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inter/national news Nurses approve new contract SPRINGFIELD Nurses at McKenzie-Wil lamette Hospital approved a contract offer Wednesday in voting to end the longest nurses strike in Oregon history Burton White of the Oregon Nurses' Association said the pact approved overwhelmingly provides 114 percent pay raises retroactive to July 4 and a 9 percent boost next year The nurses will be back to work Monday or Tuesday, White said About 150 nurses went on strike July 14. and the hospital has operated at reduced capacity since that time The pact brings starting pay to $8 26 an hour Sadat assassins ‘isolated group’ CAIRO, Egypt Egypt said Wednesday that an "isolated" group of four sol diers including a Moslem fanatic assassinated Pres Anwar Sadat, and the government quickly scheduled a referendum next week to approve Vice Pre sident Hosm Mubarak as Sadat s successor Parliament held an emer gency session to overwhelm ingly endorse the nomination that Egypt's ruling party gave Mubarak within hours of Sadat's assassination Tuesday The Parliament's action meant Mubarak's name will be the only one on the ballot Oct 13 The date falls within Egypt's 60-day constitutional limit Defense Minister Abdel Halim Abu Ghazala told reporters dur ing a break in the parliamentary session that Sadat's assassins were not part of a coup plot but were "an individual group and they are not even related to any group or country " Haig warns Arab nations WASHINGTON The Reagan administration warned Libya and other radical Arab nations on Wednesday that it "would view with great concern" any attempt to seize upon Pres Anwar Sadat’s as sassination to meddle with Egypt or otherwise fan instabili ty in the Mideast Secretary of State Alexander Haig declared also that America remains a full partner in the peace process initiated by Sadat, “this gigantic personali ty," and is committed to “pur sue his work” toward a com prehensive Middle East sett lement Haig pledged full support to the Egyptian government now headed by Hosni Mubarak, Sadat's hand-picked heir Meanwhile, the Defense Department continued its order of late Tuesday calling for boosted readiness of the U S Rapid Deployment Force and American warships in the Medi terranean ABC wins ratings war NEW YORK ABC wrapped up the 1980-81 TV year by finishing first in the weekly ratings competition, thanks largely to “Hart to Hart” and "Three s Company," the week's most-watched pro grams, figures from the A C Nielsen Co showed CBS had seven shows among the 10 highest-rated, but it wasn't enough to overcome ABC's quick start CBS had won the three-way competition 38 times in the 55-week period — the recently completed TV year was stretched a bit by labor problems in Hollywood It was ABC's third straight finish in the No 1 spot, and the network's 10th of the year NBC finished first five times, and ABC and CBS tied for the top position twice Bill limits chemical use WASHINGTON Eight Pacific Northwest con gressmen are backing a bill aimed at getting berry growers out of the chemical business and local youngsters back to berry picking The bill sponsored by Rep Norman Dicks, D-Wash , would transfer the responsibility for determining the toxicity of agricultural chemicals and pes ticides used on the crops from berry growers to the Environ mental Protection Agency 10% DISCOUNT To U. of O. Students, Foculty ond Stoff on Service ond Repairs With current full-rime srudent or staff Universiry I D cord Service Deportment open Mon.-fri.: 7:30-5:30, Sot.: 8:00-5:00 1570 South A, Springfield 746-8241 /IEGRI/T Growers presently are required to prove that safety standards for those substances are met before they can hire children to pick the berry crops, said Rep Denny Smith, R-Ore„ one of the bill’s co-sponsors Solidarity calls for price freeze GDANSK, Poland Solidarity’s congress called for a freeze on prices Wednesday and threatened to stage a token nationwide strike if the Communist government does not comply The resolution, in response to Monday's sudden doubling of cigarette prices, was adopted after the congress passed a 34-point social and economic program aimed at giving workers more say in the opera tion of state-run enterprises Delegates also voted to hold a "people’s” tribunal of former government officials blamed for Poland s "downfall” if Com munist authorities do not pro secute them this year House panel rejects AWACs WASHINGTON While a House panel voted to reject his $8 5 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, Pres Reagan pressed the Senate's Repub lican majority with some suc cess on Wednesday to reverse the congressional tide against the deal "I need you, the country and the world need you on this decision,” the president was quoted as telling 43 Republican senators at a White House meeting that coincided with the 28-8 recommendation by the House Foreign Affairs commit tee to cancel the transaction. After hearing Reagan's ap peal, Sen Alan Simpson of Wyoming, switched from the opposition ranks to support of the sale The president won a similar turnaround from Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah a day ear lier. In addition, six previously un committed senators declared Wednesday they would back the president. All had been con sidered likely to take that posi tion. Airlines chop ticket prices NEW YORK American and Trans World airlines cut fares on their bu siest routes Wednesday, joining United in a price war that runs counter to usual autumn trends and defies predictions of higher fares during the air controllers strike American and TWA an nounced similar price cuts to defend their shares of the transcontinental and midcon tinental markets against United, which ignited the latest round of cuts Tuesday. United lowered coach fares on all its coast-to-coast routes, including the heavily traveled New York-Los Angeles and New York-San Francisco routes. The new fare is $438 roundtrip, down from the previous $600 from fJew York and $650 from most other cities United also reduced its roundtrip coach fares from Chicago and several other Mid west cities to California to $318, compared with the previous $734 to Los Angeles and $736 to San Francisco. Midcontinenta! fares to the Pacific Northwest were dropped to $398 roundtrip Stop executions, says Bazargan BEIRUT, Lebanon The man who served as Aya tollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s first premier spoke in Parliament on Wednesday against the mass executions of anti-government leftists, but Khomeini loyalists shouted him down, then walked out and later called for his death, reports from Tehran said Following the speech by former Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan, merchants in Tehran staged a demonstration demanding that Bazargan and other "liberals" be thrown out of the parliament, or Majlis, state-controlled Tehran Radio said Bazargan called for an end to the firing squad executions of Mujahedeen Khalq guerrillas, arguing they were not "the lackeys of the United States.” ^ouCaSkedaforeit! MONDAY NIGHT Seafood Specials featuring five different choices: 1. Deep fried fish filets Fresh fish dipped in Tempura batter, served with potato and vegetable. 2. Deep fried seafood platter Fresh fried shrimp, scallops, oysters or clams with fish, served with tartar sauce and lemon wedge. 3. Broiled seafood platter Flalibut, shrimp, scallops broiled in lemon butter and a hint of white wine. 4. Tempura shrimp Dipped in Tempura batter, cooked to a golden brown, serued in a heaping plateful with cocktail sauce and lemon. 5. Steamed king crab legs Crab legs in shell, served with drawn butter and lemon. In addition, you are invited to enjoy our salad buffet with tossed greens, choice of dressing, frozen bing cherry ring, marinated vegetables and more. Reservations recommended. tii i: I MI K AI I) VAI I I Y IOKKISI IVY H.l _•>»:( |» V II K I XI K 11 \ 11 ( k I s \\ l | | llK| Ml\ is !» S it (7 I I l.l M sl’KIM.I lill>
