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Thursday, September 16,1993 The Battalion Page 11 United Auto Workers, Ford reach contract agreement The Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. - The United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co. reached a tenta tive contract agreement Wednesday night, nearly 24 hours after the old accord expired. High-ranking officials with the union and the automaker met in a marathon session to settle differences over minor sticking points. In a statement earlier in the day. Ford said all major issues had been decided. "We are confident we have reached an agreement that ... sustains the momentum of the domestic auto industry turnaround," said UAW President Owen Bieber. Complete details of the three-year agree ment were withheld pending discussion with the UAW-Ford National Bargaining Council in a meeting Monday. The council consists of presidents and shop chairmen from each of the 43 Ford union locals. The UAW represents 96,000 Ford workers nationwide. A national strike against Ford had been au thorized, but union leaders said they would be willing to continue negotiating after the old three-year contract expired if progress was be ing made. The Ford-UAW negotiations formal ly began June 24. The union extended its agreements with General Motors Corp. for three days during talks in 1990 and for about a day at Ford in 1987. BANKSONE. Whatever it takes. Career Information & Reception J. Earl Rudder Conference Center Meeting Room 302 Thursday, September 16th, 1993 6:30-8:00 p.m. Come to the reception to find out more about opportunities in our Audit and Credit Training Programs Bush Continued from Page 1 "He hasn't been running for office all his life, that's true," Rove said. "But he's got very con crete ideas about what needs to be done. He'll present a reform agenda on curtailing the growth or state government, improving education, creating jobs." Born in Connecticut, Bush grew up in Midland and Hous ton. In 1961, he was sent to Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass. After prep school, he en rolled in his father's alma mater, Yale, receiving a bachelor's de gree in history in 1968. He flew F-102 fighters in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War, and received a master's in business administra tion from Harvard in 1975. He then moved to Midland and started an oil and gas exploration company. In 1977, he married Lau ra Welch. They have twin daugh ters. In 1978, Bush lost a race to then-Democrat Kent Hance, who poked fun at his Eastern roots and Ivy League education. In 1989, a Dallas-Fort Worth investor group led by Bush and businessman Edward W. Rose purchased controlling interest in the Rangers. Bush these days usu ally is found in the stands. "The thing that personifies George Bush is the Rangers games," Meyer said. "He's out there, sitting with the regular fans, wearing his jeans and his boots, chewing on his cigar." Perry said Bush is "a great guy to go a baseball game with and sit in the cheap seats." Bush was viewed as a possible gubernatorial contender in 1990, but family pressure reportedly kept him out of the race. Late last month, as several prominent Republicans consid ered the race. Bush met privately in a Houston office tower with oilman Rob Mosbacher, son of President Bush's former com merce secretary. Mosbacher also was weighing a run for governor. Bush returned home to Dallas without talking to the press. But Mosbacher emerged to say he would sit out 1994 and predict that Bush would be the Republi can nominee. Both Dallas lawyer Tom Luce, a former adviser to Ross Perot, and Texas House GOP leader Tom Craddick quick ly backed away, too. Democrats hooted at the process. "A primary election is sup posed to be when the people pick their candidates. It looks to me like the Republicans — and their hired gun consultants — take their party for granted," Martin said. One reason the GOP may want to avert a bloody in-house rivalry is the popularity of Richards, who won her first term in 1990. A Texas Poll earlier this year found her with a 58 percent approval rating. The governor says she's ready for whatever happens. AFC Continued from Page 2 (Offer expires only when you do.) people under one umbrella." Beauchamp said AFC has been in existence for 26 years but wasn't chartered by A&M until this year. "A group of involved students got together and didn't like the fact that it wasn't recognized," Beauchamp said. Now that the organization is officially recognized by the Uni versity, members are hoping the organization will grow. Beauchamp said an average of 500 people have attended recently sponsored events. AFC also acts as a service orga nization by working with children who live in orphanages and mak ing weekend inner city mission trips to Dallas and Houston. Although the organization does not have any officers, Beauchamp said, when something needs to be done, someone is al ways willing to do it. "Most of the members really want to get involved," she said. The group meets for devotion- als every Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. in front of the Academic Building. Members also meet before every Midnight Yell Practice at the Eternal Flame. Get an AT&T Universal MasterCard and youll be eternally grateful. Because it’s more than just a credit card that’s free of annual fees forever. It’s also an AT&T Calling Card that currently gives you a 10% discount on already competitive AT&T Calling Card rates. It’s all part of The i Plan.™ # To apply, come by our booth on campus or call rHE ^ N - 1800438-8627. jfl AT&T A'i : V\'W IV / C 1993 AT&T