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There is some fear for the unions future after Fraser and other senior officers retire. A whole group of the committed, heads-busted-on-picket-lines generation has to be out by 1983. Fraser is the first to admit that the union could "go the way of all flesh." But he is convinced that "we are steeped in tradition and history that is apt to produce a certain kind of leadership." Surely tomorrow's auto union chiefs, whoever they are, will learn quite a bit from watching how Fraser handles the problem of asking for more in a lean...
Surprisingly large numbers of students stayed away from classes Mondy; estimates of the no-shows ranged from 40 to 70 per cent. Those figures are tenuous, though, and include those who were simply unwilling to face picket lines or more interested in the 70-degree sun than in Chem...
Others who crossed the picket lines said they felt intimidated, although protesters did nothing to prevent them physically from getting to class. Others questioned the effectiveness of the boycott in changing Corporation policy, and on that score they appear to have been right...
Until yesterday about 150 professors had classes off-campus to avoid crossing picket lines set up by the clerical workers, who had supported the faculty in its strike...
...police harassment. But the only proclaimed homosexual in town is Disc Jockey Johnny Fambro, who came out last fall to help organize opposition to an Anita Bryant rally. "Susan," a lesbian who works at nearby Robins Air Force Base, attended the anti-Bryant demonstration but would not carry a picket sign because she feared she would not get a security clearance; nor will she take her roommate "Doris" to parties...