THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1978
Page 7
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J'^VAS KINGTON _
j at )( gotiators working to avert a
^ike at midnight Thursday dead-
t . M[i Ked Tuesday over a union de-
L nd that the Postal Service re-
i a no-layoff clause for workers
their new contract, a union
lhei rce rt> P«> rted -
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^otiations,” the source told
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.tonewalling. At the moment
, rt] , nagement will not discuss
“ler issues until we give in on
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major postal
unions
isider a clause forbidding
jed reductions except through
itions to be as important as the
ge issue, he said.
The unions, he said, do not in-
^ d to back down. The present
itract has such a clause.
V spokesman for federal
diators said it is incorrect to
negotiations have been halted
te Doth sides are on hand,
mmunieating through the
’diators although they are not
^ he same table.
Postal Service and union
negotiators have made steady
progress in settling “less volatile”
issues drafting a new work con
tract, but there has been no sign
they are any closer together on
wage offers.
Contracts with four major
postal unions expire Thursday at
midnight, and union leaders have
predicted there will be a na
tionwide mail strike if the Postal
Service does not make an accept
able wage offer by that deadline.
The negotiators were resuming
their work Tuesday after holding
a night session at the request of
the Federal Mediation and Con
ciliation Service, which entered
the negotiations a week ago.
“They continued meeting all
day (Monday) and continued
making progress on a number of
less volatile issues,” a spokesman
for the service said late Monday.
"They are meeting tonight to start
tackling some major issues.”
The Public Service Research
Council, a public interest group,
meanwhile hoped for prompt
court action on a suit it filed
Monday to block the unions from
striking or using strike threats as a
bargaining lever.
The suit also requested the
U.S. District Court to order the
Postal Service to fire workers who
walk out or stage slowdowns.
A strike “would have a cata
strophic effect upon the well
being of nearly all citizens of the
United States and would be disas
trous to the free flow of com
merce, the operation of govern
ment and the national economy,”
the suit said.
Although the law forbids a
strike by federal employes it is
often not enforced. One of the
four unions, the American Postal
Workers Union, has officially
adopted a commitment to strike if
there is no new contract by the
deadline.
The suit said the unions are
seeking to “intimidate” the Postal
Service and President Carter by
making strike threats. Carter has
urged them to accept a 5.5 per
cent wage increase.
"ommittee votes to extend
wRA ratification period
Unit©*! Press International
sHINGTON — The House
ry Committee has breathed
ife into the Equal Rights
Iment by voting to extend its
tion period — but not before a
igerffinish that could just as
have ended in failure,
proposal extending the cur-
4arcli 22, 1979, ratification
e for 39 months until June 30,
cleared the panel Tuesday
on a 19-15 vote. Supporters
called that committee’s ap-
their toughest congressional
. measure now goes to the
' Committee to be cleared for
action, and Senate supporters
epared to move quickly if the
ion is approved by the House.
I ERA would add a single sen-
•to the Constitution stating:
"Equality of rights under the law
shall not he denied or abridged by
the United States or any state on ac
count of sex.
So far, it has been approved by 35
of the required 38 states, but propo
nents believe they cannot win pas
sage by the needed three more states
before the current deadline.
There is no legal or consitutional
bar to the extension of the ratification
period, but it has never been done
before. Supporters argue the ERA
involves major social change and de
serves a longer debate period than
has customarily been afforded to re
cent amendments.
But opponents claimed the exten
sion “smacks of expediency” and
“manipulates” the process of amend
ing the Constitution to keep ERA
alive.
Supporters had maintained for
several days they had the votes to
oman testifies doctor
led her ‘test-tube’ baby
United Press International
W YORK — Mrs. Doris Del
stifled Tuesday that her once
mely active and enjoyable” sex
is been seriously impaired
he destruction five years ago of
he hoped would be the world’s
■st—tube baby.
34-year-old Fort Lauderdale,
lousewife told a packed court
T could not look at my bus
ts a man. I thought sex had
e a mockery of our relation
al in tears and speaking in
1 tones, the attractive mother
ughter by a previous marriage
le and ber husband John, a
r-old dentist, were very happy
hat day in September 1973
the experiment was stopped.
: were a loving couple,” she
We had a great deal of love and
t for each other.”
