p national Battalion/Page 11 February 17, 1982 Warped ■toworker ‘-year delaj r-to-date percem kUI.ES FOR ELEVATOR MPIVG. 2' BUTTOA/S. EVEN IF THE FLOOR 100 NEED I5 ALREAD/ Lit, PRESS IT AGAIN. THE REASON? TRY NOT DOING IT #4- - EVERYONE MUST LINE UP AGRINST THE WALL, ONE TO A CORNER, EQUIDISTANT FROM EACH OTHER. PEOPLE RANK THIS EQUAL WITH SITTING NEAR THE WINDOW ON A BUS. ^-ABSOLUTELY, DO NOT LAUGH OUT LOUD TO YOURSELF IN A CROWDED ELEVATOR... By Scott McCuiiar Actors aid Salvador rebels, oppose U.S. arms to junta ... IT DRIVES PEOPLE CRAZY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S SO DAMN FUNNY. '5,866,11 followed C r >ng rebate i seleaedt, 5 for the Jit ent. Ford,® 1 1 us 35,291 has oft rs since th '^Workers to get high benefits r’s salesfai 3 percent!] ors Cort f 2,3 1 percent ft) YeaMwH United Press International wn56perl DETROIT .— Bul g in g inven- fferingreffl r * es > slumping sales and the ever -breakdown of union contract tin the finiSks prompted General Motors to l.GS-llJrp. to announce the closings s for the iff two plants and cutbacks at cent. Bother, idling 6,100 workers, workers. I GM President F. James McDonald said Monday the ac tions were taken “in response to current market conditions and GMC employees laid off the near-term outlook for new car and truck demands.” GM will close its Fremont and South Gate, Calif., plants and eliminate a shift in Pontiac, Mich. GM two weeks ago closed its Euclid, Ohio, plant. However, the No. 1 automak er announced it would add shifts at three plants to build sports cars and trucks, recalling 3,700 workers from indefinite layoffs. GM threatened during broken negotiations with the United Auto Workers three weeks ago to close “a lot of plants” without extensive con tract concessions. The Fremont plant, which will close March 5, builds GM’s newly introduced Chevrolet Celebrity and Oldsmobile Ciera front-wheel drive models. That shutdown will idle 2,500 workers. South Gate builds slow-selling Chevrolet Cavalier and Cadillac Cimmaron models. It will close April 2, taking jobs away from 2,550 workers. GM spokesman Kurt Anto- nius said despite the closing, “the vast majority” of Fremont’s 2,150 hourly employees would receive up to 95 percent of their wages for one year, under the current United Auto Workers’ contract. ly, U.S. DlJ Hack issue'J ig order feiJl ials or other in ould-be hijacker captured efore boarding Air Florida jet United Press International B MIAMI (UPI) — A “suspi- §us” Cuban refugee apparent- ig,hai.t )y intent on hijacking an Air nyofthef Florida jet opened fire Tues- ho are v ^ w h en flight attendants slam- case.) [jed the plane door belore he a forbids i cjuid board. The suspect was impedinj taken into custody and there mating ibr y&re no known injuries. Black £ | “Our gate agents thought next Wed they smelled a rat and closed the to exlerd <{bor,” Am Florida spokes woman Robin Cohn said. Friday to ■ recause ini'® skei She said the shooting broke out on the tunnel-like jetway that leads from the ticketing area to the plane. Cohn did not know how many shots were fired, or how the man got the weapon beyond security checks. Cohn described the man as a “Spanish man, apparently a Mariel refugee.” Police said it appeared to be an attempt to hi jack the jet bound for Key West. “There were two Air Florida gate agents on the jetway, and one of the agents thought the passenger looked suspicious,” she said. “He dosed the door of the aircraft, and the agents went to search him. That’s when he pulled the gun.” The man then started shoot ing wildly, but \yas subdued by security guards, she said. Officials said the would-be hi jacker was a ticketed passenger. The Boeing 737 was Flight 34 traveling from Miami to Key West, carrying 25 passengers. The 9:15 a.m. flight was pc la < United Press International WASHINGTON — Arguing the United States has no busi ness in war-torn El Salvador, a group of actors led by Edward Asner will try to raise $ 1 million for the health care system of re bel forces in the Central Amer ican nation. In direct opposition to U.S. policy, the actors and filmmak ers Monday