Show Page 6 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday April 7 1996 Global revolution affects ordinary workers KINGSTREE SC (AP) — Addic Blown like America had it made A hardworking husband A nice little hometown Her own job $850 an hour with Kingstree’s biggest employer Baxter Healthcare “I thought I was set” she said Then came her lesson in the new economics: Baxter closed the South Carolina plant laid off 800 workers and moved production to far-o- ff Malaysia where young women turn out the same Baxter latex gloves for barely $8 a day And Addie Brown like thousands of other American workers in the 1990s wound up a loser in a global race to the bottom line Not long after Baxter shut down last November billboards sprang up in Iowa with a new campaign cry: “Bring the jobs home!” Pat Buchanan’s presidential candidacy faded by winter’s end but his slogan will live on through more seasons of discontent as workers in the United States and other industrial countries watch more of their jobs disappear In Washington where some in Congress want laws to pressure multinational companies to “stay home” Labor Secretary Robert B Reich dismisses the sloganeering “It is a myth that international trade has robbed America of its manufacturing industries” he says Myth? “What he needs to do is come to Williamsburg County” advises Kingstree Mayor Russell Kellahan CarLsonWagonlit N ROUHDTRIP AIRFARE! 7 Economists line up with Reich Jobs are not a zero-sugame in which one side has to lose they say Developing countries that win jobs and prosper m will buy products — and create jobs — in the industrial world Besides they say g technology is probably killing more US jobs than countries the “export” of work to labor-savin- low-wa- ge And yet they acknowledge something very new world is going on out there in the where suddenly all the dogs are capitalist dogs “These are revolutionary times in the global economy” concludes a World Bank report on how a transformed world is affecting ordinary workers International trade barriers have dropped Capital manufacturing technology expert managers flow dog-eat-d- St Louis - Hard-presse- BE THE FIRST TO STAY YOUR NEW HOTEL! ”3 1! -t from SLC Crystal Inn 179 Houston: — JlW 179 Washington DC 219 Minneapolis og and communifreely across borders Transportation most sigthe Perhaps day cation grow cheaper by work force — China the half global nificantly is suddenly India the former Soviet bloc market free ing the companies in a worldwide market d will spot more and more opportunity in wage costs — 50 cents an hour in China for example against an average $18 in the industrialized nations “win-win- ” creed of Klaus Schwab believes in the leader economist of the German the But free trade annual World Economic Forum foresees 20 or 30 of difficult adjustment as multinational combut panies thrive on high-tec- h countries in low wage operations developing tm—mmm Night Land Only Pkg SdfM"M AP photo Greer Garson as Mrs Disraeli Greer Garson dies H The actress won an Academy Award for her role as Mrs Miniver in the ed sur- vival during Germany’s blitz bombings of England She also was nominated for six other Oscars in films such as Mr Chips” “Madame Qirie” and “Sunrise at Campobcllo" her 1960 come- “Goodbye back in which she played Eleanor Roosevelt In a 1990 Associated Press interview she deplored the violence of many modem Films Seven die near border checkpoint TEMECULA Calif fAP) — Seven suspected illegal immigrants were killed today and 18 others Injured when the stolen truck they were in crashed near as immigration checkpoint authorities said A federal border patrol car was following but not chasing the 1989 frill-si- ze pickup when offi- cers discovered that it had been stolen Feb 16 said California Highway Patrol Officer Julie Page Although the border patrol unit did not try to pull over the truck the driver sped up and lost control The truck overturned into a cully off a paved rural road in Riverside County about five miles northwest of Temecula OffKtntm igrants was chased from the Temecula area over 80 miles to Smith El Monte in Los Angeles County The chase ended with the videotaped beating of two illegal immigrants by Riverside County sheriff's officers The track involved in Satur- day’s crash was stolen from Spring Valley in nearby San Temecula is about 80 miles southeast of Los Angeles SLC Utf ihfUtn ’459 5 nts at the Outrigger Maile Flower lei greeting And More SMHffcaWM NO W OPEN Otmt Jst53 4 Day Bale Mexico 7 Day Mexican Riviera Cruise Oversized Rooms Complimentary Breakfast Buffet Microwave Oven and Refrigerator in Every Room Indoor Pool Jacuzzi and Fitness Center Jacuzzi Suites Available Meeting Space for 100 Participants 503 ££&£&- JO 49 fl Carnival Craite ftha Orlcnfi - Space is Limited! ££ Cal taCbyf Explore thtse four exotic ports SINGAPORE Includes: ROUNDTRIF MALAYSIA Oty tour o( Singapore nHCrUr Ups All meals on the cruise ip introductory Rate I 'S' THAILAND INDONESIA I HRS AIR FROM SIC MnapiMpMM aiMaiew naaadag avaltaMe for93M per parson par month IBM May Nov une Dec 16-2-1 16-2-2 Calf mtf 1482JJ0RTH VAIN S TTTL0$A 15-2-0 5-- 11 Oct CaK Expires May 311996 10-1- 6 hr detaHal junt ii-i- s Wows c 3E JAlOkJEmSit For Details 855 South Main Logan 752-070- 7 Hey Kids Be a'Believer in Aggie Fever ! Enter the "Season Ticket Coloring Contest" Six (6) winners will be selected Each winning entry will appear on each of the six home game season tickets And if that's not enough you can also win: Here's what you do Simply draw a picture depicting "Aggie Football" and follow the criteria below: A framed picture of "your" ticket An presentation at the game 2 Season tickets for your parents 1 season ticket for winner Age: Grades Theme: Size: Colon "Aggie Football" 8 12" x 11One (1) dark color preferably Include: navy blue on white paper On a separate page name parents name address phone number age school The seven dead were all believed to be men Page said The accident occurred at 5:28 am less than a week after a track filled with illegal imm- Diego Qwmfy e traveling together tammHtammav Car 5 Day Flex Pass to Disneyland Transfers fyMunduip ' dUtSm Jm U UK ftrsnMikiWwlbiiUrcauiyieawa IWwnluiWHiwp Roach “It was very peaceful” Although some reference books list her age as 87 Roach and a hospital spokeswoman said she was 92 They said she was born Sept 29 1903 1942 drama about a family's Mid-5iz- air from lucid 'and very bright” said red-hair- Indudes: 2 Nts Hotel 1) IJfMPadNgs Indudeskoundtrip support Britain during World War II died Saturday of heart failure Miss Garson died at about 1 JO am at Dallas Presbyterian Hospital said John L Roach a friend and attorney for the family “Until the last few days when she became critical she was very Irish-bor- n IW on Quad Occupancy AAhA 2 Children (aget Dream Vacations’ DALLAS (AP) — Greer Garson the gallant leading lady ' whose portrayal of a courageous British housewife in “Mrs Miniver” rallied Americans to - A Ipjaset " K-- 5 on-fie- ld Deadline: April 12 1996 Noon Utah State University Athletics Send to: Marketing and Promotions Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan Utah 84322-740- 0 For more kdorsxion 797-13- 60 |