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...United Rubber Workers and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., which granted increases totaling 810 an hour over the next three years-a figure within the Administration's 5.5% Phase III guideline. But last week the fragile peace came to an end as 10,300 U.R.W. members struck B.F. Goodrich, halting work at plants in six states and shattering a long period of labor tranquillity in major industries...
...rejected by the U.R.W.'s biggest local, Akron No. 2, whose president, John Nardella, is threatening an unprecedented petition drive among rank and filers to have it rescinded. Faced with that kind of pressure, union representatives struck a tougher stance in their dealings with fourth-ranking Goodrich and refused an offer that both sides agree was somewhat more generous than the settlement with Goodyear. The bargaining was further complicated by some issues peculiar to Goodrich. These include the company's rumored plans to shut down several antiquated plants in Akron and set up new facilities elsewhere, most probably...
...hang on to their title. For the underdog Knicks, the match-ups posed a number of imponderables. Forward Dave DeBusschere figured to neutralize the rebounding muscle of Bill Bridges, but could Forward Bill Bradley and Guard Earl Monroe contain the faster, higher-scoring tandem of Jim McMillian and Gail Goodrich? Would Center Willis Reed, slowed by tendinitis, be able to pull Wilt Chamberlain away from the boards by shooting from the outside? And, in the most exciting confrontation of all, could Guard Walt Frazier outhustle Jerry West? "Between us," predicted Frazier, "it is going to be a battle of pride...
...together in one of their patented comebacks; they closed to within three points in the final moments. But then, with 40 seconds remaining, the harassed Frazier threw the ball-and the Knicks' hopes-away. Led by West, who outscored Frazier 24 points to 12, and Goodrich, who contributed a game-high total of 30, the Lakers...
...candles in mad pursuit of the Edge, Carter and Steele have found an economical and princely mode of transport. Riding on stuffed sofas and listening to eight-track-tape rock, they ride from Snoqualmie to Mt. Hood to Mammoth to Squaw Valley with Carter's old skiing buddy Charley Goodrich in the Head ski van, which tends to the needs of Head racers at major events...