presented a check for $25,000 to a group based in Los Angeles that provides medical relief to the Democratic Revolutionary Front in El Sal vador. The money was collected from about 8,000 contributors. Asner, television’s “Lou Grant,” said the rebels were chosen as recipients because they are the only ones with deliv ery systems to the rural citizens who need the care. “If we want to deliver medical assistance, frankly we must do it through the rebel forces,” he said. The Reagan administration supports the Duarte govern ment against the front, which is an alliance of left-of-center par ties, unions and professional groups opposed to the ruling junta. Asner and the other actors said it is their belief the United States should stay out of El Sal vador, which has killed 30,000 people in three years of fighting, before the fighting turns into another Vietnam. “We’ve learned to recognize a war we’ve got no business being part of,” he told a news confer ence. “We are determined, each in our own way, to stop Amer ican involvement in this war, so help us Cod.” Joining Asner are actress Lee Grant; Howard Hesseman, who plays Dr. Johnny Fever on “WKRP in Cincinnati;” Penny Marshall, Laverne of “Laverne and Shirley;” Ralph Waite, Pa Walton of “The Waltons,” and Academy Award-winning film maker Bert Schneider. >ost- poned so mechanics could de termine if the aircraft had been hit by the gunfire. Who’s drawing you? County Seat’s drawing you to the new store in Post Oak Mall! If we draw your name, our professional caricaturist will draw your face and well give you 50% off any purchase. Come in and register. New drawing every hour. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 19, 20.11 a.m.—8 p.m. COUNTY SEAT STORES For the best in casual clothes for guys, gals and kids, just direct your feet to the County Seat. © 1982 CSSI MSC Cepheid Variable Presents THE too :nse att 1 affidaviiil charged i| .ing ihreslij umors of arms to Jordan frighten Begin, parliament United Press International , WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said Tuesday the furor over a ipossible sale of U.S. arms to Jor dan, touched off by his com ments during a tour of Arab na tions, is premature. Weinberger, whose remarks tattled U.S.-Israeli relations, ||tressed the United States re- tmed .last iBnains loyal to Israel and will arcliitec® keep that commitment in mind construe if Jordan asks for military hard- "Tvare. _ “There is no request pend- I billion cj ing,” Weinberger said. “If a re- inest comes in, it will be consi- lered by the president and the i(National) Security Council. It would then, if favorably approved, go to the Congress, s “So talk of an arms sale to Jordan because we had discus sions in Jordan about it really is quite premature.” Weinberger, interviewed on NBC’s “Today,” returned from lonsibilittei tagor da&f ) six yean* tes aretha! : r units"’ itil h® mated cost? itial ullion s has bee" enng or® ments for a mobile anti-aircraft defense system. Also mentioned in reports of those talks was a possible sale of advanced F-16 fighters to Jordan. Israel responded angrily. Prime Minister Menachem Be gin said Monday such a sale would violate U.S. commitments to Israel, and the parliament voted 88-3 to urge America to “refrain from a danger so grave to Israel’s security.” Begin said he would outline his objections in a letter to Presi dent Reagan. Reagan was sche duled Tuesday to accept the di plomatic credentials of Moshe Arens, Israel’s new ambassador to Washington, and was ex pected to hear the Israeli reac tion firsthand at that time. 1KSE3K9Q MANOR EAST! Manor East Mall JACK NICHOLSON in THE BORDER 7:25 9:50 TAPS 1981 twentieth CENTURY FOX f 7:15 9:50 OMEN 7:30 p.m. DAMIEN: THE OMEN II 9:50 p.m- THE THE OMEN TRILOGY Thursday, Feb. 18 final CONFLICT 12:15 p-in* Rudder Theatre All Rated R Triple Feature for $3.00 or $1.50 Each ; than 10 1 the Middle East to a new con- ■ssil fuelpj troversy over administration ectric pi" 1 ' 6 policy toward Israel — triggered y his talks in Amman about Jor dan’s defense needs. 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