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Canadian division to receive Funkywinkerbean
$23.7 million in split from DAW
by Tom Batiuk
DETROIT — An agreement has been worked out al
lowing the United Auto Workers Canadian division to
split from the international union, and Canadian locals
now will vote on whether to remain in the UAW or join
the newlv formed labor organization
Under terms of the agreement announced Saturdav.
the new Canadian union wiM receive $23 7 million from
the Detroit-based UAW.
Canadian UAW Director Bob White had urged the
split, which was approved by Canadian L AW members
after White and cither Canadian UAW officials com
plained about the settlement the international union
had reached with (ieneral Motors Corp. after a brief
strike in the United States last fall •
. Owen Bieber president of the international union,
said in a statement: “While we continue to believe
strongly that our members in Canada would be best
serveo by remaining within the international union, we
have structured the agreements reached thus far to en
sure the future welfare of all our members in both
countries."
Details of the agreements were being worked out m
meetings in T or onto. Qntano.
V* *11 Canadian locals approved the split, and it wig
be up them to decide which union to join. UAW
spokesman David Mitchell said in Detroit. MnchrM sasd
he was not sure when the locals would decide
The agreement to provide a financial base for the
new Canadian union was pegged to the coat of running
a strike against CM. the largest company with which the
UAW bareams. Bieber saad
He said tbe basic GM strike formula results in $36
million in (Canadian dollars — about $26 4 million in
U S. dollars based on Friday's exchange rate of 73.3
centfe for a ( anadian dollar against a U S dollar
About $3 7 million Canadian, or $2 7 million in U.S.
funds, was subtracted for "outstanding Canadian liabi
lities to the international and real estate, buildings and
equipment presently owned by the international union
znd which will be assumed and purchased by the new
(.anadian union." the statement said, leaving about
$32£l million (-anadian. or $23 7 million in U.S. dol
lars,'for the new union
Health officials: food safety
concerns baseless at times
AMoriated Press
WASHINGTON — Concern
about food safety has concentrated
too heavily on chemical additives,
while other dangers have been
vlighted, according to two health ex
perts who sav tnev rarely agree
about anything
“Additives nave gotten a lot of at
lention. greatly out of proportion to
the harm they cause,” said Dr Mi-
c harl Jacobson, executive ebrector of
the private, non-profit C^enter for
Science in the Public Interest.
"Food safety is more than just
chemicals in food,'' reflected Dr
Sanford A. Miller, director of the
Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition at the federal Food and
Drug Administration
Ine two spoke separately at a
three-day conference on U.S. food
quality and safety, sponsored by the
Washington Journalism Onter
In yielding the floor to Jacobson
ai ihr meeting. Miller jokecl that the
two men would disagree about “vir
tually everything ”
But they then proceeded to reach
many of the same conc lusions.
They cone urred that there are. in
deed. hazards associated with certain
food additives which should he ex-
j>l* >rcd,
But thev also indicted that these
dangers are not the greatest hazard
to Americans and sttolild be consid
ered in context of the overall diet
“Certainly there are problem ad
ditives. hut their danger is small
compared to haza rds of smoking, al
cohol and dietary patterns." Jacob
son said
Miller warned that he sees what
seems to he a “chemobhobia” devel
oping, a fear of fo«»d additives re
gardless of their danger or safetv
Food is far safer today than it was
in the past, he said, because many
unsafe chemicals have been elimi
nated from food uses and others are
used to preserve f«»c«d and protect
food from other contaminants
(Concerns about food additives in
variably seem to focus on cancer.
Miller said, hut studies indicate that
as many as 70 percent of cancer
cases are related to tobacco and di
etary patterns
Diet, Jacobson said, contributes to
half of all deaths in the United
States.
Fating loo much sodium and fat
contributes to high hlcxKf pressure
which can lead to heart disease and
stroke; fats also havd a relationship
to cancer, lack of fiber leads to intes
tinal problems and may contribute
to some cancers, and tugar causes
tooth decay and obesity, he said.
