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67 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1980 35 cents at newsstands beyond 30 miles from Boston 88 Pages 25 CdltS HOME FROM TREATMENT Eastern loses odd says bid to force he'll vote for Tower I I 1 -f 4-, pilots to work Airline hints at bankruptcy 1 i Taking the shuttle with room aplenty i I 1 4' By Bruce D. Butterfield Globe Staff Trouble deepened for strife-torn Eastern Airlines yesterday when it lost a frantic court bid to force 3,500 pilots back to work and hinted it may soon file for bankruptcy. But fears that the bitter labor dispute wouid spill over to other air carriers as pilots began a nationwide "fly by the book" safety slowdown failed to materialize. "It was not our intent to cause delays and disruptions," said John Mazor, a spokesman for the Airline Pilots Association. "It is our intent to fly safely." The situation was far more gloomy at Eastern Airlines, where company officials announced the layoff of several thousand more nonunion workers, leaving the once mighty air carrier with only 1,500 employees nationwide.

All but a handful of its planes remained grounded, and those that did fly yesterday were virtually empty, company officials conceded. I "We're hurting, thjere's no question about that," Robin Ma-tell, chief spokesman for Eastern, said. In Miami, Eastern lawyers told a federal court that the company would file for bankruptcy if its 3,500 pilots did not return to work. Despite the claim, US District Judge Edward B. Davis ruled against the company's request that the pilots be ordered to cross the picket lines of striking Eastern machinists.

In his ruling on the pilots, Davis held that the terms of the Railway Labor Act, which governs union activities in airlines and railroads, do not allow him to force the pilots back to work. The act permits members of transportation unions to refuse to cross picket lines set up by other legally striking unions. "I think there is a strong, strong possibility that Eastern as we knew it last week may never come back." Joseph Leonard, Eastern's chief operating officer, told reporters even before the court decision was announced. By Michael Kranish Globe Staff WASHINGTON A second Democrat, Sen. Christopher J.

Dodd of Connecticut, yesterday announced his support of John G. Tower. But the effort to confirm Tower as defense secretary was dealt a blow when another Democrat, Sen. Dennis DeConcini of Arizona, said he had observed Tower "under the influence of alcohol" off the Senate floor. Dodd, at the end of a raucous day of outbursts and accusations on the Senate floor, acknowledged that he was "eternally grateful" to Tower for being one of five senators to vote against the censure of his father, the late Sen.

Thomas Dodd, also a Connecticut Democrat. "I owe John Tower. I owe John Tower the same fairness and careful judgment he used 22 years ago." He added, after a dramatic pause, "I do not owe John Tower my vote." But Dodd then said he supports Tower because it is the president's prerogative to pick his Cabinet and because the FBI report did not contain corroboration of allegations of alcohol abuse by Tower. Dodd said he disagrees with Tower on many policies and said, "John Tower would not be my choice were it my choice to make." Dodd joined Sen. Howell Heflin of Alabama, another Democrat, who announced his decision to support Tower on Monday.

That left three or four undecided Democrats, who have a 55-45 majority. The Senate majority leader, George Mitchell of Maine, predicted that Tower will be defeated in a vote that could come later this week. Mitchell told reporters: "I feel, as I felt all along, that when the vote occurs, the nominee will be rejected." Earlier, DeConcini created a furor by declaring he had seen Tower under the influence of alcohol. Of the 71 current senators who have served with Tower, DeConcini is the first to make such a charge. "I have seen Sen.

Tower under the influence of alcohol off the Senate floor, as I have seen other senators," DeConcini said, adding under TOWER, Page 8 Bush's ship of state shows mixed signals By Walter V. Robinson Globe Staff WASHINGTON Week seven of the Bush presidency has been designated "drug week." But when bad weather yesterday forced President Bush to scrub plans to travel to Pennsylvania and Delaware to address the issue of drug abuse, there was little concern among some White House officials. "Sure, it's drug week," one official said. "But we've really got nothjng to say about drugs." And so it goes. Just two months after he took office and four months to the day after Bush won election with the help of a slogan, "Ready on day one to be a great president," his new administration appears, to some, to have no agenda.

To others, the new ship of state is adrift on a sea of uncertainty and indecision. Bush sharply disputed such assessments yesterday, arguing that he has a host of major initiatives on the table or in the pipeline, has moved decisively to solve the savings and loan crisis, has completed a successful foreign trip and is making personnel decisions at a faster pace than President Reagan did In 1981. ADMINISTRATION, Page 10 By Mary Sit Globe Staff "Door lights?" "Out." "Hydraulic panel?" "Set." Eastern Airlines Shuttle Flight 1051 rolled down the Logan Airport runway at three minutes past noon yesterday. Everything appeared normal except for one thing: Only seven passengers were flying the DC-9, which can hold as many as 139. Of the seven, three were flight attendants dressed in street clothes and one a reporter.

The others, two busl- -nessmen and a student, said they chose the Eastern shuttle for convenience. David C. Stafford, a district manager for Nynex, said he flies the shuttle weekly. The Eastern ma- chlnists' strike and the walkout by pilots did not bother Stafford a bit "I have discount tickets on Eastern. If they weren't going to fly, I have a ticket on Pan Am so I could have flown Pan Am just as well," he said.

