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WW V. Soldiers take action in Chile 1 White Sox win 6th in a row WHiTESOX 17 INDIANA The II TOlflR Home Newspaper of the Calumet Region 5 sections 50 pages 25 cents inland UsW talks stall Page A8 LTV chief cites "new relationship" between steel producers and their customers. European companies flood American markets with stainless steel to beat new trade restrictions. By The Times and The Associated Press Negotiators for the United Steelworkers union say contract talks with Inland Steel Industries Inc. are stalled.

They are reporting progress in bargaining with Bethlehem Steel Corp. though. The USW's chief negotiator with Inland, USW District 31 Director Jack Parton. said negotiations with Inland "are hung up on the whole package." Parton declined to discuss specifics, but said he expects the talks to continue to July 31, the expiration date for the current contract with Inland which covers 14,000 workers. Parton said negotiations were to resume today, but probably would recess until the first week of June because of previous union commitments.

The union has been insisting that Inland doesn't deserve the same kind of breaks given companies in worse shape. Inland hasn't made a profit in four years, however. Meanwhile, contract talks between representatives of Bethlehem and the USW in Larry Regan reinstated as Gary. LTV announces temporary 'Steel industry must cut back production' naught, he predicted, unless the industry sheds its capacity excess. Boni estimated domestic production capacity needs to shrink by 25 to 30 percent (separately LTV Steel Co.

chairman David Hoag estimated a world-wide excess production capacity of 200 million tons Such shrinkage likely would cause substantial further reductions in the current work force of approximately 191,000 employees, already 8 percent less than last year. Steelmaking, the seventh largest U.S. industry in 1985, employed 208,000 people last year, including 151,000 blue-collar By STEPHEN P. DINNEN Times Business-Labor Editor NEW YORK Further cutbacks in steel production are needed to ensure survivial of the American steel industry, say some senior steel executives. Besides continuing with modernization plans, Dr.

Robert Boni, chairman and chief executive officer of Armco called for a quick reduction of excess steelmaking capacity in the United States. While domestic steel shipments in 1986 are predicted to be around 72 million tons, the industry still has the ability to Cupynghl, IUBB. The Times S.L. Wednesday May 21, 1986 What's right in the Region HIGHLAND Michelle Steinbeck has won the $15,000 second prize in Mites Laboratory's Million Dollar Product Sweepstakes. Competing in the Ames Division of the contest, she will receive a glucometer (an instrument used for home blood sugar monitoring) every two years, plus all supplies for testing for the next 10 years.

The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Steinbeck, she has been a diabetic since she was 8 years old. Weather- Cooler The Calumet Region's weather is expected to continue its current trend until the weekend. Tonight should be partly cloudy with lows in the mid-40s.

Light northwest winds are expected along with partly cloudy skies. Thursday's weather should feature a slight increase in the temperatures, with highs in the mid-60s under partly sunny skies. The Memorial Day weekend should be clear and a little warmer, with highs in the lower 70s and lows in the upper 40s. More temperatures and the national weather map are on Page A-14. Index Advice Business Classified Comics Editorial E- 6 Family A- 8 Food C- 7 Obituaries D- 6 Sports A-12 TV E- 4 E- 1 C- 6 D- 1 D- 7 A- 2 Our phone numbers Garage Sale Planning to have a Garage Sale in the future? Or looking for garage sales to browse for that bargain-priced item? Increase your profits and your turnout with an ad in The Times garage sale directory, and take advantage of our lowcost way to make money! Check today's Classified Advertising section for details.

Loser's corner David Cargo of Santa Cargo, a former New Mexico governor and now a candidate for Congress, was chagrined to find out the federal government thinks he's an alien. Cargo received a letter from the Department of the Treasury that said he will have 30 percent interest deducted from his Treasury Notes because he is a citizen of New Mexico and not the United States. Cargo, a Republican who is challenging U.S. Rep. Bill Richardson, in the state's 3rd Congressional District, replied in writing: "New Mexico, in fact, is in the United States and has been since 1912 I can only suggest that indeed there is life west of the Potomac and that is right here on the Rio Grande." Y(o(oW president of USW Local 1014 in idling of much of its Cleveland workers, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute.

Ten years earlier, the work force numbered 453,000. In the Calumet Region, Inland Steel Co. is about to close the No. 3 Open Hearth furnace at its Indiana Harbor Works. That will reduce steelmaking capacity at the East Chicago mill by approximately 2.8 million tons per year.

