Wednesday, November 23, 1983/The Battalion/Page 15
rapper’ wins award
I Jnited Press International
I lW YORK — Trapper, a
l-old English Springer
™ id from Kentwood,
■„ defeated 30,000 canine
I sstants Tuesday to earn
I istinguished title of “The
In American Dog.”
BVhen the envelope was
^Jied and Trapper’s name
' out, his proud 10-year-
istress, Heather Schaef-
uieeled down beside the
i and white pooch and
her arms around his
neck.
ith a broad smile, the
grader rubbed her cheek
nst Trapper’s expansive
ping ear and squeezed
with a heartfelt hug.
ith cameras clicking, a
t
Dixieland jazz band playing
and a standing ovation at the
award ceremony in a suite at
Manhattan’s posh St. Moritz
hotel — Trapper remained
undaunted. He sat down,
looking bored.
The new celebrity became
visibly uncomfortable when
the white robe was draped
across his back and the di
amond liara placed on his
head. Within moments,
however, the tiara easily was
removed with a few shakes of
the head and a paw or two.
Heather received a $25,000
prize which she plans to put
into a fund for college.
An independent judging
firm chose five finalists, all of
whom made an appearance
on the Merv Griffin Show and
received checks for $5,000
each.
The runners-up were
announced until it came down
to Heather and Trapper, and
contender Tremain Jones, 7,
whose St. Bernard “Bernice”
was not present. When Trap
per’s name was announced as
winner, tears welled up in
Tremain’s eyes as members of
his family, who had come
from Dallas, leaned down to
console the second prize
winner.
Trapper and Heather’s pic
ture will appear on 2 million
packages of Dog Chow, and
they will ride on a float at the
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Pa
rade.
Kroger closes six stores
United Press International
BATON ROUGE, La. — A
Terras-based grocery store chain
closed six of its 11 Louisiana
stores Tuesday and a union rep
resenting 800 workers who
walked off the job across the
state filed complaints with the
National Labor Relations
Board.
About 800 members of the
United Pood and Commercial
Workers Local 210 struck Kro
ger stores in Louisiana at 12:01
a m. Tuesday protesting cuts in
wages and benefits contained in
what the company said was its
final contract offer.
“They told the union, ‘Here is
our final of fer. If you reject, we
will close the Baton Rouge stores
before the first of the year. It
you reject and strike, and if pick
ets show up, we will close the
Baton Rouge stores at that
time,’” said union president Au-
rbin P. Dickey. ^
Company officials at the
Houston-based grocery chain
said the Baton Rouge area stores
had been losing money for some
time and the strike made it no
longer possible to operate them.
“Over the past several months
Kroger has indicated to bargain
ing representatives that Kroger
food stores in the Baton Rouge
area are unprofitable and signi
ficant modifications of the labor
agreement were needed to bring
the stores more in line with per
formance expectations,” said
Carmen Lovell, a Kroger mar
keting spokeswoman.
“However,” she added, “the
union’s failure to agree with us
on a new contract indicates to us
that we could only expect to sus
tain further losses by continuing
to operate in the Baton Rouge
“They told the union,
‘Here is our final
offer. If you reject, we
will close the Baton
Rouge stores before
the first of the year.
andria, Pineville, Lake Charles,
Lafayette and Sulphur.
Trucks rolled up to the Baton
Rouge stores shortly after
“closed” signs were posted in
windows and non-union work
ers began loading perishable
food items for transfer.
area.
She said the six stores were
being closed permanently, but
that Kroger intended to con
tinue operating stores in Alex-
“It is our current intention to
operate the food stores during
the strike action and keep them
operating if and when a settle
ment is reached,” Lovell said.
Dickey said that 430 of the
employees involved in the strike
were from the Baton Rouge area
stores.
A contract between the union
and Kroger expired on Oct. 9,
but both sides continued the ex
isting agreement while negotia
tions on a new pact continued.
Ise of TDC funds questioned
lla/ion
Bjnited Press International
■SPIN — Rep. Ray Keller,
Hicanville, called Tuesday
n investigation into the
B Department of Correc-
J juse of vocational training
Igricultural funds to build
siii employee housing.
_,K( ler urged Attorney Gen-
lim Mattox to investigate
use of The Industrial Re-
g Fund, which he said was
ed solely to provide train-
inmates.
“When work is done (by in
mates) for other agencies, the
money is placed in this fund to
enhance additional industries,”
Keller said. “Excess money is
then to be returned to the gener
al revenue fund. Never have
they returned any money and
instead have taken it upon them
selves to build employee hous
ing and remodel existing em
ployee housing, which is in no
way allowable in the statute.”
Keller said a preliminary in
quiry showed that $700,000
from the fund was used for em
ployee housing, including
$36,000 for employee mobile
homes and $16,000 to renovate
two residences at the Central
Unit.
In addition, Keller said,
$150,000 in agricultural funds
were used to purchase employee
housing “with no legislative
approval whatsoever.”
Keller said it was “a serious
breach of trust.”
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