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St LANCASTER, NIW HA- TU1SPAY, APRIL 3, 1 979 Layoffs, Short Shifts GM and Ford Hit by Truck Shutdown WASHINGTON (AP) The nations largest automaker furloughed 2,000 additional workers and placed another 3,400 on short shifts today, but the Labor Department said a partial shutdown of the trucking Industry is having only limited impact on the nation's economy. A situation like this may build and have wider impact, said a department official who asked not to be identified by name. "But at its present it is having a limited Impact. Mom Era Photas by Richard Htrtxiar This is the Antonio Stradivari violin sold in Boston for $400,000. Furloughs, Short Shifts With the shutdown in its second day, General Motors Corp.

announced it was placing 2,000 workers at its Warren, Ohio, plant on furlough and giving 3,400 workers at its Lordstown, Ohio, plant short work shifts because of parts shortages. That left about 17,400 GM employees either laid off or on shortened shifts because of an industry lockout of striking Teamsters. Ford Motor the nations second-largest automaker, announced no new layoffs or shortened shifts. The company, which reported Monday that 58,000 workers had been given short shifts, said today the figure was actually 51,000. Both firms said parts shortages caused by the work stoppage were responsible for their actions.

No Official Comment The Carter administration had no official comment on the labor dispute, although one source indicated that President Carter had no "imminent plans to seek a back-to-work order under the Taft-Hartley Act. The Labor Department said shipments of perishable foods, milk, fuels and other essential consumer goods were moving normally and that thus far the government had received few complaints from shippers about transportation problems. The governments assessment agreed with an assessment offered Monday by union President Frank Fitzsimmons, who said shipments of food, heating oil, gasoline, chemicals, milk and bread products and medical supplies would not be affected by the lockout. The union leader said the impact would be felt in shipments of "general freight straw hats, glasses, shoes, auto parts, alligator coats. Crimp in Economy An industry analyst said, I dont think youd see anything in the first few days that would hurt very much.The analyst, declining to be identified by name, said a shut-.

down would "put a crimp in the economy 1 after a couple of weeks. Another analyst, who also asked not to be named, said he didnt expect serious problems for more than a week unless it (the shutdown) spreads through violence to people who are not covered by the contract dispute. Trucking Management which represents about 500 trucking firms, including most of the major ones, ordered the lockout Sunday after the union launched strikes against 75 companies. A lockout is a tactic used by employers in a labor dispute to prevent employees from working. The escalating labor dispute came after the two sides failed to reach agreement on a new contract covering 300,000 Teamsters by a Saturday midnight deadline.

Talks are not expected to resume before Thursday at the earliest. Difficult to Gaugo Aside from the auto industry, it was difficult to gauge the extent of the shutdown or its immediate effects. The Interstate Commerce Commission reported Monday that it appeared that all major trucking companies are shut down with the exception of those in the South. But a spokeswoman said no precise figures wee available on the number of firms observing the lockout. Local union officials said trucking operations were unaffected in the Chicago area, where Teamsters are negotiationg a separate contract with area companies.

Officials at TMI said virtually all of the associations firms were complying with the lockout. They said the firms account for 85 percent of the unionized interstate freight business and employ 235,000 of the 300,000 Teamsters covered by the expired contract. The Wild Mouse, a small scale roller coaster, takes an ever-grinning jester atop the ornate carousel, shape at Rocky Springs Park in photo at left. At right is 13 Rides to Be Ready for May 12 Opening An Exciting Rocky Springs Is Emerging from Years of Weeds ByTIMMEKEEL New Era Staff Writer It was one of those transitional days of spring, a tempered mixture of winters chilling gusts and summers soothing sunlight. It was a day that suits Rocky Springs Park, which is undergoing its own transformation.

After a 12-year nap, the park is waking up. A crew of 30 is putting in seven-day weeks renovating existing attractions, erecting new ones as the park progresses toward its May 12 opening. Present plans call for the park to open the weekends of May 12 and 19, then fulltime from Memorial Day to Labor Day, and stay open weekends through October. Rides to be operational by then are the Cuddle Up, carousel. The Whip, Laugh in the Dark, the junior coaster, the Comet, the chair swing, the Wild Mouse, the Ferris wheel, the gondola Ferris wheel, the kiddie boats, flying boats and flying swans.

Canoes will be available for rent. The Wildcat and airplane ride will not be ready, bumpercarsand bumper boats may be. An admission price of $4.50 has been set, and it includes a book of tickets good for food and rides. It doesnt look like weve got a whole lot done, does it? joked coowner Ben R. Brookmyer one recent afternoon, as he walked past workmen putting up the Wild Mouse, a new, smaller scale metal roller coaster, as opposed to the full scale coaster, the Wildcat.

That's true. Considerame, onvi-ous amounts of painting, paving and general preparation remain to be done. But to fully appreciate the progress made at Rocky Springs, you must go back to its condition when Brookmyer, his wife, Mary Corthouts, and attorney Michael Ranck bought it last summer. Marked by years of use, the Shooting Gallery will be refurbished at Rocky Springs Park. After he became immersed in project, Brookmyer said retrieving Rocky Springs from limbo lost its overwhelming overtones.

