Show Logan Utah Thursday December The Herald Journal 20 1984- -3 Air fare war expected in wake of ruling WASHINGTON (UPI) — In a move expected fare war the Justice Department said today it will not mount an antitrust challenge to British Airways' plans for a S378 round-tri- p n New fare this to let off a trans-Atlant- ic York-Londo- winter In a letter to the airline’s lawyers Assistant Attorney General J Paul McGrath head of the antitrust division said the department “has no intention of instituting enforcement action against British Airways if it implements the winter fares" British Airways had no immediate comment on the department's action which clears the way for tt to seek approval from the Civil Aeronautics Board and England’s civil aviation authority for the lower fares Under the proposal the airline would offer an Apex or advance purchase fare and a or late purchase fare for 8378 round trip weekdays and 8428 round trip weekends Currently the airline is charging 8578 round trip for the Apex fare and 8619 on weekends There is no late purchase fare The fares already proposed by all carriers serving the route had been blocked by British authorities in October on grounds that they might violate US antitrust law prohibiting late-sav- ve Justice Department to dose a criminal investigation into whether airlines serving the route had violated antitrust laws The department wanted to continue the investigation but the administration decided it would be “in the nation's best interest" to end it At the time US authorities said they had no deal with the British for approval of the lower fares in return for closing the case McGrath said a department analysis determined there were no antitrust violations in the proposal to cut British Airway's lowest fares by 35 percent for the rest of the 1984-8- 5 winter season In addition McGrath said it was questionable trans-Atlant- ic er behavior The Justice Department's decision comes one month after President Reagan ordered the US officially leaves UNESCO - nent secretariat who asked not to be identified said he was optimistic the United States would return after it observed some reforms already enacted or scheduled to go into effect in “We hope they will judge us “We have heard for goodness now for 15 months since on our across-the-boar- d this was under consideration approach which is constructive the Third World would feel the to multilateral development in US had abandoned the Third the Third World" Newell said the ultimate goal World" he said 1985 of the US government is not We “That's poppycock The United States remains participate in some 95 other UNESCO reforms Newell said the group must committed to the development international organizations reform its decision-makin- g of Third the we World he where work problems harmoniously said with the Third World process including its budget WASHINGTON (UPI) The administration citing hostility and mismanagement of money has made good on its threat to pull out of UNESCO but vows to continue to devote US resources toward the organization’s stated goal: development of the Third World The UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization was warned more than a year ago to reform or the United States would walk out along with its annual contribution of 847 million “We think we were abun- Soviets critical of US action - MOSCOW (UPI) The Soviet Union today accused Washington of pulling out of UNESCO because it opposed the agency’s disarmament and human rights policies but America's allies said they understood US concerns “The United States is strongly riled by UNESCO’s consistent policy in questions of the struggle for peace and disarmament and by its denunciation of the racist regime of apartheid" the Soviet news agency Tass said Tass also charged the United States with using blackmail to influence the United Nations agency’s policies dantly specific” about the warnings Gregory Newell assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs said Wednesday UNESCO which has its headquarters in Paris withheld substantive comment on the withdrawal because it had yet to receive formal notification from Washington One member of the perma whether the antitrust laws could be used to interfere with the unilaterial business judgment of an air carrier Industry observers believe there will be a tough fare war this winter because of excess capacity on the North Atlantic routes to Europe following Reagan's action to close the Laker “The Reagan administration resorts to threats and blackmail in a bid to change or at least influence the character of the activities of that prestigious organization" it said The United States formally withdrew from the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Wednesday citing the agency’s “endemic hostility toward institutions of a free society” A State Department official also cited budget mismanagement The United States contributed 25 percent of UNESCO’s budget — about 847 million annually investigation Last summer British Airways announced its intention to offer the lower fares and Pan Am and TWA immediately off-pe- ak Plan to implant embryos into animals draws fire said (UPI) British researchers is LONDON two A plan by Norris to - SAN JOSE Calif (UPI) Police say three men were shot to death in a car parked on the shoulder of a busy freeway A passing motorist spotted one of the bodies Wednesday lying beside a blue 1970 Ford Maverick and notified police They later found two more bodies inside the car One was slumped over the steering wheel and the other was in the back seat Investigators said the gunman was “a fourth passenger" either a hitchhiker or an acquaintance of the victims Robbery and narcotics were being investigated as a possible motive for the killings police said Identities of the dead men all in their 40s were withheld pending notification of their families Each man was shot at point blank range LL Don Trujillo said He said the victims probably were shot inside the car while it was parked on the shoulder of Highway 101 The body on the ground apparently was shoved out by the gunman in the process of getting out of the car Neo-Na- zi arraigned - PORTLAND Ore (UPI) Denver Dew Parmenter II was arraigned before a US magistrate on charges stemming from the 8500000 robbery allegedly by a group of of an armored car April 23 in Seattle Parmenter 32 who was arrested Tuesday in Seaside did not enter a plea to charges of robbery and extortion Magis neo-Naz-is Holiday hours: Daily 9-1- 0 Barnhill believed to be from Montana the FBI said LOS ANGELES : 5 anti-aborti- on test-tub- test-tub- test-tub- test-tub- GIGANTIC trate William Dale assigned Parmenter a federal