Stephen P. Lynch, a stu- dent at Boston University, flipped through a Fortune magazine as he flew home on spring break. On Monday, a canceled Eastern flight from Palm Beach to Boston had forced him to fly standby on Delta, stretching a 3Vb-hour flight into a 10-hour ordeal. Still, Lynch chose to fly Eastern yesterday, using-hig discounted coupons. "It's not their Lynch said.

"I've flown with SHUTTLE. Page 49 uiuue stall piiolotml Urecne Kitty Dukakis waves to onlookers yesterday in Brookline after Gov. Dukakis had driv en her home from a Rhode Island detoxification center, where she received 31 days of treatment for a drinking problem. Page 27. Baker, Shevardnadze set May meeting in Moscow By Elizabeth Pond Special to the Globe VIENNA Following two hours of talks, Secretary of State James A.

Baker 3d and the Soviet foreign minister, Eduard Shevardnadze, announced yesterday that they will meet in Moscow in early May to discuss pressing issues, including prospects for a superpower summit. The two men did not set a date for resumption of talks on reducing strategic nuclear weapons, but they expressed optimism that the negotiating process will resume. The Soviet Union wanted to reopen negotiations on strategic, or long-range, nuclear weapons in April or May, Shevardnadze told reporters outside the building where he and Baker met in the first intensive US-Soviet talks of the Bush administration. But the administration will not complete its review of arms issues before the end of April and cannot yet set a date, Baker told journalists. In Moscow, the two men plan to discuss prospects for a summit between President Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader.

Soviet officials would like to hold annual summits, a senior American official indicated. The Bush administration has not yet decided its position. Other topics discussed yesterday included human rights, the Middle East, Central America and transnational issues, such as the environment, terrorism and preventing the proliferation of chemical weapons and missiles. TALKS, Page 12 EASTERN, Page 49 Bush stays out of fray; panel OK's intervention plan President Bush yesterday repeated his stand against intervening in the Eastern Airlines strike and warned7 that secondary boycotts of other transportation sys tems are not in the public Interest. A House subcommittee yesterday approved a bill that would compel the president to appoint an emergency board.

Page 45. UNDER HIS BREATH NEXT STOP: ACCESSIBILITY INSIDE N.H. feeling squeeze on school funds Today: Food pressured to open all routes to disabled Bruins win The Bruins beat the Islanders, 2-1, In New York. Sports, Page 73. Cuban tourism Fidel Castro is investing heavily in order to compete in the a market for By John Aloysius Farrell Globe Staff FRANKLIN, N.H.

With a quaking voice, Daniele Beals told the City Council and a crowd of 650 angry people here that she and her classmates will be "devastated" if the city cuts sports, kindergarten and bus transportation from its school budget to keep a lid on property taxes. Like others who followed her to the microphone in the Franklin High School gym last week, the shaken young spokeswoman for the sophomore class said the cuts would trigger transfers from the local schools, an increase in truancy and drug abuse, and a boost in crime and dropout rates. "We deserve a quality education so we don't have to face our future with insecurity and incompetence," Beals told her elders. "You don't fully understand the Impact your decision will have." Franklin, like dozens of other New Hampshire communities, is caught between a rock and a hard NEW HAMPSHIRE, Page 14 Caribbean tourism. Living, -Page 65.

Student pressure After four days of student protests, Lee Atwater resigned from the board of trustees at Howard University. Page 3. Guide to features By Jerry Ackerman Globe Staff ATTLEBORO The sight is enough to make a commuter cry. Straddling the high-speed Providence-to-Boston railroad tracks in South Attleboro. on the Rhode Island state line, is the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's newest and perhaps most spacious suburban railroad station.

Costing about $3 million, the station includes a sheltered waiting area, sturdy wooden benches, bright overhead lights, trees, grass, bicycle racks and, a suburban commuter's dream, 500 paved, well-marked parking spaces. But six months after its completion last September, the station stands idle, a symbol of what advocates for the physically handicapped say is the MBT's split personality when it comes to providing them access to mass public transportation. The state Architectural Access Board, which monitors whether new public facilities are properly equipped to serve the disabled, has refused to let the South Attleboro station open. For all Its amenities, including 13 designated "wheelchair" parking spaces, the station cannot be used by the handicapped. The only way for disabled persons to reach the northbound track Is across a bridge with 33steps on either side.

And even if they got-there, they still would not be able to board the trains because no elevated platform has been built to help them bypass the five steps up into the cars. The MBTA says these omissions were unintentional and that, even though it has ap-MBTA, Spge 16 ArtsFilms 68 Ask Globe 40 Bridge 40 Business 45 Comics 40-41 Deaths 38-39 Editorials 18 Horoscope 40 Living 65 Sports 73 TVRadio 43 oioue aiati uliuluUaviu L. Ryan Frost forms on Officer Dan Omogrosso's face mask as he directs traffic on Cambridge Street in Boston. Temperatures were in the tee' yesterday but are expected to riseito the 20s today. Classify 54-64.

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