We had some pleasant surprises. A lot of the buildings werent as bad we thought theyd be. Restoration Costly Over three years, it is expected renovations will cost nearly $1 million. Til tell you for sure when were finished, said Ms Corthouts. know this: Every bit of income we is going right back into the park.

Brookmyer said hostile weather has pushed workmen two weeks -Sm ROCKY SPRINGS POg 28 Record Price Stradivarius Sold To Collector For $400,000 BOSTON (AP) A violin made 300 years ago by master crafstman Antonio Stradivari has been sold for about $400,000, the most ever paid for a stringed instrument, a dealer says. The instrument special because it is one of only 10 Stradivarius violins decorated with inlaid wood was bought by an anonymous collector. J. Bradley Taylor, a Boston violin dealer who owned the instrument briefly before last month's sale, said Monday that no other violin had ever brought more than $300,000. The violins of Stradivari, a 17th century Italian, are considered the finest in the world.

Taylor said the violin, called the Hellier after an English family that owned it until about 100 years ago, fetched such a high price because of its inlaid decorations and its condition. Its in a perfect state of preservation," he said. It's a perfect example of the maker's work. Its condition is unsurpassed for any instrument of this period. Taylor said he sold the violin through Alfredo Halequa, a Washington dealer, but he does not know the identity of the buyer.

The violin dealer said he bought the instrument from Anna Lee Wurlitzer of New York, wife of Rembert Wurlitzer, owner of a now-defunct violin-making company. In keeping with Mrs. Wurlitzers wishes, he said the new owner has agreed not to take the violin out of the United States. Stradivari made 1,116 violins. Taylor estimated that about 700 are still in the as I get be- U.S.

Now Can Pay Debt Limit Hike Ends Check Worries WASHINGTON (AP) Millions of re-, tired Americans can cash this months Social Security checks with confidence now that Congress has resolved a prolonged debate over the nation's borrowing. "Its business as usual at the Treasury Department, said Richard Kelly, deputy assistant secretary for debt management. Theres absolutely no problem at all with respect to Social Security checks or any other checks. But Kelly said the delay in passage of a new debt limit may have cost the government meaning taxpayers some $35 million in higher interest rates on future Treasury borrowing. Legislation Signed Kelly's comments came Monday after President Carter signed legislation to allow the federal government to resume its borrowing.

Carter signed the bill with no ceremony and no public comment. The legislation, passed Monday by a 209-165 vote in the House, included a Senate amendment calling for efforts to balance the federal budget. But a stronger amendment that would have required a three-fifths majority to authorize borrowing to cover a budget deficit was defeated, as it had been earlier in the Senate. It was debate over various provisions aimed at balancing the budget that had held up the bills passage for weeks. The legislation raised the nations temporary debt limit from $798 billion to $830 billion.

Borrowing Halted The limit had fallen to its "permanent $400 billion ceiling at midnight Saturday, forcing the Treasury to halt borrowing and raising questions about the federal government's ability to pay its obligations including $8 billion in Social Security checks, which were already in the mail to 35 million Americans. Also in jeopardy were checks for veterans and retired civil servants and railroad workers as well as payments to contractors, the Treasury Department said. The House acted after Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal warned that without the legislation, The United States of America could default. It would have the first default since the founding of the republic, he said.

In addition to assuring payment of government checks passage of the bill also cleared the way for the Treasury Department to resume selling notes, bonds and bills. Sales Resume And it allowed the department to approve the sale of U.S. Savings Bonds, which were suspended Monday, and the mailing of $2.6 billion in income tax refund checks, which had been scheduled to go out last week. But the delay, caused by congressmen seeking to end the government's practice of spending more than it takes in, probably will not be without its costs to American taxpayers. A half dozen Treasury security sales, which were to have been conducted between March 21 and Monday, have been rescheduled for next week.

Kelly said rescheduling the sales in a compressed period of time some $26.7 billion between today and next Monday could boost the interest rates the government must pay to borrow. If that increase is just one-tenth of 1 percent, the government would end up paying $35 million in higher interest. The governments interest payments of $50 billion annually are paid from revenues that include taxes, Kelly said. May Be Off Until Wed. Power KOd in Boston's 'Back Bay' Third Time Steel Hit With Multi-Million Dollar Air Pollution Suit PITTSBURGH (AP) The federal government today filed a multi-mil-lion dollar suit against Jones Laugh-- lin Steel Corp.

for alleged air pollution violations at the companys Aliquippa Works. The U.S. Attorneys office in Pittsburgh said the suit stems from 1 numerous alleged violations at the Beaver County plant of the federal Clean Air Act and the Pennsylvania Implementation Plan. The government is seeking civil penalties against and its parent company, LTV Corp. of Dallas, amounting to $25,000 a day retroactive to 1974.

had no immediate comment on the development. The ctyil suit also asks the U.S. District Court to permanently enjoin the company from further violations. Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig McKay said the suit is a last resort to have and LTV do their part in cleaning up the air for citizens of Aliquippa.

