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Chance of rain today; highs in the upper 70s, JL 3 Notre Dame upsets Michigan 15 Navratilova U.S.Open champion Talks Continue As Strike Deadline Nears DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) Negotiators for Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers union continued talking through the weekend as the hours ticked off toward a midnight Monday contract expiration deadline. The two sides bargained through midnight Friday, returned to the table at 9 a.m. Saturday and planned to stay there until midnight or later, Ford spokesman Tom Foote said.

"As long as the parties continue to meet, progress is being made. The company is hopeful we can still reach a settlement before the Monday night deadline," Foote said. UAW President Owen Bieber said Friday that talks had stalled on some of the most critical issues, including the union's top demand for greater job security, and he and UAW Vice President Stephen Yokich said in a joint statement Saturday that nothing had changed. "Company negotiators are still not moving toward satisfactory resolution of the hard issues," they said. "There is one big difference from yesterday.

"We are 24 hours closer to the deadline, and the time that will be necessary to reach complete agreement by that deadline is rapidly disappearing." "If Ford has a reason for optimism at this point, we wish they would share it with us," they said. The union's contracts with Ford and General Motors the world's largest auto manufacturer, expire at the same time, but GM's local and national contracts have been extended until a settlement is reached at Ford. The union will set a new deadline for GM talks once Ford's 104,000 active UAW workers begin voting on a new three-year contract. Analysts and union members have predicted bargainers will reach a settlement relatively quickly at Ford, with at most a short strike. But they say the union's decision to settle with Ford first will complicate already difficult talks at GM, where a strike appears likely.

The UAW has demanded a contract guaranteeing Ford will employ the same number of UAW workers currently on its payroll. In addition to its autoworkers, the guaranteed employment level would include about 3,800 UAW workers at Ford's Rouge Steel subsidiary. Those workers ratified a contract of their own during the summer, but are eligible to move to Ford auto and parts plants. Union leaders last week scheduled a meeting this Friday for Ford's 200-worker UAW bargaining council, which must vote on any tentative settlement before ratification can begin. In addition, the union's 23- member executive committee, which consists of union execu- tives and regional directors, must give its approval to a tentative agreement before union bargainers can accept it.

Bieber said Friday that negotiators continued to make progress on routine matters but had stalled on several critical issues. "Unless something starts to happen and happen quickly, then I'm not very optimistic that we can meet our deadline," Bieber told reporters. Bargainers were prepared to talk around the clock if necessary to reach an agreement before the 11:59 p.m. Monday deadline. Rank-and-file Ford workers have authorized union leaders to call a strike if no settlement is reached by the deadline.

Al- though they are supposed to wait until a strike is ordered, workers sometimes walk out on their own if they've received no word of an agreement by the deadline. Ford, the world's most profitable automaker, earned $3.3 billion in 1986 and $2.9 billion in the first half of 1987. It also is the only Big Three automaker that has sold more cars and trucks this year than last year. Ford has 17 assembly plants in nine states, 37 parts-making plants in seven states and 26 parts distribution centers in 15 states. Ford assembly workers earn a base wage of $12.83 an hour and skilled trades workers earn an average $15.20 base wage per hour.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) Three gunmen trying to rob reggae star Peter Tosh at his home killed him and another man and wounded five people when they couldn't find money, police reported Saturday. They said the killers arrived on motorcycles Friday night, forced their way into the house, ordered everyone to lie face down on the floor, searched the victims and rooms for cash, and then opened fire. Tosh and Wilton "Doc" Brown, a maker of health potions from plants, died from their wounds en route to a hospital, according to the police. Wounded were Tosh's longtime companion, Andrea Marlene Brown; Carlton Santa Davis, a drummer in Tosh's band; Michael Robinson, another musician; disc jockey Jeff Dixon, and his wife, Yvonne. Dixon, who worked for the Jamaica Broadcasting was listed in critial condition at the University Hospital of the West Indies with a bullet wound in the head.

His wife was treated and released and the three others were reported to be in stable condition. Tosh, a former "Wailer," was one of the founding fathers of Jamaica's vibrant music of revolution. Outside of Jamaica, Tosh, 42, was perhaps best known for his collaboration with Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger in "(You Got to) Walk and Don't Look Back," a song written by Smokey Robinson. Tosh was nominated for a Grammy in 1985 for best reggae recording for "Captured Live." A detective, speaking with the condition he not be identified, Peter Tosh said police have tentatively identified the killers based on their investigations and interviews with witnesses, but no arrests have been made. Tosh had just returned from the United States and the robbers apparently thought he had a large amount of cash with him, the detective said.

The gunmen parked their motorcycles by the door, knocked, forced their way in when the door was opened and ransacked the two-story house, according to the detective. He reported the survivors said Tosh told the robbers he didn't have any cash but they could take anything in the house. When no money was found, the killers armed with pistols fired at their victims on the floor, he added. The house normally is protected by a dozen German shepherds, police and witnesses said, but the dogs were in the kennel when the gunmen arrived. TTfc A.

CM- Steve Best In Show A Belgian Barge dog took top honors of the Logansport Kennel Club dog show at the Cass County Fairground Saturday. The dog, owned by Mrs. Marcia Bailey of Burlington, Iowa, was handled by Nancy Magis (C) of Chicago. Also pictured are judge Michele Billings (L) and Jim Shoup, president of the Logansport Kennel Club. Fish Line The line of people begins to grow as Young America Lions Club members dish out pieces of fried fish as fast as they can Saturday Steve evening.

A large crowd gathered in the streets of Young America to get their fill of fish, slaw and fresh baked pie during the 32nd annual Young America Fish Fry. One-Man Mardi Gras lnside Toda Pope's message aimed at blacks and youths NEW ORLEANS (AP) Pope John Paul II staged a one-float parade down New Orleans' Mardi Gras route Saturday, swayed and clapped his hands in time with gospel music and, in this city known for its pleasure spots, advised teen-agers to save sex for marriage. In a speech to black Catholics, the pope decried the lack of equal opportunity their race still suffers in American society. Addressing Catholic educators, he urged them to inspire 'their students with "social consciouness to remove the sources of injustice in society." Heavy rains marred the start of an afternoon Mass at New Orleans University, forcing the estimated 150,000 worshippers to huddle under umbrellas and plastic sheets and recalling the cloudburst which stopped the pope in mid-sermon at Mass in Miami on Friday. But shortly after John Paul climbed to the altar, the downpour stopped, the umbrellas closed, and Archbishop Philip Hannan told the celebrants: "Your prayers have lifted the cloudes." In his homily at the Mass, the pope decried divorce "and its ready availability in modern society." Cubs-Expos The Montreal Expos beat the Chicago Cubs Saturday to move into second place in the National League East.

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