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IftSews Briefs I Ironworkers and Plumbers Win Hefty Pay Increases W' mmmmm 3d Pleads Guilty in Extortion Plot Phillip J. Justo, 33, of 666 N. Dearborn St, pleaded guilty in Federal District Court yesterday to taking part in the $118,000 robbery and extortion plot against the Hartford Plaza Bank on April 1, 1971. Justo was accused of holding the bank president's wife hostage in her home at 2140 Thornwood Wilmette, until the money was put in a waiting car near the bank. Two others pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing.

The money has not been recovered. 'Steam Gives Shoppers a Scare Firemen and Loop shoppers got a scare yesterday afternoon when they saw what they thought was smoke coming out of the top floor of the 30-story Civic Center. Firemen said the "smoke" turned out to be steam caused by the building's air-conditioning system, the result of the difference in the heat inside the building and the air outside. Ex-Astronaut Is Bug Breeder Scott Carpenter, former astronaut, is now a bug breeder. cent from a $1 an hour increase in the first step of a new two-year agreement.

However, under the terms of the contract with the Plumbing Contractors Association, some 4,500 plumbers in the construction industry will earn as much as $10.56 an hour in wages and fringe benefits by next June 1. The settlement now provides for 60 cents an hour in wages and 15 cents more in fringes retroactive to June 1 with 72 cents an hour more on Oct. 1. Next June 1, a 35-cent-an-hour increase becomes effective. Base pay for plumbers had been $8.15 an hour plus 44 cents an hour in fringe benefits.

In earlier settlements the laborers' union won 50 cents an hour, bringing the scale to $7.57 an hour in wages and fringe benefits. Only two critical negotiations still face area contractors. They involve the farpenters District Council of Chicago and Local 502, Cement Masons Union, which represents 2,700 cement workers on building projects and highway construction. Both unions have authorized strikes, but negotiating sessions are continuing in an effort to reach an agreement. The second American to orbit the earth has launched the AfitnmrlcA in an ahanrinnAjl mi eWnrl the bargaining table demanding 92 cents an hour more in return for a new contract extending thru next May 31.

Agreement was reached on 58 cents an hour more in pay and fringe benefits. George J. Kamin, secretary treasurer of the industry association, said the new pact was within the President's 5.5 per cent guidelines, but cautioned builders not to begin paying the Increases until C.I.S. C. rules on the contract.

Bricklayer Pact OKd Lester Asher, attorney for Local 21, Bricklayers and Stone Masons Union, AFL-CIO, said yesterday final agreement was reached on a contract with the Mason Contractors Associations of Greater Chicago, providing for a 51-cents-an-hour increase in pay and fringes patterned after a similar contract of the the Builders Association of Chicago. A tentative settlement was reached last week. Meanwhile, D. Quinn Mills, C. I.

S. C. secretary treasurer, yesterday notified Stephen J. Lamb, business manager, Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Union, Local 130. that the C.

I. S. C. had cut 25 per BY JAMES STRONG The upward spiral in construction costs apparently will continue unabated for at least another year with recent settlements and disclosures yesterday of two major agreements involving hefty pay increases for thousands of Chicago area structural ironworkers and plumbers. The ironworkers have won a new one-year agreement with the Associated Steel Erectors Association which, if approved by an industry wage and price watchdog committee, will grant workers on skyscrapers a total of $11.17 an hour in wages and fringe benefits.

Second Raise el Tear It will be the second pay increase this year for ironworkers. The Construction Industry Stabilization Committee C.I.S.C., a voluntary union-management board in Washington, on June 2 approved a 36-cent-an-hour increase retroactive to Jan. 1 under terms of the old contract. However, that contract expired May 31 and officials of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, Local 1, headed by William Toomey, returned to Union President Freed by Court VMMMflWV Ml HUUUUVUVU VVff 0UCU near Santa Paula, Cal. He hopes to breed and sell two billion trichogram-ma wasps by the end of this year for use in controlling harmful insects.

"I admit the whole thing seems pretty far out, but with all the hell being raised about DDT and insecticides, biological control is a good place to invest money," said Carpenter, 47. The wasps feast on the eggs of harmful bugs that destroy millions of dollars I TV' tUPI Ttiephotol Mi convicted by a jury Nov. 16, 1970, and sentenced to 90 days in prison and fined $7,500 by federal Judge Julius J. Hoffman. The three-court panel reversed Judge Hoffman's decision on grounds he had refused to allow proper defense evidence and made prejudicial comments before the jury during the trial.

The United States Court of Appeals reversed the 1970 conviction of Joseph J. Spignola, 58, president of the County, Municipal, and Foremen's union, AFL-CIO, for violations of the Landrum-Griffin Act involving failure to file union financial reports on time. Spignola, who is also president of the Construction and Laborers' District Council, was Tricia, Ed Mark Anniversary Tricia Nixon Cox and her husband, Ed, stroll thru the White House gardens in a photo released yesterday by the White House. The couple celebrated their first wedding anniversary yesterday. Store Hours Downtown: Monday and Thursday, 9:15 to Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 9:15 to Shop Sunday noon to 5:00 in Park Forest, Old Orchard, Oakbrook, River Oaks, Woodfield and Mayfair Scott Carpenter worth of crops each year, he said.

