Show 2A Standard-Examin- Saturday September er 1 1990 Strike averted at Ogden Pillsbury plant Weekend Standard-Examine- 32-1- staff r OGDEN — A midnight strike was narrowly averted Friday after the Pillsbury Co brought its union a newr but not totally palatable offer “Pm happy we’re not going out on strike but not happy writh what we got” said David Shaw one of nine feed plant workers to be affected The company acquired by the London-base- d Grand Metropolitan PLC last year had sought to split the feed and flour plant into two negotiating units The plant employs 74 people all of whom belong to Local 19 of the Federation of Gram Millers “We offered to do anything — change their job description we’re willworkers cross-trai- n Reing to give up a lot” said Joe beck the union’s international representative "Special privileges for none and equality for all — that’s a quote from Thomas Jefferson and that’s what we believe" AssafStandard-Examme- r Mike Rypien Biain Williams Don Greenfield and Den (clockwise from front left) consult before the vote Or-stro- Supplies From 1A Two 6 fighter squadrons of up to 24 airplanes each and hundreds of Hill personnel also have F-1- left Williams said about 24 people have been deployed for Desert inn Shield from medical civil engineers cluding personnel and aircraft repair crews About 7200 of the AFLC’s 93000 workers around the country are subject to call-u- p he said Williams said the AFLC trains for combat in peacetime and that Operation Desert Shield would be “chaos” if preparations hadn’t already been made for such a Wright-Patterso- buildup “You have to have the infrastructure sitting there" he said Williams said the AFLC is providing critical spare parts to the units bound for the Persian Gulf The movement of supplies and soldiers into the Middle East are documented at the center Williams said it takes five people working around the clock to handle “the flow of paper” Rick Waggy who helps coordinate the movement of missiles bombs and ammunition to the appropriate units said the pace has been fast and furious “We find out from the forward area what’s required and we have to ask the units who are storing these items to prepare them for air shipment" Waggy continue to contribute to the milling objectives of Pillsbury and we look forward to accelerating our progress” said Pillsbury spokesman Terry Thompson contract also The last two-yehad given the workers a 1 percent raise per year “Through the ’80s they’ve been giving up raises” Rebeck said Pillsbury employees make between $10 and $13 an hour said Mike Rypien a union trustee Also under the new contract new employees will make $150 less than starting wage for the next two years The tough negotiations were hard for employees like Rypien to understand — “especially with their profitability" Grand Met has sold off some of busiPillsbury’s nesses such as its Bumble Bee and Van de Kamp food operations and owns Burger King which contributes $119 million to the company’s operat- Army Gen From 1A H Norman Schwarzkopf Commander of al Gulf forces calls Iraqi generals ‘a bunch of thugs’ United States rejected any conditions for releasing hostages Perez de Cuellar called the talks a “step forward" but said nothing about guarantees and said he had no immediate plans to go to Baghdad to meet President Saddam Hussein A senior Jordanian official had said the two would meet if the Amman meetings yielded results Today’s weather outlook Regional forecast UTAH Utah: Fair to partly cloudy with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers mainly south and east Breezy south daytime winds western valleys with gusty winds near thundershowers Lows in the 50s and 60s Highs upper 80s to near 102 Salt Lake Ogden and Provo: Saturday through Sunday fair to partly cloudy with a slight chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms near the mountains Highs near 90 Lows 0 The chance of measurable rain is 20 percent or less through Saturday Remainder of Labor Day weekend fair to partly cloudy breezy and warm A slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms Highs near 90 Lows upper 50s and low 60s non-strateg- met Thursday night it voted to contract strike when the expired Friday at midnight Pillsbury in fact hired extra security guards to patrol the parking lots around the plant in anticipation of pickets But in the end the union voted Kathy: ar ic ‘inducts suburb - 9591261 1059 1317 1015 1256 1047 1318 Please say ‘Yes’ gone before the woman could tell him there was no address on the card Just a message that said: “Hello sweetheart! I love N where out there is a woman named Kathy who has an important question to answer And somewhere probably in Saudi Arabia there’s a US soldier hoping it will be yes But a postcard with the question for Kathy is stuck at Rhein-Mai- n Air Base in West Germany “He slapped a stamp on the postcard handed it to a woman working at the store where he bought it and asked her to mail it for him” the newspa- APStandard-Examms- you! Gas “Just a little note to say