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Page 10 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1981 National Nat Staten Island ferry, Norwegian vessel collide United Press International NEW YORK — A packed Staten Island ferry with a history Te •TATE o F^TTICWL. Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired 216 N. MAIN BRYAN Mon.-Fri. Sat. 822-6106 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. of mishaps collided with a Norwe gian freighter in dense fog just south of the Statue of Liberty Wednesday, injuring scores of commuters. The collision set off a brief panic aboard the ferry, as passengers screamed, knocked into each other and scrambled for life vests, but the boat was towed safely back to Staten Island. Police said at least 62 people were injured — four seriously — and were taken to hospitals on Staten Island. Of the four serious ly injured, one person had a heart seizure, one had a fractured thigh bone, another had a neck injury and the fourth suffered chest pains. A Coast Guard spokesman said the collision between the ferry boat, the American Legion, and the 515-foot freighter, Hoegh Orchid, occurred at 7:20 a.m. in Upper New York Bay, about one mile from the St. George ferry ter minal on Staten Island and just south of the Statue of Liberty. It was the third time the Amer ican Legion has been involved in a mishap, prompting some angry passengers to label the vessel a “jinx ship.” It was not known how many people were aboard the ferry but the Coast Guard said there usually are between 2,000 and 3,000 com muters on the boats during the morning rush hour. Among the passengers on the ferry at the time of the collision were David Curran, 32, a U.S. Customs official and Bob D’Arco, 33, who works for Prudential Steamship Lines in Manhattan, both of Staten Island. “I’m a little shaken,” said Cur ran. “There was a lot of fog, a lot of horns, then all of a sudden, we looked and saw a bow of a huge ship smash in our side. “People were really scared. They were ripping down life pre servers. It was really a panic. No one could see more than 20 feet because of the fog.” crash occurred. D’Arco said that after the colli sion, the captain said over the loudspeaker, “Don’t panic.” “A lot of people were grabbing life savers,” D’Arco said. “It was quite a jolt, but I think people were more shaken up emotion ally.” Ill fogjfeapt Lc of the ferry was smashed in,| I freighter did not appear tok riously damaged. D’Arco said the ship was head ing toward the freighter and at one point the ferry was put rapidly in reverse. The sudden change knocked people over and then the The fog was so intense that re porters standing on the Battery in Manhattan said they could not see anything in the distance. Police said the port or left side A tugboat towed the ferry|J| to the St. George terminal United p ress , Staten Island while the frfeij^jT LAKE remained in the bay for; Passengers who were not ind got onto another ferry i taken to Manhattan. Matheson jrch oppositio (for the MX n Ices that tl The Coast Guard sent mA ons complex investigators to Staten Isknfe^reat Basin determine the cause of the(»N evac * a- But Defense S jiberger says South African blacks gain power in indust] »is vital to nati< United Press International JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — South Africa’s blacks suddenly have found new strength in labor unionism, and it has started to pay dividends at the negotiating table. For the first time, black and multiracial unions in the steel and engineering industry took part in wage talks this year as full mem bers of their industrial council. As a result, half a million work ers of all races were awarded sub stantial wage increases. Semi skilled black workers got the big gest raises. Until two years ago, the na tion’s 7 million black workers were not allowed to belong to unions, although a number of unofficial ones did exist. Strikes by black workers were considered crimin al. Whites kept a jealous hold on skilled jobs. The breakthrough came when the government realized the country was faced with an acute manpower crisis, the result of 40 years of racial discrimination in the job market. A government report in 1979 was the catalyst. It called for abo lishing all discriminatory practices on the factory floor and the rapid training of all races to overcome the crippling shortage of skilled workers. The reservation of certain jobs Here’s the difference between a bank’s interest-bearing checking account and ours: Ours has a $300 minimum balance. Theirs requires more (in some cases, much more). MoneyStore was the first interest-bearing checking account in the Brazos Valley. And it’s still the best. Look at these features: • $300 Minimum Balance (not $500, $600, $700, $1,000 or $1,200). You pay no service charges at Brazos Savings if you maintain only a $300 minimum balance. • Maximum Interest—Regardless of Balance. 