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No new talks near in Boeing strike
SI VI III i \l’| Hoeing < -o
supervisors worked Thursday
on prodm lion of jetliners i lose
10 delivers as a strike by I .000
Mill iiinisls union memliers
(onlnnied w ith no ness l.tlks in
sight
Hoeing chairman I rank
Shrontz apologized in .1 tele
gram to Defense Ser lel.ns Kiel)
ard (llienes for any delays the
strike might 1 ause in delivers
of Hoeing prodm Is
If the sti ike ( olltinues de
11 s ei s delas -• 1 it our prodm 1 ■
ssill he Mies liable bill ss e ssill
keep you apprised ol our pro
gress Shrollt/ told I belles
Ue hope the strike ssill be
short lived I assure you that
the Hoeing ( o ss ill do all It i an
to resolve this issue .it the earli
esl possible I tine
Industry analysts said the
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strike's null ume < oulil sel .1
trellll (ill (null.11 Is ,1! dtlier
aernsp.it e t nmpames
No new ncgnt ml inns were
si liedllled III the strike lli.lt lie
v;. 111 Wednesday when ,1 three
ve .ii hiliur 1 mill.lit expired
w it linn I .1J41 •••• 1 in-tit over .1 new
p.11 I
Strikers ini hide i s Kill in the
Si*.illle .ire.i IJ (1(1(1 in \\ n hit.1
k.m . 1 7(1(1 in I’nrlhind < In*
.ind smaller numbers .it .1 h.ilt
dozen ill her Ini ,il inns
\hi( hinisls s.iid thr-v w.inled
.1 larger share o( Hoeing s ei n
nninii good fortune .mil fewer
Ilnurs nl mandators nveitime.il
the 1 nmp.in\ yvhi< Ii is pressing
li.iid to ini reuse .1111 r.dl pm
dm lion hit aiise nl rei mil .ill
1 r.ill orders
rhe i mnp.iin the world‘s
hugest i nllimeiciid jet builder
w ilh ti'i pen t ill nl the flee
world's uiiirkel. is in its filth
1 nnsei nine year nl record |ct
liner orders
Hoeing offit nils said they
were Irving In use supervisory
personnel In finish airt r.ill
1 lose In delivery . including .1
Malaysian Airlines 747 40(1
juillhn jet due In be delivered
I riday
hoeing spokesman Harold
( an said company off ii nils met
Wednesday to discuss the
strike bill he dei lined to pre
dill wli.it might happen next
lie said he yeas"not aware nl
any meetings Thursday
I hiiun offit 1 a I s have said
they'd lie willing to resume
talks a! any time bill haven't
heard from Hoeing
( air said Hoeing s operations
were continuing without the
mat hinisls. "but one obviously
needs to recognize (bill yye 11*
operating without 4 1.000 pen
pie who are normally here
I le said he had no figures on
how many ui.ii hinisls might be
i rossmg pi( kel lines Thursday .
bill "my pert eptinn is it's mini
null
About 40(1 pit kels were yv.dk
ing lines at any giyen lime in
the Seal lie area Daniels said
Hoeing s offer included an
immediate raise of 4 pen ent
with 4 pen ent raises in both
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1’t‘ll) and l'l'll -ttittu.il bnmivs
nl H pen fill n( .1 worker's gross
earnings llus year and I per
i cmi ilif next plus some redue
turn in mandators overtime
Industry observers i ould
only spri ul.ili* him lung -i
■ irskr might last I lift last Ma
rhinisls walkout at Hoeing. in
1 *177, lasted I 'i day s
"There's economic pressures
(ill I mill sides In ( ompfomise
then dilfereuc es. ” s,inl Wolf
gang Demise ti. analyst with
I iiiuii Hank ol Switzerland in
\ew 'i nrk
l.c onoillisls said the Seattle
area should easily weather a
short si 1 ike. especially given
workers' huilt-up savings from
monlhs ol overtime
licit Heel Hertolm .i spec i.ilisl
with the slate off it e ol the lore
c ast c nunc il said the state
agenc \ estimated a month-long
siiike would mean $1ii() mil
lion in lost payroll, and $ 1S
million in lost state revenues
Robert (Tia.se. an economist
and researt h direc tor for I’ac ifu
Northwest 1 .MH.utive. a l imer
sit\ ol Washington (Iraduale
Husiness School public ait ion
said Hoeing workers might c ut
b.ic k on spending d a sli ike ap
pears lengths
Hut ( barles Nelson, a 1 'in
versity of Washington ec.onom
ic s professor and direc lor of the
I W s Institute fell Kc ollolHK
Kesearc h. said tile strike was
neither surprising nor a major
ec cinciinii threat
Florida trip costs man job
l,i AVFNWORTII. Wash (Al’l The chief financial olli
! ci ut a nielli, al . enter struggling with mounting debts has re
signed at the request of a hospital administrator who re. entlv
apologized lor e\i essive travel expenses
Ceorge Fshelman a i e it if led publii accountant working
as a consultant to Cascade Medical Center, resigned late
Wednesday afternoon .it the request ol Administrator John
Semingson
Hospital Hoard Chairman lliik Finar said Thursday he
was not surprised Semingson had requested Fshelman s resig
nation. hut said the hoard had not requested it "the hoard
onlv hires one individual, and that's John." Finar said
I was told by John that I could either resign now or the\
ilh. medical c.enter hoard) would ask feu my resignation
Tluirsdav .'' Fshelman said
Ihe medical center, operated In tax-supported Chelan
County Hospital District I is fac ing serious financial dit
in ultics The district lias issued as mm h as Si million in in
teres! hearing warrants and Semingson conceded Monday
that liabilities esi eed assets
About St a million in patient lees owed the center either
haven't been hilled or collected, part I v because of problems
with a new computer selected by Fshelman.
