Show - rnJ - "I n r' f ' r r' ' -A r' ''f'''-''- ' m The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday July 9 1998 — ’ Pages Officials hopeful but major issues remain in GM strike FLINT Mich (AP) — Days from the end of General Motors summer shutCorp’s down talks to end the United Auto Workers strikes against the nutomaker have intensified amid signs of progress Talks were to resume today at the two strike-idle- d parts plants two-we- ek in Flint Separate high-lev- el negotiations between UAW Vice President Richard Shoemaker and GM personnel chief Gerald Knechtel also were to continue Shoemaker said negotiations have become “more focused" but that major issues remain “There are many tough issues still to be resolved” Shoemaker said Wednesday AP photo Ted 8chuator of tfw Bitterroot Hoi 8hots of Oervy Mont wake along a backfire that he aet on a 600-acr- e lend nev Pierson Ra on Wednesday Firefighters spent the day lighting hotspots and setting backflres of containing tardier (Ires In tad of hopes “While we’re hopeful this will of making some movement I don’t want to sound be die beginning AP photo Workers picket outside die F1W Metal Center on Wednesday in FM Mich Negotiations in the GM strike which has idtod 26 of 29 assembly plants continue as officials are meeting at a hotel on the outskirts of town overly optimistic and send the wrong message” he said Earlier GM spokeswoman Homeowners fire barbs M of criticism in Florida said the company was that talks had intensified by Friday so that parts plants can resume production by Monday Since the company already had planned to be in the annual summer shutdown the strike losses won't begin adding up again until when negotiators met the night “They wouldn't have met that long if it weren't for good reason” Irby said “It fits in with where we want to be in terms of sticking Red tape blocked helpful controlled bums they say PIERSON Fta CAP) — On the eve of President Clinton's lour of Florida fingers were fire-ravag- ed being pointed by homeowners who aay red tape may have actually contributed to the devasta- The critics said the state night burning is unsafe because ing temperatures and a lack of rain It has cost officials more than $104 million to fight the blazes which have caused about $276 of stagnant smoke and the ability of fewer firefighters They encourage burning in the day But a University of Florida ecologist and others say the fear of lawsuits is preventing con- million in damage Three people died and an estimated 100 were injured most of them firefighters Thousands of residents in Flagler Volusia and Brevard counties fled their homes last week as hin- ders controlled burns where shrubs and trees are torched to remove potential fuel for wildfires Some contend the burns might have helped when the n state erupted in trolled burns in many rural areas “Landowners are afraid of flames in May “Every land owner wants to do more controlled bums but they have tied our hands with regulations” said Betty Jo Strickland whose family owns nearly 14000 acres in hard-h- it Flagler County nedforr years but last year they sai d we couldn't burn ai rtight whitfh is the safest time to do so” ‘ with it until there's a settlement" Weeks passed without significant movement in the talks since the first strike began June 5 There has been speculation that GM is pushing for a settlement professor for freest ecology He warned it is only a matter of time before the state will see another swarm of fires due to drought lightning and lack of controlled Strickland’s extended family lost more than 5000 acres of timber they could have saved them- r other engine parts dips slightly although the impact of the General Motors strike pushed die aver- age number claims for the past month to the highest level in ’ anti-ft£a- - ithersnr tltSf V t f medications and surgery can effectively counter the T effects of this disease and improve lifestyle 1 Saturday July 11 i i 8:30-11:3- i i 0 In The Spectrum Utah State University i i i i i i 9200 workers were called over staffing levels work roles and health and safety issues at the Flint Metal Center and Delphi Flint East which makes instrument clusters spark plugs and "if IcitC JOUlCSS d ri The Flint strikes involving about -- more than two years selves she said if new state burning restrictions had allowed preventaThe Labor Department reported Many fires were still lingering that initial tive burning before the summer filings for unemploy“People didn't want the smoke today ment benefits after adjusting for On Wednesday a helicopter in their neighborhood but I bet variations t evacuate or (dropped hundreds of they didn'Hfki'-t1 000 last week itodlPPed - - balls filled with hkVfTheir hewer bamiugr" sheflammable chemicaltnn cob said “The Ntd'bodUe&thet i That represented the first drop vidual over the people and they trolled burn of 600 acres to pro-rty June just before the have to take responsibility in a tect 8000 acres of valuable strike at GM's stamping a start of timber and farm land in Volusia big big way" in Flint Mich State agriculture officials said County plant the Mazes caused in part by sear-- across North America to resume production strike-relate- through the start of the vacation shutdown totaled $118 billion control" said Henry Gholz a fits fell slightly last week Volusia County today Since late May more Ihitt 484000 acres have been scorched and at least 350 homes and businesses destroyed from filled and for the first of 26 strike-idle- d assembly plants 67-da- WASHINGTON (AP) — The being sued over health problems caused by prescribed fires and number of Americans filing new over damage if the fires get out of claims for unemployment bene- the wildfires closed in on their communities but most have returned Clinton was to tour drought-stricke- avail- next week Even if the strikes were settled this week it would take several days for the nuts pipeline to be The strikes are the costliest for the world's No 1 automaker y since a walkout in 1970 d GM's losses Not valid with any other coupon XtrMf Full Service Salon 4 Ask For Carla 752-942- punch-car- j Sponsored by: Western Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine and Mountain West Physical Therapy d tooo L Admission and Refreshments Opi w the PuNk Doan epa m 800 an III rt I tf Hit Hit alt r Its fjof Life Liberty Free Long Distance ' v' W'v” - 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