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Black workers also won the right to unionize, and they have been doing so with a speed and militancy that dismays many con servative employers as well as the government. White unions attempted to form “parallel” black unions led by moderate workers, but more radical groups opposed to govern ment control have flourished in stead. The black unions were first re garded as dangerous by the gov ernment and most firms. Now such views have softened. Led by Ford Motor Co. in Port Elizabeth, many firms have begun to negotiate with the unregistered unions as more representative of their workers. Even Labor Minis ter Fanie Botha and the conserva tive Federated Chamber of Indus tries advocate talking to whatever worker body is most representa tive, registed or unregistered. “The Chamber clearly spells out that it is the representative ness of an employee orgnanization that is the more important issue, ” said Andrew Levy, an industrial relations consultant. “This stance is crucial to the possibifity of in dustrial peace in South Africa.” Despite progress in the past two years, Western diplomats and labor experts say it will take sever al years for the whole movement to settle down. Arthur Grobbelaar, whites retary-general of the Trade L'i Council of South Africa, then conservative of the multiraciil ion bodies, says employers i “never had to bother with nt tiating with blacks” as well as is perienced black unionists who: , onp j rnri(ri i... 1 “.1 .„..lJi telleu to be deploy Mormon Ch Kimball ar United Press ASHINGTC first time Co da four-year to learn “the complexities if occupation” both had a cover. “Probably 90 percent oft strikes last year need not happened,” Grobbelaar said A draft labor bill current)! causing controversy. It hi what appears to be tough legislation for unions on one and abolition of all racial and ual discrimination on the front on the other Established union leaden pect the government event :ess that mak •to win appn for farm he House an committees with the of both hou ouse Agric de la Garz rocess “woi upon agric producers.” Both agricul approving c that exceec will force all unions intoitsimi! j n i s tration p rial conciliation system, ra lmoun t 0 fm lays down conditions undent , u |t ure j n t a strike can be called. , g e j s Henry Chipeya, presiden! he farm bill c the unregistered Commerciail 3 ]j c j es f or m . tcring and Allied Workers’* j n recen t said that doesn’t worry his th 1( ]j n g members, but that they do w , ss j t y 0 f g e( about proposals to curb polii g ress f roni activity by unions. J districts “In the complex South Afit ] advocates context, union activity is (h phere also political," Chipeya said. 1 i n t s i mpo sec provision would give the gave In ( 0 }j eaV y ment a chance to label any ata f arm p ro g n as political.” ting to kee] ugh so that P Youngest recipient of heart ‘doing fim United Press International MINNEAPOLIS — One of the country’s youngest heart trans plant patients, a girl, 9, who had been suffering a terminal cardiac disease, survived the critical 24- hour period after surgery and was reported doing fine Wednesday. “Her new heart is pumping away beautifully and her blood pressure is normal,” Dr. John Najarian said. The girl, who was not identi fied, received the heart of an 11- year-old girl in surgery early Tues day at University of Minnesota Hospitals. Najarian, chief of surgery, said the girl will remain in intensive care and on a respirator for several days. The child should be able to go home in six to eight weeks, said Ralph Heussner, a hospital spokesman. She then can lead “a relatively normal” life with regu lar checkups and medication. It was the sixth heart transplant at the university since 1978. The girl was one of the youngest heart transplant recipients in the country, but doctors said they did not view her “age, size, or emo tional maturity, as a prohibitive factor.” competitive Ihe congres: which has )or test of P lomic recc iding ceilir Itional limi artment sp e budgeti it since 197 years, wh Two of the six university plant patients are alive, longest for two and one-half, following surgery. Three os lasse d bud; died of complications. | s would ju Doctors were optimistic! h et resoluti latest transplant would be is Butbeginnii cess because the girl survived jpened pre “most critical period,” thefinti | hours, and because of newly! | veloped anti-rejection drugs, i ^ Najarian said the girl hadd 1111/'/" suffering a heart disease kno»" f ^ ~ myocardiopathy (disease of I middle layer of the heart) fo: past five years, and “she kk month to live at the most”pi the operation. During the past year, she’ United Pn able to go to school but littlenw j-AREDO it was “an effort for her to go: jy battle has three steps,” Najarian e force of the i “There was nothing you coni! fcajoStinel for her except replace her keif P> their pet She had been hospitalizedsisl^ntil the di early March and her condition'^t month, D growing progressively w.willa had oi while doctors waited for a kspave custoc from a young donor. I 16 week and 5 llttl Four surgeons performed» operation — Drs. 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