Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 1, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 September 1984 — Page 2

The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, September 4, 1984

Illinois hardest hit state by wave of teacher walkouts

By MARY MacVEAN Associated Press Writer San Francisco’s 3,800 teachers threatened to walk off the job but Chicago’s 24,700 instructors agreed to open classes under an expired contract as strikes by 4,600 teachers in seven states today disrupted school for 99,200 pupils. Illinois was hardest hit by the walkouts, with more than 3,200 teachers on strike in eight districts. Strikes continued in Michigan, Louisiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Washington and Rhode Island. School opens Wednesday for 62,600 children in San Francisco, but the Classroom Teachers Association said it could call a strike today without “significant” movement toward a new contract, said Judy Dellamonica, union president. “Our bargaining team is extremely frustrated,” Ms. Dellamonica said. District negotiators “simply have not offered us any money.” The teachers’ demands are “reasonable,” but the city can’t afford to grant them, said district negotiator A 1 Cheng. “We have enough money for about a 1 percent raise for all certified employees,” said district spokesman Felix Duag. Teachers with at least 21 years’ experience and 60 post-graduate credits earn $31,800.

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One Illinois strike was settled Monday night and another began today as walkouts affected nearly 74,000 students statewide. Most of the strikes began early last week. School will begin on time Wednesday for more than 400,000 pupils in Chicago, where the Teachers’ Union House of Delegates, which had threatened a walkout, voted Monday to work until Nov. 1 under a recently expired contract while mediation continues. The 24,700 teachers begin work today. Strikes by 435 teachers in six Michigan districts idled 10,146 pupils. And the Michigan Education Association said strikes were “probable” in nine other districts. Association President Larry Chunovich said 117 districts remained without contracts. A Rhode Island judge was to consider today a request by the Exeter-West Greenwich School Committee for an injunction to force 56 striking teachers back to work. About 960 students are affected. The city’s school system says it doesn’t have the money to pay a raise set in an agreement. The state of Washington’s only strike began Thursday at Longview, where 377 teachers walked out saying school officials had refused to budge in nearly two months of talks. The district has 7,100 students. Teachers and administrators in Indiana’s Liberty-Perry School Corp. at Muncie were scheduled to meet today to try to mediate an end to a strike by 85 teachers. Substitutes have been teaching classes for the 1,400 students since the strike began last week.

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Cub fan S4O million Lotto winner

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Shuttle crew 'disarms' ice

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Discovery’s astronauts dislodged a large portion of a pesky chunk of ice from the side of the orbiting ship today with a nudge from their 50-foot robot arm. Mission control said the small section remaining was not a hazard. “We got most it,” astronaut Judy Resnik reported after commander Henry Hartsfield had gingerly guided the arm out of the cargo bay and over the port side to get at the ice. A picture televised live to mission control in Houston showed that after the initial tap, a large piece of the chunk had been knocked off, leaving only about a five-inch icicle remaining. Officials estimated more than three-fourths of the lump had been removed. Flight controllers were satisfied this small a piece would cause no problem, particularly because it appeared to be “porous and very spongy, and not hard.” “The remaining piece is not considered a hazard to the orbiter,” said mission control commentator John Lawrence. The crew is to return to Earth Wednesday, with landing set for 6:41 a.m. at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The ice never posed a threat to the astronauts. The concern was that it could fall off during re-entry to Earth and damage Discovery’s tail, requiring costly and time-consuming repairs that would delay the shuttle’s next flight. The television picture, captured by a camera mounted on the arm, dramatically showed the arm gingerly approaching the ice chunk, which had been reduced to

said he’ll share the prize with his father, brother and sister. “All we want to do is pay off our bills,” he said. “After that we’ll sit down and decide what to do with it.” He may use his riches to buy Chicago Cub baseball tickets, Wittkowski said. “Maybe now I’ll have money for playoff tickets.” The Lotto game went three weeks without a winner, and frenzied ticket buying by people from as far away as California and New Jersey swelled the jackpot to the monumental levels. Lottery superintendent Michael Jones said 2,020 players matched five out of the six numbers drawn Saturday night, and each will receive $1,569.50. He said 103,652 players matched four of the six numbers and will each get $45.50.

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about half the size it was on Monday by a combination of the sun and heaters. Hartsfield had to be very careful with the movements so that the arm would not accidentally hit and damage protective thermal tiles on the side and on the port wings. He had only about a 10-inch clearance with the wing. Sally Ride, America’s first woman in space, worked out the arm procedures Monday in a simulator in Houston. She radioed instructions to Miss Resnik, the second American space woman, who relayed them to Hartsfield. The arm was called into use after a series of jet firings failed for tne second day in a row to shake the ice loose. “No joy,” Miss Resnik reported after Hartsfield triggered a series of jet bursts that vibrated the shuttle’s frame. Hartsfield estimated the chunk was about half the size it was Monday, when it measured about 24 inches long and about 12 inches thick at the base. If all attempts had failed today, officials said they would consider sending astronauts Steve Hawley and Richard Mullane outside on a space walk to break the ice free. Miss Resnik on Monday finished all 14 of her engineering tests of a 10-story-tall solar power panel and a NASA spokesman said “there are some mighty pleased folks” in the control center. The manufacture of a hormone, however, ran into more equipment problems and officials said they expected industry engineer Charles Walker to bring back 80 percent of the amount.

Jones reported that a record 31.7 million tickets were sold for the drawing and at one point were selling at a rate of 348 a second. Wittkowski, who has a girlfriend and is planning to become engaged, said last week started out like any other week he and his family bought about $35 worth of tickets, and he played the same numbers he always does. The family watched the drawing on television at home. Wittkowski said that just before the drawing, he wrote his numbers on a piece of paper, along with the words “these are my S4O million numbers.” When he found out he’d beaten the 3.5 million-to-1 odds, Wittkowski said, he “jumped up and screamed.”

Three die in bombing at Montreal MONTREAL (AP) A bomb exploded in a locker in Montreal’s main railroad station, killing three people and injuring at least 41, officials said. Police arrested an American in connection with notes threatening Pope John Paul II that had been mailed to the station and news media. The explosion Monday sent metal and glass fragments tearing into a line of about 150 people waiting to board a train for Ottawa at the end of Canada’s Labor Day weekend. Thousands of people were heading home, and the Central Station was crowded. It was closed after the blast and passengers were shuttled to suburban stations. Detective Sgt. Jacques Grondines said police arrested Thomas Brigham, 65, believed to be from Rochester, N.Y., in connection with anonymous notes threatening John Paul. The notes were mailed to the train station and various news media in Ottawa and Montreal during the past week. Detective Sgt. Andre Menard said Brigham would be charged in connection with the notes, but did not specify what the charge would be. Grondines said Brigham also would be questioned about the bombing. Brigham was being followed by the U.S. Secret Service until about a year ago “because he was following President Reagan,” Menard said. The bombing came a week before the Pope is scheduled to visit Montreal by rail on a Canadian tour. The pope will arrive at Windsor Station, two blocks from Central Station. Many people were thrown from their feet by the blast, witnesses said. Railway officials said they believed the device contained more than 25 pounds of explosives. The explosion occurred in a storage locker area. Police said the bomb must have been in an upper locker, because the ceiling was scorched. Bernard Lefebvre, of the city’s emergency medical service, said ambulances took 25 people to seven hospitals, and 16 other victims went to hospitals on their own.