There has been progress in im
proving the American diet, he said,
with more concern about dangerous
foods, improving government and
private education eflorts and the ap
pearance of salad bars in fast food
stores and health foods in supermar
kets
But getting enough information
for a proper diet is still a struggle
Jacobson said, with inadequate labels
on processed foods and little govern
ment activity in regulating food haz
ards or requiring manufacturers to
label contents
One of the biggest dietary
changes in the last century was the
decline in eating potatoes and bread,
Jacobson explained
This lack of complex carbohy
drates. which are often replaced by
dangerous fats and sugars, is a se
rious problem
"We need to make starch not a
dirty word." he added
Miller concurred on the dangers
of diet, commenting that “we've
reached a point in this country when
we can no longer talk about health
policy and agricultural policy as sep
arate issues. We need to talk about a
national nutritional policy "
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the tuition increase to he vet aside
for financial aid
L>r4ii> said the House s hill would
enable the Legislature to fund stair
colleges and universities at 9ti per
cent to 100 percent of their current
level
Lartter in the year, the legislative
year
Budget Board had suggested the
legislature fund state ccxleges and
universities at 74 percent of the cur
rent level
Last week. Hobbs said his plan
would enable state colleges and uni
versities to maintain the present sal
ary level for faculty members
He also said his plan would help
fund research bs higher education
Bui Delco said students should
not have to hear the burden of pav
ing for researac h and facultv sala
i lev
T es we need money for research
and faculty salaries, hut the core of
any institution of higher education
must fie the deselopment of young
minds.” Delco said “ I hat's what the
institutHtiis were funded for and
that's what the taxpayers pay for
Dele o said she had opposed recent
attempts to increase tuition hut had
to s ippot t an me tease this session
“I promised the legislature last
summer that I would make a sincere
effort to bring out a tuition hill this
session, she said
Delco said she made the promise
in otdet to lutn f»a« k an attempt hv
the legislature to make .» hefts raise
tuition
L.as< session s proposed tuition in
crease was tacked on to a tax pack
age that would help to pas for public
v hoof retofm. she said
Drko said her first hill c ailed for
small increases in tuition oser a
kmgei pet tod of time hut it had lobe
resised once the l.BB proposed cut
ting state ci »llege and university hud
gets bs 2b percent
" The hiA had to raise $200 million
before it would f»e accepted." she
said “Fsershods agreed tnat tuition
would have to make up the differ
ence in any budget cut.’
Delco said the hill passed by the
House would raise $200 million over 1
the next two years
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New York
state running
on empty
AMoruUed Press
ALBANY. NY — The na
lion s second largest state govern
ment began running on empty as
Lawmakers failed to reacn an
agreement Sunday on a new bud
get before the slates spending
authority expired at midnight
The budget for the new fiscal
year begi nnmg Monday re
mamed mired in disputes on sue h
major items as state aid to school
districts and localities, an ex
pected welfare grant increase,
and numerous other items
Lebanese airplane
hijacked, released
Associated Press
JIDDA. Saudi Arabia — A hi-
jackri who commandeered a Vliddle
F.avt Airlines jet Monday and de
manded millions of dollars for one
of l^hanon's Moslem militias sur
rendered ped«eful!v when the plane
fancied in Jidda
Airpoit officials said ail of the 65
other passengers and 10 crew mem
f>ers were freed unharmed I he hi-
jac ker who officials said was armed
with a pistol and a hand grenade,
seized control of die Boeing 707
during a flight from Beirut, the l.eb-
anese c apital. to | idda
One Jidda airport official said that
when word of the hijacking was re
ceived here and the plane entered
Saudi an space, the pilot was told.
lio away as it will never be allowed
to land at anv Saudi airport ”
He said the plane circled the air-
t x»rt. with the control tower refusing
andmg permission, but. Subse
quentlv. the pilot told the control
tower that the hijac ker was willing to
give himself up and end the hijack
ing And the Saudi authorities at
once said the plane could land”
Lebanon’s state radio quoted the
jetliner's co-pilot. Omar Atshan, as
saving during the takeover that “the
hijacker has no violent intentions.
His only aim is to support die 'Na
tional Resistance' in the south."
Beirut radio stations said the hi
jacker belonged to the National Re
srstance Movement, one of the Shiite
Moslem militia groups
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