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< Wednesday, October 12,1983/The Battalion/Page 9 j Warped by Scott McCullar THIS IS ME.RRITT JENNINGS WITH THE WRPD NEVIS. CHURCH SERVICES ALL OVER TOW/V WERE DISRUPTED LAST SUNPAV WHEV AUDIENCE MEMBERS STARTED STANDW6 ON PEW BENCHES AND SHOUTING OUT THEIR OPINIONS ON A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS. THE TOPICS RANGED FROM POLITICS TO FOOTBALL, AND ALTHOUGH ALL THE SERVICES WERE INTER RUPTED, SUMMONED POLICE WERE HELPLESS TO ACT DUE TO FREE DOM OF SPEECH RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED. PAUL?' THE A^M BOARD OF REGENTS DECIDED TO POSTPONE THE- DECI5/0N AS TO WHERE TO LOCATE THE \30-FOOT MSRIT- TON BELL Tower UNTIL A SITE CAN BE FOUND THAT WILL REPLACE THE MOST CAMPOS PARKING SPACES... AND THE REGENTS ANNOUNCED THEIR EXACT CRITERIA INDIVID UALS MUST MEET IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. PUT VERY SIMPLY, "ENOUGH MONEY-" Unions demand refusal of airline’s bankruptcy R.l. You KNOW, RI., I REALLY LIKE THAI NAME FoR OUR LUWCH GROUP-THE Rel&adE Intellectuals. by Paul Dirmeyer Task force offers solutions Teachers need incentives United Press International HOUSTON — Unions strik ing Continental Airlines’ payroll-slashing effort to be come a smaller, lower-cost car rier asked a bankruptcy judge Tuesday to dismiss the com pany’s “bad faith” reorganiza tion petition. Meanwhile, Continental — still flying despite the strike — continued nationwide inter views for pilots to replace strik ers and said nearly half its flight attendants were hired to replace strikers. Australian trade unions im posed a 72-hour boycott of Con tinental flights from Sydney to Honolulu, Auckland and Fiji. Continental said the boycott affected six flights a day, and passengers were being sent to alternative service. The pilots, flight attendants and machinists unions charged that Continental’s bankruptcy petitions “were not filed in good faith, but rather to circumvent the debtors’ obligations” under labor law. “Bankruptcy law is not a mechanism for a company to avoid bargaining with its em ployees,” pilots spokesman Gary Thomas said. “The petition was filed in bad faith.” The company contends its bankruptcy petition stands on firm legal ground. The Sup reme Court is about to consider similar cases and its ruling could affect the outcome of this case. Continental filed for Chapter The pilots unions charged that Con tinental’s bankruptcy petitions “were not filed in good faith, but rather to circumvent the debtors’ obliga tions” under labor law. 11 reorganization on Sept. 24, listing losses of $471 million in four years. The airline then cut its work force from 12,000 to 4,200, and on Sept. 27 started flying to only 25 of the 78 U.S. cities it once served. Pilots and flight attendants unions struck on Oct. 1, protest ing the airline’s unilaterally im posed “emergency work rules” increasing flying time and halv ing pay. The machinists had gone on strike Aug. 13 when contract talks failed. Under Continental’s “emergency” rules, top pilots pay went from $87,000 to $43,000. Flight attendants drop ped from $28,000 to $15,000. Flying hours for pilots went from 51 to 85 hours a month. Continental initially said it had plenty of pilots willing to cross picket lines, but admitted the strike had more effect than expected, forcing the hiring of outside help to get the needed 300 pilots and 500 flight atten dants. Continental spokesman Bruce Hicks put the number of outside flight attendants — dub bed “scabettes” by the unions — at “a couple hundred” and re fused to be more specific. The company maintained all but two of its international routes, and Hicks said after an additional 8 percent cut in ser vice last Thursday Continental is flying its entire schedule with planes averaging more than 70 percent full. Travel agent Maria Spiers of Houston’s Harvey Travel said agents still try to avoid booking Continental as unreliable, and Hicks admitted most passengers apparently were booking them selves into Continental’s cut-rate $75 fares. United Press International WASHINGTON — A con