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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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