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October 20, 1982
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United Press International
DALLAS — Braniff Inter
national Airways capped
weeks of secret negotiations
by signing a tentative pact
with the nation’s 14th largest
airline in a joint venture the
bankrupt Braniff hopes will
return it to the skies.
Braniff President Howard
Putnam said Braniff and Paci
fic Southwest Airlines must
resolve knotty labor and
financial problems before
Braniff planes are relaun
ched. PSA chairman William
Shimp said it probably will be
next spring when the venture
takes off.
The two airlines
announced Monday they
signed a letter of intent dur
ing the weekend to begin a
new airline using 25 to 30 of
Braniffs 727-200s and em
ploying about 1,500 idled
Braniff workers.
Putnam said Braniff s pre
sent unions must be willing to
give a little if the deal with
PSA is to become a reality.
PSA plans to hire flight crew
members, administrative per
sonnel and maintenance
workers. No agreement has
been reached on whether Bra
niff executives will be hired by
the new airline.
One former Braniff pilot
said Monday he is excited ab
out the possibilities.
‘‘I was ecstatic when I heard
it,” Merlin Hauan, 43, said af
ter his wife, in tears, tele
phoned him from the news
conference. “I’ve got all the
faith in the world and I don’t
think it was misplaced either.”
Putnam said the new airline
would operate under the San
Diego-based PSA name, but
would be a separate venture.
Braniff will fly under the PSA
logo, but the West Coast air
line will not assume any of
Braniffs almost $1 billion
Vdebt.
Braniff officials said the
proposed joint venture was
the first step of a reorganiza
tion, but “not a reorganization
itself.”
“You should think of this as
two separate operations mar
keting the same product,”
Shimp said.
The announcement came
five months and five days af
ter Braniff, stumbling under a
$1 billion debt and dwindling
revenues, filed for reorgani
zation under Chapter XI of
the federal bankruptcy code
and left 5,000 people out of
work.
Under the proposed ven
ture, Braniff will sell all itsjets
to its creditors on condition
they lease 25 to 30 of them
back to Braniff for eight years
and Braniff then will lease the
jets to the newly created air
line for the same period.
“The rest they (creditors)
can park in the desert or sell,”
Putnam said.
Shimp said he expects the
joint venture to become pro
fitable in one year “or else
we’ve made a mistake.”
PSA has an option to merge
with the newly created carrier
but Shimp said no such union
would occur before the plane
leases expired.
Officials with PSA declined
to say how much they were
spending to get the venture
off the ground, but acknow
ledged much of the cost will be
in advertising.
Child aid increase backed
United Press International
SAN ANTONIO — A coali
tion of women’s groups Tuesday
endorsed approval of a prop
osed amendment to the Texas
Constitution that would double
the ceiling on state aid to welfare
children.
“The issue is not welfare
Cadillacs, but the survival of
many Texas families,” the wife
of San Antonio Mayor Henry
Cisneros said.
Mrs. Cisneros, coordinator
Clements predicts
3 wins for GOP
lion
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said there are
the birth defect.li H
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that most peoplt
they have it. ‘
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minor backacheigj
iroblems.
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track. The sack
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usually forms on
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ts of the spinal
las little or noskin'
dug infection a
ery is neccessarfL
child could diejl
ion. In addition,
;s are paralyzedB
eeling. ' P
said spina bifidal*
ise a person’s
al problems
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which sometimes
children with spi
s present,
sphalus occurs»'?
:ts in the brain.Ilj
“d by placing a™
e skull to drainl
said spina bifidaH
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pregnancy ]
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United Press International
MIDLAND — Gov. Bill Cle
ments predicted Tuesday that
three Republican candidates for
statewide office, including him
self, had good chances of win
ning while the others had tough
races ahead.
He made the remarks to the
Midland-Odessa area Petroplex
Press Club.
He said in addition to him
self, GOP Attorney General can
didate Bill Meier and T reasurer
candidate Allen Clark should
win their races.
“I will predict to you that Bill
Meier will win,” and “Allen
Clark has an excellent chance of
winning that race.”
Meier is running against Jim
Mattox and Clark is running
against Ann Richards.
He said George Strake, who’s
running against 10-year incum
bent Bill Hobby for lieutenant
govenor, has a “hard race” as do
the the rest of the candidates.
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