Show 1 Page Friday Nov 22 1974 6 Coal ta ks still on US attorneys file antitrust suit sell-ofI WASHINGTON (AP) — The possibility of a long coal strike increased Wednesday as the United Mine Workers bargaining council prepared to turn down a tentative contract agreement with the coal industry council The review completed its of the proposed contract and sources said there was virtually no chance of its being approved for submission to the union’s e 120000 miners for ratification With the numerous objections to the pact raised by council members it appeared that they would recommend that UMW President Arnold Miller return to to table the bargaining the disputed portions renegotiate of the agreement The delay threatened to stretch the nationwide mine strike further Because of the union’s d ratification procedures the walkout was certain to last three weeks even before the council reached a decision A reopening of negotiations would add to the delay before a settlement could be reconsidered by the bargaining council Once the council approves an agreement union officials say it will take 8 to 10 days before ratification can be completed and the strike ended line-by-li- rank-and-fil- nine-day-ol- Industry officials have in- dicated a willingness to discuss some in conof the proposed provisions tract hammered out last week between Miller and representatives of the coal companies With the economic impact of the strike increasing each day rearrangement pressure is expected to mount for governmental intervention The White House has maintained a hands-of- f policy preferring to let the industry and union resolve its own problems without any threat y Act to reopen the mines In Indianapolis Frederick G of invoking the Taft-Hartle- Jaickes board chairman of Inland Steel Co said that if the coal strike continues two weeks or more there will be drastic layoffs in the industry Jaickes who is also chairman of the American Iron and Steel Institute said that if coal miners go back to work he foresees no 5 major steel layoffs before mid-197- Miller negotiating his first contract since taking office two years ago ran into unexpected opposition from the bargaining council over a number of issues including vacations and the size of the wage package There was a further delay when member was slain in a council a hotel robbery Friday The council attended his funeral in Alabama on Monday and was unable to reconvene until Wednesday Although the tentative contract is the largest ever won by the union in its history it has met with criticism from miners in the coalfields as well as some council members who represent' the UMW’s regional districts The contract would increase a 84-ye- ar miner’s total compensation including wages and fringe benefits by 53 against By MARGARET GENTRY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The government Wednesday accused the American Telephone & Telegraph Co of monopolizing telecommunications service and equipment in the United States and asked a federal court to order the firm to sell off major subsidiaries The Justice Department made the charge in a civil antitrust suit filed in US District Court here AT&T the world’s largest ‘ ' ion was privately owned c accused of violating the Sherman Act through a variety of tactics to squelch competition Western Electric Co equally by AT&T and Western were also named defendants The announcement came shortly after the Securities and Exchange Commission announced suspension of all trading in AT&T stock The commission made the suspension effective as of 3 Wednesday and until pm 10 am Thursday Government antitrust lawyers asked the Court to order AT&T to divest itself of Western Electric and to split the subsidiary into next three years union officials according to BRILLIANT! Needham Diamonds S E WASHINGTON (AP) — A new al $900-millio- n and some of its subwith sidiaries antitrust AT&T violations The suit was ! ! outcome is a long time off Another major antitrust suit against International Business Machines is only now ap value Pay on Time Payments the Department “We have carefully considered the possible impact of this litigation and the requested relief Of course the ultimate relief to be achieved will be for the court to decide” The alleged conspiracy has given AT&T control over Western Electric its manufacturing arm Bell labs the research branch and the operating companies with the effect of eliminating competition the suit said AT&T has total assets of more than $67 billion Western Electric one of the nation’s largest industrial corporations had total 1973 sales of more than $7 billion of (hr clock suggesting that marijuana’s primary ingredient delta-9THmay interfere with the body’s ability to fight diseases C The report noted also that studies have failed to link to smoking marijuana chromosome breakage or genetic damage that could affect future generations The report said there is “little question” that acute marijuana intoxication impairs driving increasing both braking and starting times and interfering with concentration i “Thus” it said “marijuana is !! Bowling Tourna- Join the committee on 1 8 - Dec 6 STAB the I Arts Divisions: Jewelers 141 North Main Health Need a friend? $200 entry fee Meedllhiainni nrin of Turkey Shoot Nov Si"M and equipment” He continued: harmless and additional studies summarized in this not research into the possible conreport” sequences of more habitual use is The report cited animal studies needed” ment k enforced” The lawsuit said that AT&T Western Electric and the Bell Laboratories together with the 23 local Bell operating companies “have been engaged in an unlawful combination and coninspiracy to monopolize terstate trade and commerce in telecommunications service Doming Attraction gold settings reasonable prices blm-- US Atty Gen William B Saxbe said of his decision to proceed with the AT&T suit “I am fully aware of the service that the Bell NeverSystem has provided theless I believe the law must be E stab Middle of (lie in here the Western Electric Co and Bell Telephone Laboratories The Justice Department’s suit may be the most significant ever filed by the department in terms of its impact on the giants of American business But the r 463-915- I m filed District Court here against AT&T the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company e Industrial Bank Building Suite 419 Providence Rhode Island 02903 0 (401) §E equipment suit charging government report raised new Education and Welfare over the questions but produced few an- last several years swers about the health conDr Robert L DuPont director sequences of smoking marijuana of HEW’s National Institutes on The report “Marijuana and Health” was the fourth in a Drug Abuse said current inlead “should series produced for Congress by formation or smokers potential marijuana to question whether it is smokers RESEARCH MATERIALS worth the risk” ALL TOPICS “A definitive evaluation of Write or call for your FREE up marijuana’s harmfulness or safety for humans cannot be catalog of thousands offered at this time on the basis of of outstanding research papers scientific evidence available” WE ALSO DO DuPont said “But there is cause for concern and caution based on RESEARCH evidence from animal studies and some preliminary human EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH CUSTOM-MAD- Needham rings are a better filed a proaching trial even though it was filed about six years ago US government marijuana study answers few questions still some doubt mail-orde- 14 kt ment’s antitrust division On Monday eight companies involved in the sale and leasing of f per cent from the current $811 an hour over the 1 Fine diamonds two or more competing firms if necessary to assure competition Western Electric manufactures and sells telephones and other telecommunications equipment The suit also asks that AT&T be forced to separate all or part of its Long Lines Department from some or all of the Bell operating companies The legal attack on the Bell System which provides more than 80 per cent 5f the nation’s telephones culminated a lengthy investigation by the depart- telephone-termin- a Inc wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T and Bell Telephone owned Inc Laboratories Electric ask for AT&T staff staff & faculty & faculty spouse student student spouse USU team L Enter as often as you want (pay each time) Blind Handicap Meeting Tuesday Nov 26 at 4 pm in Room 313 University Center j j |