48 TV Sets, 2 Trucks Stolen A $30,000 burglary was discovered yesterday morning at the Cartage 7401 S. Pulaski Rd. Police said burglars broke into the firm between 6:30 p. m. Friday and 8:30 a.

m. yesterday, loaded 48 television sets onto two of the firm's trucks, and fled. The thieves entered thru a first-floor window on the north side of the building. Bank to Hold Money Sale The United of America Bank, 1 E. Wacker will put a limited amount of money on sale at 9 a.

m. tomorrow to mark its loth anniversary. Bills bearing the pictures of Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses S. Grant, and Andrew Jackson will be sold at a 20 per cent discount. The engraved likeness of Franklin appeares on $100 bills and can be bought for $80; Grant's likeness on $50 bills to be sold for $40; Jackson's likeness on $20 bills for $16.

Also on sale will be Alexander Hamilton $10 bills for Abraham Lincoln, $5 for and Thomas Jefferson $2 bills for $1.60 each. 43-Y ear-Old Sees for First Time Matthew Love, 43, sat op in bed in Glasgow, Scotland, yesterday as the door to his hospital room opened and his wife ushered in the couple's five children, aged 8 to 16. "Nice to see you," Love said. "It's been a long, long time." Love had been blind until three days ago when surgeons took the bandages off after an intricate operation. Said Love's wife.

Agnes, 40: "Now that Matthew can see, we're the happiest family in Britain." Kissinger Ends Talks in Japan Heny Kissinger yesterday ended his talks with Japanese officials by inviting Emperor Hirohito to visit the United States. Japanese officials said the emperor will make the trip after Presidential election in November. Kissinger had been conferring for three days with Japanese officials to explain United States foreign policy changes toward China and the Soviet Union and to detail the American position on trade. WJDES MOM i sofflfflOiK spcOTSWimK root asm cn 3i40 Super styles in shorts and knit shirts neat looking swim trunks, too. They're all great values now, ready for summertime sports and fun.

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Gather up great values for your boys. Not all styles and colors are available in every size, however, so shop early for the best selection. The Boys' Shop Fourth Floor, South State; also in Evanston, Oak Park, Lake Forest, Park Forest, Old Orchard, Oakbrook, River Oaks, and Mayfair, Wamvatosa, isconsin TV Right Denied Tower Opponents Suffer Setback BY MICHAEL SNEED taxes and municipal revenues would decrease in the communities because new residents would not move into an area with poor television reception. FCC Lacks Authority The Federal Communications Commission ruled May 26 that it has no authority to halt construction of the tower because the building is not used for broadcasting signals. The Illinois Citizens Committee for Broadcasting, which asked the FCC to step into the matter, has appealed to the U.

S. Court of Appeals to force the FCC to hold hearings on the matter. Under appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court is a ruling by Lake County Chief Judge La-Verne Dixon May 17 denying a suit to halt construction on the tower because of television Interference. The suit was appealed by Jack Hoogasian, Lake County state's attorney. The tower, when completed, will be the world's tallest building, 1,450 feet high, and containing 110 floors.

The forces opposed to further construction of the Sears Tower because it will interfere with television reception suffered another setback yesterday when a Circuit Court judge ruled that the public has no right to clear television reception. Similar rulings had already been handed down on complaints filed before the Federal Communications Commission and Lake County Circuit Court. Both those decisions are now in the process of being appealed. Rights Not Violated Judge Charles R. Barrett ruled yesterday the interference of television reception caused by the construction of the Sears building does not violate any constitutional rights and that the three suburbs involved in the suit do not have any right to undistorted television reception.

Attorneys for Skokie, North-brook, and Deerfield had filed the suit charging that property Students Safe Near Flood to the station last month to get it ready for the 38th annual summer school field course in biology and geology. The director, Donald Boardman, telephoned the college and said the only damage to the camp was a temporary power blackout after power facilities on Rapid Creek were flooded. College groups from Whea-ton College and Roosevelt University who were on biology and geology trips near Rapid City escaped injury in the massive flooding in that area, university spokesmen said yesterday. Roosevelt University said 19 people, most of them students, were on a biology field trip near Rapid City when the flooding began. University officials Iwd "erred fnv t'vi lives uniil thev jiei" 'a 1- -ino 'c and i op'1 the Mo' iv Wh? had bean eveeiTcd mi th director of the sclvul's Hills Science Station, his wife and a student who had gone Planning a PARTY? ItauflM 4ccommstfMoiii far VSINESS MEtllNGi CARD PARTIES ern.il o' 10 to 5'0 Sjnerb Bano fvM-n mi PAHKINO.