And on Chicago's South Side, LTV recently idled the blast furnace at its mill there. That plant still maintains electric See Steel, Back Page This Section Robert demons, lakefront park project, coordinator, said the work consisted of debris removal. But reports printed in a weekly publication and attributed to Sen. Dorothy (Sue) Landske, R-Ccdar Lake, and former park board president Karen Dowler, suggested the workers added fill to the site, thereby changing the shoreline. Such work, done without permission of the Divison of Water of the DNR, might have cost the town its grant, they said.

John Simpson, director of the Division of Water of the DNR and Victor Jenning, assistant director, said that although they See Cedar, Back Page This Section 'Hands' to follow safe street route Cedar Lake cleared of park mishandling North Twp. cuts poor relief salaries Pittsburgh are moving ahead well, according to both sides. "We're making steady progress," said Curtis Barnette, chief negotiator for Bethlehem. No target date has been set for a settlement at Bethlehem, but negotiators said the curent bargaining pace indicates an agreement by June 1. Bethlehem's current pad, which covers about 30,000 workers, also expires July 31.

Union" members already have ratified new labor agreements with LTV Steel Co. and National Steel Corp. The LTV agreement provides employees with slock and pension improvements in return for wage concessions. The National agreement includes concessions on combining jobs and work rules in return for employment guarantees and a new voice in managing the company. Negotiations with U.S.

Steel Corp. are set to begin next month. U.S. Steel refused to sign on to an early negotiations agreement the union reached with the other companies. manufacture 133 million tons.

That compares to 153 million tons of capacity in 1975, but is not enough of a reduction given the reduced state of the industry, Boni said. "The American steel industry is at a very critical crossroads," Boni said at a press briefing that opened the American Iron and Steel Institute's annual meeting here. On one hand, Boni said, the industry "desperately must modernize," to the tune of $10 billion in capital expenditures over the next half decade. But the benefits of such massive investments will be for everyone upset," Juran said. "If it was 10 percent, it would be bad enough, but it might have been manageable.

With a 20 percent cut it's going to be awfully hard making ends meet." Trustee Horace Mamala who could not be reached for comment decided to institute the cuts after Monday's township advisory board meeting, Juran said. At that meeting, Mamala asked the advisory board to appropriate an additional $90,000 for poor relief from the township's general revenue sharing allocation. Mamala insists that the township has a See North, Back Page This Section school stage their own hand-holding By DIANE JOSTES Times Correspondent CEDAR LAKE State officials found no serious problems Tuesday with development of a proposed lakefront park. The park is being developed with a $75,000 state grant with the help of the town, park board and chamber of commerce. The pronouncement came from a Department of Natural Resources official after an onsite inspection Tuesday.

It means the grant money apparently won't be jeopardized. The grant loss surfaced as a threat last month in different interpretations of some site work done at the park. TinriM nhotn Kw Pmiem effort in preparation for Sunday By THOMAS HOULIHAN Times Staff Writer HAMMOND Salaries of North Township poor relief employees are being cut by 10 percent for all of 1986. Though no formal announcement has been made, Chief Deputy Vivian Juran confirmed Tuesday that the cuts will begin appearing on the June 9 checks for the township's 85 full-time and part-time poor relief workers. Because the cuts are to cover the entire year, Juran said, employees will be seeing close to 20 percent reductions in their paychecks.

"That's what has really gotten Students at Thornridge High mqimmM! JyfaMfittyAMWtftM LSI it I -a iiiiiiniiiuij.ui jiiiiiiii.ii ii iiniMi mi ii jii mi. ui fjfl Iff I Wllr-'frf 'A I lii By KERRY MITCHELL Times Correspondent Local coordinators of Sunday's Hands Across America fund-raiser believe the traffic route for the participants will guarantee a safe event. Mike McPhillips, Hammond's liaison for the fund-raising project, said he drove the route, which the human chain will take and all looks well. He also announced that Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott and Calumet City Mayor Robert Stefaniak will link hands at the state line when the 2 p.m. chain joins together.

Phillip King, Indiana field director for the event, said phones at his Indianapolis office are "ringing off the hook from 8 a.m. to midnight. The magnitude and unique nature of the event make it kind of scary," King said. The organizers of the fund-raiser hope to raise between $50 million and $100 million to help the hungry and homeless in the See Hands, Back Page This Section.