room. This movie
tells about whaling from the side of the Eskimos and explains
why it is an important part of their culture.
Members of the Asian American Student Union will combine
poetry, history and commentary with Judo, Kung Fu and
Karate in a martial arts demonstration at 7:30 pm in the
EMU, room 167. Admission is $1 00 and tickets may be
purchased at the EMU main desk. This demonstration will
combine technique and thought so that viewers may gain
insight into the total picture of martial arts.
‘Thursday, Feb, 23
Jerome Hall, internationally known Black poet and writer,
will give a lecture at 8 00 pm in room 167, EMU. One of the
possible topics Hall will speak on is Contemporary poetry
the significance of new movements.
(Friday, Feb. 24
Dance to disco from 9:00 pm to 12:30 am in room 167,
EMU. Admission is $1.00.
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‘Dinner/Show
Friday,Feb.24 6:00p.m.
EMU Ballroom 2.50
Ethnic Food and Entertainment
cMenu:
Barbecued chicken, greens, fried won ton, fried bread
corn cobettes, lemonade and coffee
‘Entertainment:
Poetry reading, singing, traditional Indian and Japanese
dance, martial arts and more!