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Show By PATRICK CHRISTIAN two years, union economist Jim Smith said. The cuts would lower total labor costs that USX said were $25.40 per hour. effect until Jan. 31, 1991, the said. Additional vacation and holiday givebacks, which would be restored over the period, would swell the total union sacrifice to an estimated in the first year. The total figure would decline in steps to about $2 per hour during the last in Herald Staff Writer union An agreement has been reached between USX Corp. and the United Steelworkers union but few details are available. USW local presidents voted strongly in favor of the new labor accord, but it must still be ratified by steelworkers in a mail ballot. If the nation's largest steelmaker fulfills the agreement, at least 500 more union members would be on the job because of new restrictions on the use of nonunion contractors, the union said. "It's deeds that count now after words," chief union negotiator James McGeehan said Sunday. "If they had lived up to the last agreement we probably wouldn't have had the problem we had over the last 171 days." If ratified in a secret ballot vote by mail over the next two weeks, the settlement would save USX an estimated $300 million or more over the four years of the contract, union officials said. The savings would come from an immediate $1.96 per hour in wage and benefit cuts to remain The company, $2.45-to-$2.5- 0 meanwhile, agreed to restrictions on its use of outside contractors, a top priority for a union that says the Solution to work stoppage took form in mid-Decemb- er By EARL BOHN AP Business Writer A soluPITTSBURGH (AP) tion to the United Steelworkers' record-lon- g work stoppage against USX Corp. began taking shape in with a phone call from company Chairman David Roderick to union President Lynn Williams. Williams had proposed previously that the bargaining, then six months old and going nowhere, be supervised by impartial mediators. Roderick's call to Williams on Dec. 16 was to propose opening the talks to Sylvester Garrett, respected by both sides for his nearly 50 years relations. in labor Williams accepted the next day, according to a USW summary of the events prepared for Sunday's meeting of local union presidents. Daily meetings with Garrett began on Dec. 21 and continued through New Year's Day. interrupted only by Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. In those meetings, officials of USX and the USW laid out their biggest differences: The company, for the second contract in a row, needed deep wage and benefit cuts in order to stem the flow of red ink and e become more competitive in a PACT, page 6) - practice eliminated 5.000 mem- bers their jobs from 1983 to 1985. "We now have language that assures us that ... these jobs will no longer be contracted out," McGeehan said. Union leaders said they anticie approval, but pated not without some dissent. "There's no way I'm going to recommend this," said Larry Regan, president of Local 1014 at Garv, Ind. His local, the largest at USX with 8.200 members, stands to lose 268 jobs. An additional 123 are to be eliminated elsewhere at the Gary Works, according to the rank-and-fil- ffei Tit f fjf II union. USX, whose spokesmen declined comment on the details of the agreement, would restart its plants beginning in early February' if the pact is ratified, the union said. A prompt restart would let USX salvage some orders for the 1988 model year production of autos and for the traditionally busy spring and summer construction season. With so little known about the agreement, the most frequently A cut-(Se- USW leader Ly nn Williams (See GENEVA, page 6) greets union negotiator Jim McGeehan. Civil-righ- ts 113TH YEAR NO UTAH. MONDAY. JANUARY 19. 1987 PROVO. 148 $6.75 A MONTH - PRICE 3(1 groups reca King's 'dream' CENTS Dollar - v;r drops to lowest in 40 years - . t if A , ed with rocks and bottles. Eight By ASSOCIATED PRESS Federal and many state workers people were arrested and several marchers were injured. got the day off today as Americans observed Martin Luther King Day, Civil rights leaders vowed Suntheir memories of the slain civil day to march again some day rights leader stirred by recent outthrough the county, where blacks breaks of racial violence in the were terrorized and driven out in North and South. 1912. "We cannot just remember the 'We feel very stronglv about the dream and the dreamer, we must march, right to make a implement the dream," the Rev. as we did throughout the '60s. We Jesse L. Jackson mmmm laain in t jU mm w jaW8S&M said Sunday in New York, urging listeners to march to protest an attack by a white mob Dec. 20 that left a black man dead. rJCf ... non-viole- LONDON (AP) The dollar briefly slipped below 150 Japanese yen today for the first time in nearly four decades and tumbled to its lowest level in several years against major European currencies. Gold bullion rose through the $420 barrier. Currency traders attributed the dollar's plunge to speculation that the U.S. government wanted a lower dollar to narrow the huge U.S. trade deficit. Most of the dollar's losses occurred in Tokyo, where it closed at 150.45 Japanese yen, down from 153.10 yen Friday. Traders said the Bank of Japan remained on the sidelines for most of the session, but was reported to have stepped in when the dollar briefly slipped as low as 149.98 yen in extremely heavy trading. It was the dollar's lowest level against the yen since the Japanese government set an official exchange rate of 360 yen to the dollar in the late 1940s, ending a period of post-wfluctuation. When the dollar slid below 150 yen today. Chief Cabinet Secretary Masaharu Gotoda told reporters Japan may have to seek talks with other countries to initiate concerted intervention to support the dol- i Jvx : r v """ 1 J - jCv ! v,. march where a biracial brotherhood march Saturday was met by bottle-weild-in- o r7 Today is a holiday for federal workers around the country, and for employees of the District of Columbia and most of the 40 states that have Jan. 15. Events Mmmutatf o Chinese housing takes free turn en- but in 'many cities, people must still wait as long as 10 years to receive new homes. For more on the story see Page 11. r i i overnight snowstorm dropped several