gressional task force concluded Tuesday that across-the-board pay hikes supplemented by merit pay, are needed to draw and keep "the best and the brightest” instructors in the na tion’s classrooms. The Task Force on Merit Fay, headed by Rep. Paul Simon, D- 111., also suggested three federal initiatives: teacher scholarships for top students, one-year fel lowships for top teat hers, and a program to provide advance in struction to up to 200,000 teachers each year. The group cited a need for better training and improved working conditions for teachers as other key factors in impro ving public education. In releasing a report sum ming up a four-month study, Simon said polls show that the public is willing to pay more to upgrade America’s troubled schools. He said the recommended federal program would cost less than $200 million. The cost of the overall plan to states and loc al school districts would depend on how much they increase teacher salaries and how they meet the recommendation to ex periment with merit pay for “su perior” teachers. The 21-member group of legislators and educators offered no specific salary Figure. It noted, however, that teaching is among the nation’s lowest paid professions, with an average salary of $19,000 — a fact that has driven many of the nation’s top students to seek Unknown caller gives info about missing accountant other work. “Right now, we are not get ting the best and the brightest to go into teaching,” said Rep. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., one of four con gressmen on the panel. He described the panel’s re commendations as a “carefully defined surgical strike” to re medy the situation and to help improve public schools. Rep. Carl Perkins, D-Ky., chairman of the House Educa tion and Uabor Committee, cre ated the merit pay task force last June. President Reagan has embraced the idea of perform ance-based salaries as one way to aid America’s schools, which the National Commission on Excell ence in Education last spring found engulfed “by a rising tide of mediocrity.” 11 a.m.-9p.m. Mon.-Thurs 'Til 11 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 11:30-9 p.m. on Sun. HAPPY HOUR WITH FREE APPETIZERS Sunday thru Thursday 2 p.m.-9p.m. Friday and Saturday 2 p.m.-7 p.m. and 10 p.m.-11 p.m. EVENING DRINK SPECIALS (after 5pm) Mon.-Daiquiris Tues.-Long Island Ice Tea (limit 2) Wed.-Double Margarita on the Rocks Thurs.-Pitcher of Sangria Beer 50C Mug Loading Zone of Aggieland “C*' acompa 404 University Dr. East $1.25 $2.50 $1.75 $2.50 $2.50 Pitcher “Aggie Owned & Operated’ United Press International CORPUS CHRIST! — Nueces County officials Tues day urged an anonymous caller to contact them again with addi tional information on a Dallas accountant who disappeared front her condominium almost two weeks ago. Texas Rangers conducted a helicopter search of beach areas Monday hut failed to find Judith Durst, 45, who was on a tempor ary job assignment in Corpus Christi. The woman has not been seen since Sept. 29. An anonymous male caller gave information on the missing woman last week that had not been released to the public, offi cials said. They declined to re veal the information, but said it could he valuable to the investi gation. Officials urged the caller to contact them again and prom ised that he would remain anonymous. Durst was on a temporary assignment from Dallas to set up bookkeeping operations for the Casa Del Cortez condominiums, where she was staying. BOSS BIRD TAKES AVOW. “Ah do solemnly do solemnly swear that you, ah say you, will be MSC Wed., Oct. 12 MSC Lounge 10:00-1:00 Preview 9t00 Cosh Only! F O ll N D •calculators •umbrellas •basket balls •jewelry •and more... AUCTION Plump, flavorful chicken cooked up light ’n crispy in the natural goodness of pure vegetable oil. Fresh rolls baked from scratch (we were the first). Lots of real country honey—not those piddly little packets of artificial stuff. Honest-to-gosh brewed tea, iced to a refreshing chill. Plus extras like cole slaw, potato salad, big french fries, and jalapeho peppers. 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