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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1979
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MONTREAL — In the end, The
ontreal Star died so swiftly it had
chance to record its own
ituary.
The Star, one of Canada’s oldest
d most respected newspapers,
ased publication Tuesday with the
2nd issue of its 111th year and too
for its final edition.
Bled by an eight-month strike and
uinous circulation war. The Star,
gship of the F.P. Publications
in of newspapers, gave an option
its assets to the rival morning
izette.
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ally own a freight yard, to operate
over Rock Island tracks in 14 states,
using Rock Island’s equipment and
employees, for at least the next 60
days.
The Rock Island was shut down
three weeks ago by two striking
railway unions after the company re
fused to grant retroactive pay raises
like those in nationwide railroad in
dustry contracts reached earlier this
year. The railroad has been bank
rupt since 1975 and has been operat
ing under court supervision.
Noting the railroad serves 10 to
15 percent of the agricultural pro
duction of a 14-state area in the
Midwest, Mondale estimated the
strike was causing a loss of $4 mil
lion to $5 million a day in revenues
to farmers and grain shippers.
The ICC decision automatically
triggers an infusion of millions of
federal dollars to get the railroad
running again. Federal law requires
railroads directed to provide service
on other lines to be reimbursed for
any losses.
A key provision in the order au
thorizes the railroad consortium to
pay prevailing industry wage rates,
a critical demand of the striking
unions.
President Carter last week or
dered the striking employees back
to work for a 60-day “cooling oft”
period, but union members so far
have refused to obey and have
vowed not to return until they can
be guaranteed jobs and are assured
they will be paid.
Elevators in the Midwest are
overflowing with a record-breaking
grain harvest, but with no means of
transport. Farmers and elevator
operators met with administration
officials last week and warned that
many farmers face financial ruin and
consumers can be hurt through
higher food prices unless the grain is
moved to Gulf Coast ports.
The ICC said it intends to con
duct hearings in states affected by
the Rock Island shutdown to deter
mine what to do after the 60-day
emergency period has expired. The
commission has the authority to ex
tend service for an additional 180
days if necessary.
The commission said it expected
the Kansas City group to have serv
ice resumed “within five business
days of this decision’s effective
ness.” The ICC staff has been work
ing with the railroads for several
days to get service resumed as
smoothly as possible.
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aper doesn't even make its own funeral
Some wept, others roamed the
plush newsroom in shock after
editor Raymond Heard announced
at 4 p.m. that Tuesday’s edition was
the last.
At the Gazette, the reaction was
muted.
“What has happened is as much a
tragedy as a victory,” Gazette pub
lisher Robert McConnell said. “A
newspaper with 110 years of pub
lishing has closed."
Star publisher Arthur E. Wood,
moved into his job only two months
ago after the Gazette outstripped
the Star’s 114,000 daily circulation
with its own commanding 167,000
in an almost exact reversal of the
two newspapers’ pre-strike posi
tions, was blunt about the Star’s
situation.
“We just didn’t have the advertis
ing and we didn’t have the circula
tion to continue,” he told the staff.
Wood said The Star had had to
pay $7 million to end the strike.
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Since it resumed publication in
February, The Star lost another
$10.4 million — $2 million in Au
gust alone.
The initial move to extricate The
Star from its calamitous finances, it
was learned, came with an F.P. ap
proach to Southam. F.P. wanted an
agreement under which the two
newspapers would merge their
printing operations.
That effort foundered on legal
barriers. The Star then agreed to
give a three-year option to the
Gazette on its building and plant
but the option reportedly can only
be exercised after The Star has
clearly severed its relationship with
every employee.
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