inches snow over northern Utah Monday, leaving roads and highways slushy and snowpacked but causing no serious accidents, authorities said. A minor accident occurred this morning in Orcm (above) when a woman apparently lost control of her vehicle at the top of the BYU diagonal near Signetii s. The car spun out of control and hit the cement divider between lanes of traffic. The woman was unconscious, but regained consciousness after an ambulance arrived. A travelers advisory was in effect until noon for the Cache Valley, the northern mountains and the Wasatch Front, said the National Weather Service. of powdery Coretta Scott King at a recent speech. w t Brian Tregaskis Fholo Two to lour inches of new snow were reported in the valleys and up to nine inches in the mountains, said weather service meteorologist Dave Sanders. Several lender-bender- s were reported on slick roadways, but there were no serious injuries, the Utah Highway Patrol said. d Canyon roads leading to ski resorts were and chains were recommended, said a Salt Lake County sheriff's dispatcher. Extremely cold temperatures and moderate winds which could cause drifting snow were expected during the evening hours, Sanders said. See more weather information, page 9. snow-packe- schools across the nation, a ceremony at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, and marches in King's native Atlanta. Financial markets stayed open, but schools, banks and government offices in some states were closed. King, a Baptist preacher awarded the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize lor his leadership of the civil rights movement, was born in 1929. He was shot to death by a sniper in Memphis. Tenn.. in 1968. On Sunday, a Milwaukee postal station was named in King's honor and a bronze sculpture ol him was unveiled outside. In Birmingham. Ala., about 250 paiple Sunday night took part in a candlelight march. Memories of King were stirred Saturday when a group ol civil rights marchers on a "brotherhood walk through an Georgia countv were pelt Where to find it 9 14-1- 8 10 10 M3 4 5 7-- 8 IM2 13 have a right lo march without being beaten up." said Coretta Scott King, the slam civil rights leaders 's widow. Today's events called for a at King's tomb in Atlanta, alter which Mrs. King was to bestow the Martin Luther King Jr Nonviolent Peace Prize on Philippine President Corazon Aquino A representative was to accept lor her Two ol King's lieutenants, the Nov. Ralph David Abernathy. lormer head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the Rev Hosea Williams, an Atlanta councilman, were to lead an afternoon parade followed by a march led by the King family. In Selma. Ala a parade retracing part of a bloody 1965 civil rights inarch was planned along with a prayer and candlelight vigil. wreath-layin- g . New Utah malpractice law draws attorney's fire Bv JOSEPHINE ZIMMERM AN Herald Staff Writer Utah Health Care Malpractice law, amended in 1985 by the Legislature, is coming under fire now from the legal profession. Jackson B. Howard, Provo attorney, points out four specific areas where the law constitutes a barrier to justice for people who have legitimate claims against health care providers for injuries sustained: 1. The health care providers have r statute of limitations, a while all other tortfeasors have A Weather capitol e couraging housing enterprises, Utah-Region- iti An Stripes skipper Dennis Conner, with a bit of a hand from a bouy. nailed down a spot in the America's Cup finals with a one minute. 29 second victory over New Zealand. That wrapped up series for Stars & the semi-fina- l and it's on-t- finals, at Stripes probably against the Aussie upstart boat, Kookabura III. See story on Page 7. The Chinese government is i Storm powders Wastach Front & National-Internation- sched- uled for the day included the ringing of bells in buildings. churches and sinks the Kiwis M a public holiday for King. Some states honor King on his birthday. Stars & Stripes Obituaries Opinions Sports Today M Klan. J. k?Hi rock-an- d g protesters, including members of the Ku Klux V- - state Today: Amusements Classified Ads Comlci Crossword again all-whi- 150.90 yen. 4--1 gia on Sunday through an county lar. Later, in London, the dollar Stars rights in Geor- said they would ar edged up to Civil leaders two-yea- This is the second in a series of articles discussing Utah's malpractice law. four years. Howard claims there is no diller-enc- e between a physician as a professional, or an architeuct, accountant or lawyer. "To single out and give preferred treatment to physicians and health care providers in my mind violates the very concept of equal justice under the law." 2. Howard claims the health care providers "snowed" the Legislature into passing a requirement to file a notice of intent to commence action as a condition precedent to filing a lawsuit. "There isn't any statistical data that can be produced by the health care providers to show that filing a notice of intent to commence action in any way reduces the number of malpractice cases filed or in any way reduces settlement negotiations." Howard said "In my many years of practice, and 1 believe I handle as many malpractice cases as any lawyer in Utah. I have never had a health care provider contact me during the period involved in a notice of intent to commence action to discuss settlement statute is He claims the simply to create a basis for dismissal should the victim be represented by a careless lawyer. "In other words, it is another statute of limitations to protect the ' wrongdoing health care provider Ui is 3 Added to is a present requirement to go to the ordeal ol a screening panel. "it all sounds very easy, but the litigant is required to put together y y . . a case to present to the panel, the decision ol whk1 is meaningless." Howard said the time involved lor the claimant is exorbitant, and it is also exorbitant to the defendant, and it is exorbitant to the state which is required to provide Uie means and facilities for handling these cases I would be surprised if each case didn't cost the State of Utah $1,000 1 would be surprised if any salutary hnetit could be established by health care providers." But must offensive, he said, is the fact that the injured victim is (See MALPRACTICE, page 6) |