howdy and let you know I’m OK So now you know one of the spots I stopped at on my way to this little adventure “How about getting engaged when I get home? I’m serious and I’ll write more later Take From 1A 40 in Arkansas But Texaco attendant Ben Stratton in Augusta Maine said many customers keep asking when prices will go back down “People get mad at me all the time" Stratton said “but I ain’t getting paid more for it all” Even though the cost of a road trip is higher following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and the ensuing oil crisis it’s only a few dollars care!" Then he wrote “I love you” again scratched his name on the card and scurried to catch per said his flight Then he ran away He was In Washington the White House said President Bush telephoned Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and French President Francois Mitterrand on Friday on the crisis Bush wants wealthy allies to h help foot the $1 cost of deploying US forces in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf re- Aziz said upon arrival that Iraq “will achieve victory despite the international conspiracy against it" But later he also said Iraq “has no intention of igniting the explosive situation" More than 50000 supporters of the fundamentalist Moslem Brotherhood marched through “US-Zioni- st The Weber County fire marshal was on the scene of a fire in the Hods Hollow area of Kays-vill- e Monday afternoon A story in Tuesday’s Standard-Examinmisidentified from which county the fire marshal at the scene came er gion Administration sources said some allies and congressmen were pressuring the White House to move militarily against Saddam but that the pressure by no means constituted a consensus In Moscow Soviet President Mikhail S Gorbachev blamed Saddam for the “very dangerous” situation in the Gulf ed An Associated Press story that ran Aug 23 on US and Australian beef producers inadvertently omitted the word “chilled" Last year Australia provided 93693 tons of chilled beef to Japan while the United States shipped 22807 tons But in all Australian in graphic higher Driving 303 miles from St1 Louis to Chicago would take $1980 worth of gas at current prices and an average 20 miles per gallon compared with $1642 on July 4 or $1609 last Labor Day Savings would be greater with cars that get better mileage “If people realize that on a relatively short trip that we’re not really talking big bucks it shouldn’t stop them from going” said Bern Rotman spokesman for the New York state Depart-- ! ment of Economic Development beef shipments to Japan — including chilled and fiozen — totaled 176562 tons with the United States providing 149552 tons The Associated Press errone- ously reported in Friday’s editior that a television station said federal prosecutors had decided to retry District of Columbia Mayo£ Marion Barry on drug charges iit the Virgin Islands The report onf WRC-Tactually said that federal prosecutors were considering placing the charges in the Virgin V Islands Standard-Examine- r IDAHO Gens Glasmann Hatch — President Randall C Hatch — Editor and Publisher William L Johnson — Genera! 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to tur$ on their lights as a warning of the ar said Gulf were stranded in Britain and France as a result of international trade sanctions Javier UN Secretary-GenerPerez de Cuellar met twice with Iraq’s foreign minister Tariq Aziz in Amman Jordan trying to negotiate a solution to the Gulf crisis The two will meet again today Aziz told reporters later all foreigners in Iraq could leave if Perez de Cuellar could produce guarantees against a military attack from the West Iraq made a similar offer to Washington on Wednesday through its US ambassador The m campaign for the Labor Day weekend in the hopes of preventing a repeat of last year’s record nine traffic fatalities Troopers will be operating their patrol cars with their headlights on at all times this weekend to remind drivers of the need to be especially cautious over this most dangerous of holiday weekends All Utah drivers are being asked to participate in the UHP campaign to keep the highways di- visions into separate bargaining units it does freeze wages in the feed plant for the next two years Flour mill workers will get about a 1 percent raise per year for the next two years “We’re pleased with the vote and it will allow the operation to Pillsbury maintained that the Christopher T 9 While it does not split the two feed division was not competing well in the industry and that it needed to negotiate with workers there separately When the union two-ye- From 1A to accept a new contract proposal from the company By KATHARINE BIELE safe “We’re asking everyone Obituaries and death notices Outdoors sectionJim Wright Photo departmentCiyde Mueller Sports sectionEric Dieterle WARM COLD q“o High Lam STATIONARY CD EE E53 Shomers T storms Ram O Rurnas Snow lea Sunny £2 II Cloudy £3 Cloudy Other departments Cali our switchboard 9 am 394-771- 1 394-167- 1 625-42625-428- 1 625-426- 0 to 5 pm 1 |