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...major labor contract negotiations scheduled for later this year, most notably in the aerospace and construction industries. In recent years, one union's inflationary wage settlement has generally become the next union's negotiating floor. But that trend may be ending, especially in the auto, steel and rubber industries. Workers at Chrysler have already had to make wage concessions as part of the Government's rescue program. Workers at Ford and General Motors may soon have to follow suit in order to avert job losses...
...ordered personal designs etched into their gravestones, taking advantage of a technique developed in recent years. A few other firms are also beginning to use it. Says Vice President David Quiring: "People come in with a sketch of what they want. We stencil it, cut it into rubber, and using sandblast grains, we can make a fine, detailed picture" on granite...
...trade issue has taken on such importance because of the auto industry's key role in the economy. One out of five American workers is employed either directly or indirectly in making, servicing or selling cars; and industries like steel, glass and rubber are heavily dependent upon
...first hard evidence of Negroes living in outer space. According to the UPI, a Negro space traveler named Mr. Quadir from the planet G-7 got on a Manhattan shuttle train wearing iridescent purple sunglasses and a green and yellow vinyl jacket to which had been pinned a rubber alligator. Explaining that he was penniless, owing to the unexpected crash of his spaceship, Mr. Quadir played a few tunes on his saxaphone and asked fellow passengers for financial assistance. When we called Mr. Young's Atlanta office, inquiring as to how he intended to exploit this extraterrestial opportunity, the spokesman...
Base said that although the slate would tend to sympathize with union issues, if elected its representatives on the Coop's board of 23 directors would not be a rubber stamp for a union...