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Battalion/Page 13 May 6, 1982 Page 12 national UPS doesn’t strike; 6 million packages still delivered daily Warped By Scott McCullar 'ere con, nt to ttj, es. He rom no E 'elated si,j juments, it Cook (* Said Wool United Press International [erre |U WASHINGTON — The enthim 5rown truc ^ s United Parcel asedh 'den'ice are rolling today thanks :o an agreement between the company and the Teamsters :ctor)> Union on a new contract for 15-calib 80,000 workers that averted a ihot He threatened strike, edition$;F UPS picks up and delivers ibout 6 million packages daily. The settlement was announced Tuesday night by WHY CAN'T I GET CHANGE? I'VE GOT A $5 BILL HERE AND NObOpV'S GOT CHANGE, THE CHANGE. MACHINES WON'T TAKE IT... HOW'S A PERSON SUPPOSED TO GET CHANGE FOR $5 ON THIS CAMPUS ? WHAT DOES HE HAVE TO DO, WHAT EXTREMES DOES HE HAVE TO.. AHHGGff HMM, IT'S ONE OF THOSE REMINDER SIGNS TO KEEP PEOPLE OFF THE GRASS.... MERRITT? WHY ARE YOU LOOK ING AT IT LIKE... OH, COME ON, YOU'RE NOT ^ GOING TO... alms^la^Y" FOR THE POOR... federal mediator Nicholas Fidandis after nearly nine hours of continuous bargaining. Fidandis called UPS nego tiator Charles Buckridge and Joseph Cotter, chairman of the Teamsters’ negotiating commit tee, to Washington last Friday after the union gave a five-day notice it might strike at midnight Wednesday. “The Teamsters and United ‘Back-stabbing’ s oolitics traded Parcel Service have reached a settlement on the National Mas ter Agreement, subject to mem bership ratification,” Fidandis said. No details of the tentative agreement were released. UPS spokesman Daniel Buck- ley said the firm, based in Greenwich, Conn., would have no immediate comment. When the old agreement ex pired last Friday, the union set a possible strike deadline, giving UPS the five days’ notice in re turn for an agreement that any subsequent contract would be retroactive to May 1. Rock singer David Crosby indicted on felony firearm charge in Dallas United Press International Nash and Young, has been in- carrying a .45-caliber automatic DALLAS — David Crosby, dieted by the Dallas grand jury pistol in Cardi’s, a nightclub on felony charges of carrying a one of the founding members of firearm in a Dallas nightclub. licensed to sell alcoholic bever- the rock group Crosby, Stills, Crosby, 40, was charged with ages. The grand jury returned its indictment Tuesday. If con victed, Crosby could face a max imum of 10 years in prison and a $5,000 fine. ncludinjj itn.boarj i — folltj "Ilympio; ■ are real* said. ‘(I st so thiJ :or diplomacy WE BUY BOOKS EVERYDAY! AND GIVE 20% MORE IN TRADE ON USED BOOKS I United Press International iBERN, Switzerland — Amer- ‘‘1 , ini ica’s first woman ambassador to 48 Ml, then^ trds. Aid ape then! an agaiid e popiffi elf. Switzerland traded what she calls political “back-stabbing” in Pennsylvania for a diplomatic ' el . din ' Rubik’s cube. 1 ■ f Faith Ryan Whittlesey, 42, a lawyer, was known as the most powerful woman in Pennsylva nia politics before President Kagan named her to the post in Bern last November. She was vice-chairman of the Delaware County council, one of | T 7 several local political posts since [ y 1972, before coming to Switzer- J land. But politics, she explained, also meant back-stabbing. ■ “I’m in Switzerland recover ing from the wounds,” she said. I The worst part of her new job is putting her schedule together — “it’s like doing a Rubik’s cube,” she said. The work side of her Rubik’s cube includes a dizzying public relations campaign, meeting with everyone she can fit in, contro«B om politicians and business- Su p |t . men to housewives and stu- thatret dents - waver' home, Whittlesey is both /U mother and father for her three , .||.|;; children, each in a different ° school. Her husband was a suicide victim over business fai lures some years ago. Daughter Amy, 14, attends a French-speaking Swiss school and son William, 8, goes to the o say ig to dof nent toil mg in I states to read thelo international school in Bern. each self ial studti Henry, 15, is at a boarding school in New Hampshire. “Sometimes I’m over whelmed just by the schedul ing,” Whitdesey said. Her colleagues have been im pressed by her energy, though /ould ft some sa y her approach is more schoolt t h at 0 f an American politician yer. to play the piano, as I taught the other two.” Life in the official residence, she said, “is not like living a nor mal life back at home.” She explained: “I can’t just go | into the kitchen and make a | tuna-fish sandwich — I’m not ! allowed into the kitchen. “Meals have to be planned three days in advance. I have to say what will be on the menu for breakfast, who will be there and so on, even which members of the family will be there.” A Swiss housekeeper “takes some of the responsibilities of a wife as regards the daily sche dule,” she said. “But it all eventually comes back to me.” TS-O Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired BRYAN 216 N. Main 799-2786 Mon.-Fri. 8-5 Sat. 8-1 COLLEGE STATION 8008 Post Oak Mall.. 764-0010 Mon.-Sat. 10-9 p.m. Texas State » Ophtcae qe Since 1935. SloupotWI BOOKSTORE Northgate — Across from the Post Office M/S ~ THURSDAY NIGHT Male Dancer Night! Ladies get in Free from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. 4 For 1 Highballs! Doors open to the men at 10 p.m. $3.00 Cover Charge 8-10 p.m. DALLAS, the only club in town that gives away over $3,000 cash a month! DALLAS NIGHT CLUB IN THE DEUX CHENE COMPLEX BEHIND K-MART. COLLEGE STATION 693-2818 Highlighting, Perms Free Consultations 505 University Drive Suite 805 College Staton 846-4771 701 Rudder MSG Cepheid Variable THURS., MAY 6 8:30 and 10:80 $1.00 ic in ■s upB] ning scMj ive gaitf lie eniei najorto called K ,r politi; than a seasoned diplomat. Reagan, she said, has her “en thusiastic support.” “The Swiss ask very sophisti cated questions about his poli- naj or|11 c j es an d I don’t shrink from the task of explaining them,” she said. “I’m trying to have closer re lationships with members of Parliament — they are the opin ion makers.” Other people she talks to in clude religious groups, mem bers of the European peace movement and — “the most im portant” — participants at her son’s Cub Scout banquet. “Counting toasts and so on I give at least one speech a day,” she said. She is, though, a family woman. “I like to go skiing every weekend with the family or go for long walks when it gets a little warmer,” she said. “I like music al things, too. 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