Fshelman said he is confident the $210.00(1 computer
svstem. installed this spring, eventually will he an important
management tool He said he had been working diligently
with tin- computer firm to get the hillings out.
Fshelman worked on a part-time, hourly basis as the Itos
pital s tinanc ial expert since the tall of HI87. His earnings in
1'IHH were $48. l > ) and were $41). I I t through August
"I don't think I've been passing out had advice I don t
think I made a lot of major had decisions," he said "It my
leaving c an put things hue k together, gre.it
Fshelman blamed the center's financial difficulties on a
drop in the numbers of patients
Fshelman accompanied Semingson on a lli-day trip to
pu k up an ambulance in Florida in January. On Monday.
Semingson apologized and offered to repav part ot the $4,000
spent on the trip, vvhic li inc luded stops at I .as Vegas, New Or
leans and Disney World in Florida.
Meanwhile, findings of an audit of the medical center s
records that began Sept o won t he released lor several
v\ eeks
Tall firs found near Springfield
I oresters sa\ Ihi'v have (mind .1 stand ut what
they believe .1 rt* tin1 world's tallest Douglas Ills
.11>< 1111 20 miles east ot Springfield in the Wiliam
ette National I orest
The evergreen trees top 100 leet and rise out
ol .1 i reek lied th.it meanders duwn to Little Fall
('leek Kslimnled to lie about 50(1 years old. the 20
tallest tiis aie surrounded by a 150 .11 re stand ol
old growtli limhei
The tallest tree in the stand has been mens
ured at 122 feet said )ohn tassel, a planner (or
the Lowell Hanger District That's about lot) feet
taller than the average old growth Douglas fir. lie
said
Maynard Draw son ot Salem, w ho has docu
mented the si/e ot many lug trees, saiif the tallest
tree on rei ord is a (lift loot tall redwood in North
ern ( aliform,1
"l or Douglas fir, anything over .11)0 feel is a
ram and amazing tree." Drawson said, adding
lh.it ho plans to measure the firs next week
I'he tall Douglas firs were discovered when
planners and biologists were gathering informa
tion lor the Willamette’s forest management plan
( issel measured the trees when he started review
ing options for managing the area under the lor
est plan, wliii h has not yet been approved
( issel said a number ot factors i ontributed to
the size ol the trees: The soils in the area are deep
and ric h. w hit h is rare in the (Iasi ade Range; the
site is somewhat sheltered from winds and other
bad weather conditions; the tallest trees are grow
ing on flatter ground near the creek; and the area
may have rei eived more sunlight than normal
Rick Scott. Lowell district ranger, said there
arc1 no plans to log tin- old growth stand
Skinheads sentenced for beating man
Ml.DI'ORl) (AIM A Central
Point man and .1 Medford wom
an have been senleni ed to pro
hation tor treating a man after
taunting lum as a homosexual
Christopher Drew Uostwii k
_’(l was sentem ed in |a( kson
Count\ Cirt'uit Court to lour
vears of probation recently
Laur.i lean Dai lev 20 was sen
tern ed to three years ot proba
tion.
Doth pleaded no contest to
fourth-degree assault midsvas
through their trial last August
Until were ordered to pas res
titution to the victim, who tes
tilled Dudes hit him in the
head with .1 rot k and Bostsvit k
lut him ssdh a metal bar in the
uttat k last Mart h in Medford
The victim said Hailes ami
I lost ss k k had I well taunting
him its a homosexual for a cou
ple das s before the attack and
threatened to hill lum
Friends of Hoslwii k testified
that he had told them he ilidn I
like homosexuals
W hen llostwii h h.is arrested
polit e said he had a jar ket em
hla/.oned with emblems ot a
skinhead group known as the
National Front whit h is based
in San I rani is< o and sponsored
by the white supremat ist group
Arvan Nations
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