Opinion Differ But Fitzsimmons offered a sharply differing opinion, claiming TMI accounts for only about 20 percent to 30 percent of the unionized long-haul business. Speaking at a news conference, the union leader also accused presidential inflation fighters Alfred Kahn and Barry Bos-worth of disrupting the contract negotiations. It can fairly be said that they have played the Council on Wage and Price Stability had no comment on the charges. The administration has watched the negotiations closely, and has frequently urged both sides to settle their differences within the presidents anti-inflation 10 Service Stations Exxon Limits Turnpike Gas Sales to $5 Exxon Corp. on Sunday began imposing a $5 per customer limit on gasoline sales at the companys 10 service stations along the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Robert Costello, public relations for the Turnpike Commission, said Exxon told him the $5 limit would be in effect throughout April and include the April 14-15 Easter weekend. However, Exxon officials said they would lift the restriction in case the Three Mile Island incident would prompt an emergency evacuation of central Pennsylvania. Bitwisn Carlisle and Irwin Exxon stations are located between Carlisle and Irwin. Gulf and Arco operate the remaining 13 stations along the Turnpike, and the commission has received no word from either firm about limiting sales. Costello said as reasons for the $5 limit Exxon told him the firm currently faces a shortage of oil supplies, a rise in crude oil prices and is recovering from a recent refinery fire in the southern part of the United States.

As a result, Exxon dealers have been given a 95 percent allocation of gasoline supplies for April, 1979, compared to their April, 1978 allocation. Costello said Exxon feels the $5 limit is necessary so they can keep all their Turnpike stations open seven days a week on a 24-hour basis. wae called in Monday night to check deserted streets for looters, but no incidents wae reported. Were operating in a really strained position for our equipment, Salvi said. having problems getting into the manhola because last nights rain filled some of them with two to three feet of water.

About 600 customers at Fridays on Newbury Street wae asked to lave and pay their bills with exact change because the bars electric cash register went dead. "We got some pretty good tips, said one employee, David Field. Meanwhile, at the Shaaton Boston, a guat who also had been at the hotel during last week's fire described the situation: Oh, Im calm, but I wont forget this trip to Monday nights blackout covered a smaller area than Sundays from Clarendon Street wat to the Fenway and from Boylston Street north to the Charla Riva including the citys two skyscrapers and affected about 30,000 residents. Just 24 hours before, an eight-hour powa outage affected about 60,000 Back Bay residents and several buildings including the Copley Plaza and Shaaton Boston hotels whae fires were set last week. The Copley was darkened again Monday night, but a Shaaton opaator said the hotel lost power for only about 10 minutes.

Spokesmen for Edison said utility workers are still seeking the cause of the first fires in undaground cables Sunday which sent acrid smoke into dozens of residences, forcing out several hundred apartment dwellas for several hours. BOSTON (AP) New manhole fires erupted in Bostons busy Back Bay district today, knocking out electrical power to skyscrapers, stores and hundreds of homes for the third time in 36 hours. Utility officials said power might not be restored until sometime Wednesday. Hundreds of restaurants, apartments and other buildings lost power, and traffic was knotted by deadened intersection lights when the latest outage occurred at 10 a.m. About 12,000 utility company customers homes and businesses also were without power, officials said.

Evacuating Tower Were trying to get everybody off the floors, said a security man at the 60-story John Hancock Tower. The latest outage occurred when three manholes burst into flames on Commonwealth A vaiue, about one hour after powa was restored in the district. All the problems apparently stemmed from an underground cable fire on Sunday. "We just dont know what the long-range lookout will be, said William Connolly, a spokesman for Boston Edison Co. Elevators stalled, streetlights went out and electric cash registers failed to open as approximately 30,000 city dwellers were hit by the second powa failure in two days.

"Its simply a case of the system being ovaloaded, said Walter Salvi, anotha Boston Edison spokesman. Powa to the Back Bay, a neighborhood of apartments, hotels and trendy restaurants, failed shortly after 10 p.m. Monday following a fresh outbreak of fire in Boston Edison manhola. Police vans equipped with searchlights 'Our Town' Will Be Signed for Deaf Tonight The entire cast of the Actors Company of Pennsylvania's production of Our Town will be understudied in unique fashion today at 7:30 p.m. Tonight, three persons representing the Counselling Services for the Deaf will occupy the orchestra pit to sign the show for deaf members of the audience.

Marsha Barr, Jean Roughan and John Mandes are the interpreters. The interpretation of Our Town is being provided as a free service to the deaf community under the Counselling Service for the Deafs Cultural Enrichment Retired Educators To Be Honored All Lancaster County retired teachers are invited to attend the Chi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma International annual tea and program to honor retired educators. Theeventwill be held in the MillersviUe State College library at 3 p.m. April 8. Rep.

Robert Walker (R-Lanc) will address the group. Daily Lottery The winning daily lottery number for April 2 is: 7-3-1.