Mrs. Del Zio was the lead-off wit
ness in U.S. District Court here in
her $1.5 million damage suit against
Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center and Dr. Raymond Vande
Wiele, its chief of obstetrics and
gynecology.
The Del Zios allege the defen
dants “maliciously and arbitrarily”
destroyed a laboratory-fertilized
embryo three days before it was to be
implanted in her womb.
Since that time, she said, she has
suffered constant and severe pain in
the lower back and pelvic areas. For
about six months, she said, she had
no sexual relations with her husband
and later “very infrequently, once a
month or once every other month.”
“I can’t believe I understand what
happened,” Mrs. Del Zio said. I
can’t comprehend the actions that
were done against me.”
win. The key was a compromise that
would reduce the amount of extra
time from seven more years to three
years and three months, making the
deadline June 1982.
But they watched with shock late
in the day as their fragile coalition
nearly fell apart.
At that point. Chairman Peter
Rodino, D-N,J., hastily called a re
cess.
After about 20 minutes of behind-
the-scenes conferences, Rodino
quickly called the committee back
into session and brought the Ed
wards amendment to a vote.
Everyone was present but Rep. Jim
Santini, D-Nev., an opponent of the
ERA extension.
With Santini gone, the Edwards
amendment passed 17-16, and
cleared the way for final approval Of
the extension.
Throughout the day, several
hundred ERA supporters and oppo
nents kept a vigil in the hall outside
the hearing room, waiting for Capitol
police to usher them in briefly to
observe the committee debate.
After the final roll call, supporters
in the audience erupted into shouts
and prolonged applause when it be
came apparent the extension propo
sal had won.
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Psychological profiles of killers
at restaurant compiled by police
United Press Internationnl
OKLAHOMA CITY
Psychological profiles of the killers
of six steakhouse employees shot
execution-style and left stacked in a
restaurant freezer were being com
piled Tuesday by police.
Police Chief Tom Heggy said in
vestigators had no new leads in the
case, but were continuing to check
all tips and information.
“We are going to be working up a
psychological profile of the killers in
an attempt to give us some leads,
since there might be certain person
ality characteristics or other emo
tional factors people who would do
this might have that would give us
something to work on,” Heggy said.
He said authorities now believe
either two or four persons were in
volved in robbing the Sirloin Stoc
kade of $1,200 to $1,500 near clos
ing time Sunday night and shooting
the six employees who were clean
ing up the restaurant. Officers be
lieve either one or two persons sys
tematically shot each victim while
his accomplices held the other em
ployees at bay inside the freezer.
“The main question we have to
answer is whether they (killers)
were passing through on the in
terstate or were not,” Heggy said.
Oklahoma State University
criminology professor Dr. Werner
Gruninger said Tuesday he believed
the slayings were the work of “a
psychopathic killer who has a long
police record.” He said he thinks
the killer will be apprehended soon
because of past criminal activity.
Area, federal and state law
enforcement officers met in Okla
homa City Tuesday for a briefing on
progress of the investigation.
Officers have determined a small
caliber pistol was used in the slay
ings, but the exact caliber of the
weapon has not been pinpointed.
“We will have to do extensive bal
listics tests before we can determine
that,” said Sgt. Tom Mundy, police
information officer.
Mundy said police planned to seal
off the restaurant and the surround
ing parking lot until at least Thurs
day.
He said between 30 and 40 police
officers were working at the scene
and 25 detectives were working foil
time on the investigation. Mundy
said other officers have been called
in for extra investigative work.
Investigators from the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, the Okla
homa State Bureau of Investigation
and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms also entered the case
full time Tuesday, along with six
deputies from the sheriff’s office.
As the investigation continued,
donations and pledges poured in to
funds set up for rewards and for the
families of the victims.
The reward fond grew to $41,550
and the family fund increased to
$8,600, according to the Oklahoma
Restaurant Association, which is
handling the donations.
The reward money will be
awarded to anyone providing infor
mation leading to the arrest and
conviction of the assailants. The
family fund will be divided among
the families of the six victims.
The victims were Louis
Zacharias, 40; David Salsman, 17;
Terri M. Horst, 16; Anthony Tew,
17; David Lindsey, 17, and Isaac
Freeman, 56.
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