defender Wednesday and set Dec 27 for a hearing on removal to Seattle A warrant for Parmenter's arrest issued Dec 5 alleged he and five others were involved in the robbery The money was taken by robbers who stopped the armored car by holding up a sign that said “Get out or die" Also charged was Randall George Duey who was arrested Dec 7 in Washington state Two still at large were Bruce Carroll Pierce of LaClede Idaho and Andrew Sex suit settled Her group ment for a asking Parlia- -' moratorium on embryos into animals has experiments involving unborn j drawn sharp criticism from humans A report issued in July by a j human rights groups and d government-appointephysicians panel of : “It is monstrous and just scientists lawyers doctors I shows how little regard some social workers and a theologian j scientists have for the human known as the Waraock Com- species” Peggy Norris a mittee advocated continued j Liverpool physician repre- experimentation in the field of senting the World Federation of embryology Doctors Who Respect Human The group LIFE Life said Wednesday said immediate legislation was Patrick Steptoe and Robert necessary to stop the doctors’ Edwards responsible for de- plans e “LIFE hopes (a bill) to ban livering the world’s first in a said report all this will go swiftly through to baby Tuesday that planting become law and put a stop to artificially inseminated human the nightmare world of the embryos into pigs and rabbits embryo farmers and scienfor brief periods would help the tists” said spokeswoman Nula two researchers perfect the art Scarisbrick e of making But the two scientists who babies e not said had They they yet pioneered the baby techniques said the procedure attempted the implants “I find it unbelievable that would help cut the risk of e babies they have even suggested it" deformity hi tem- porarily implant human National report Three shot on highway followed suit In deciding not to challenge the British Airways fares the department noted there were many economic reasons for drastic fare cuts in the airline industry particularly in the periods - (UPI) Nearly 300 women who claimed they were sexually harassed by their male managers at two Social Security offices have settled their class action suit lawyers announced Attorney Marc Coleman said Wednesday the parties agreed not to disclose details of the settlement of the suit filed against the federal Department of Health and Human Services A scheduled hearing before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was postponed last August to give the parties time to discuss a compromise The complaint charged that male managers at the Inglewood and Crenshaw district Social Security offices in the Los Angeles area were involved “with wide ranging sexual harassment of female employees” The 285 women accused the male BLOWOUT AUCTION managers of making overt sexual advances and applying work pressure on women who did not agree to their sexual demands and that older women were passed over for promotion in favor of those “deemed young and attractive" The complaint also said the managers created “a hostile and offensive working environment for women through excessive unwanted touching making or offensive remarks about women leering and suggestive comments about women’s clothing and physiques" off-col- SATURDAY DEC 21 10 AAA EACH DAY FRIDAY Gunbattle in Chinatown Another officer and the son of the store owner were badly wounded Police sealed off four blocks in the heart of Chinatown's tourist district and went door to door Wednesday in a massive manhunt involving police dogs and helicopters but failed to find the other two suspects One of the robbers who escaped may have been wounded in what Chief Daryl Gates called “a very violent gun battle’’ at close quarters in the narrow aisles lined with cases full of jade coins and jewelry Five other people in the store including its owner and father of the wounded employee escaped uninjured police said Gosed Sunday Our 27th Annual Coats for Charity continues Trade in your old coat to your favorite chatty and we’ll give 20 30 40 and 50 savings on a new coat from Fashion Coats or Loft Coats something for yourself when you do something nice for others this Christmas at the 27th Annual Coats for Charity going on now in all ZCMI stores (Ill Do 171 113 ) & 22 ECCLES CONFERENCE CENTER LOS ANGELES (UPI) — Two policemen answering a silent alarm walked in on four gunmen holding up a jewelry store in the heart of Chinatown and the resulting gun battle left one officer and two bandits dead & UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS Go up 400 North in Logon and follow tho sign and we will got you thoro Bert Cook and Joe Profazer will load up all of their remaining toys & merchandise inventory and bring it to Logan and will sell each item to the highest bidder even if we have to sell everything for 100 Guaranteed to be the best last minute Christmas sale to ever hit Logan We have thousands of items left including over 5000 stocking staffer items individuallY t Some of the items will include: Ski gloves robots cabbage patch dolls nurf footballs electric transformers antique glass items and educational toys games solid wood rocking chairs clay model sets electronic toys battery operated toys and remote control toys Thousands of different ewelry sets Thousands of men's ladies' and children's watches Genny Lynn walnut cradles solid oak telephone stands authenic 280 ZX battery operated cars Seiko FM stereos games games and more games Oak and walnut five tear Victorian shelves bent wood hall trees Barbie tea sets foot pumps three sizes of hand carved wood ducks El Plush toys smurf toys race car sets screw driver sets remote control Kawasaki Motorcycles musical dolls disc figurines brass spitoons solid oak fern stands Victorian marble top tables solid oak corner shelves needle point rockers wrapping paper Mated Shower Babies bow and arrow sets Litton Microwave Cookware sets flip over dune buggies fighting four wheel drive jeeps battery operated swimming- frog men Swiss Army type knives all different sizes of locking blade knives six piece french cooking knives gourmet cookware little girls hair styling kits with batteiy operated blow dryers leather work gloves 5 pc mechanic special socket sets back packers mess kits blanket covered canteens disposable tooth brushes army issue duffle bags silk jewelry boxes plus much much more - IF WE CAN'T SELL SOME OF THE ITEMS WE WILL GIVE THEM AWAY! THIS WILL ABSOLUTELY BE OUR LAST AUCTION OF THE YEAR MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM BERT COOK AND jOE PROFAZER AUCTION CONDUCTED BY B&P AUCTION AND BERT COOK AUCTIONEERS i r I |