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nirmn scrttrueinju 1(0) 2B THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Tuesday July 2 1985 Glass Makers Voting On Joining UAW i-' at- 'J? 4 4 iv A -4'Vh Scenes From A Window: Badeer Bizri Peter Easley and Stephen Long (from left) stare out the windows of a van Staff Photo By DIEDRA LAIRD on the way back from a trip to the movies The children attend Young World Child Care Center on Sharon Amity Road ees the UAW ranks as of the most strike-happy unions in the Strickland who has been campaigning for two months with two other UAW officials said the union would bargain in good faith will not be unreasonable he said Monday only thing they want is dignity on the Shatterproof and union officials also disagree on whether Claremont employees who earn about $5 less per hour than their Detroit counterparts did sought the union which has 12 million US members including about 500 in the Carolinas Unions won 348 of union elections in North Carolina in 1980-84 compared to 431 nationwide according to NLRB figures Shatterproof with annual sales of about $60 million is among the largest makers of replacement glass for cars and also makes glass windows for buildings The company founded in 1922 employed about 700 people in Detroit in the late 1970s but will move ail of its Detroit operations this year to its 345000-square-foot plant on a 23-acre Claremont site More than Shatterproof may be at stake in the vote which has attracted attention beyond the borders in a county with unions in only four manufacturing facilities think been a benefit to the said Ron Leitch executive director of the Catawba County Chamber of Commerce employees have had an open relationship with employers here Any unionized plant restricts that open Woodward said a UAW victory would be stepping-stone to a lot of other But Strickland said absolute only thing at stake is our trying to assist the By FOON RHEE StaH Wrltar CLAREMONT A sticker was stuck to the front gate of Shatterproof Glass Claremont plant Monday Just inside the gate a United Auto Workers (UAW) baseball cap lay on the back of a moped And two employees just getting off work said they know which way they would vote on making Shatterproof a union plant Both Shatterproof and the UAW say they will win the National Labor Relations Board-supervised union election today and Wednesday after what both called a spirited campaign parties have run pretty aggressive said Mark Woodward Shatterproof vice president of employee relations In one instance the campaign may have been too heated A telephoned bomb threat by a man saying he was with the UAW forced the evacuation of the plant Thursday Catawba County Assistant Fire Marshal Rupert Little said Monday there are no suspects UAW representative CE Strickland of Nashville denied any union involvement and said the threat was a scare tactic quite disturbed about he said Monday had nothing to do with it We want to blow up a Shatterproof which announced its move to Catawba County from Detroit in February 1983 crediting a pro-business attitude cheaper labor and lower taxes has put up posters mailed letters and held meetings with employees The UAW which represented Shatterproof workers in Detroit and filed a petition May 13 to represent 275 production and maintenance workers at the Claremont plant has distributed leaflets at the gate held meetings and hosted a picnic Saturday Woodward said he told employ Not Ruling Out State Race S' £V- admitted he is thinking seriously about future races and has not ruled out a run for statewide office Democratic Party needs new leadership able to voice party goals in an exciting Helms said was a Democrat when being a Democrat was popular and I see any reason to change now I see no reason to Helms said Monday he has not decided whether to run again for the state legislature in 1986 A victory then could provide a launching pad for a statewide race in 1988 John Minter Auto Deaths trial conduct and what she described as lack of remorse never come to us and said she was Nellie Minton said do anything not anything not one phone call to show compassion toward McKee who will be eligible for parole in 13 months be reached Monday JEAN COLLECTION Has Moved To DIXIE VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER Wadesboro Council Gets First Black Altheria Patton the 57-year-old Anson Junior High School principal Tuesday night became the first black sworn in as member of the Wadesboro Town Council She was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Robert Batten who resigned last year to take a job in Concord feel my time on the Wadesboro Redevelopment Commission and Social Services board will help me as a council she said after the meeting Town Manager Ben Chewning presented Patton with red and black notebooks containing city ordinances zoning ordinances and the 1985-86 budget to study Patton was appointed last week after a delegation appeared before the council in May asking that a black be appointed to fill the vacant council seat Stencel Aero Fined Stencel Aero Engineering Corp of Asheville on Monday was ordered to pay a fine of $100000 after pleading guilty to 10 counts of double-billing the government on contracts for military aircraft ejection seats Stencel Aero President Michael Hobbs controller Jonathan Henry Tweit and Vice President Paul Allison face trial Sept 3 on charges of conspiracy and presenting false claims the same charges as those filed against the company Indictments against Stencel Aero and the executives came after a December 1984 raid by federal agents that netted what the government charges are employee time cards altered or de- stroyed to conceal at least $12000 in double billing on defense contracts Estimates Soar For Balloon Event Freedom Weekend Aloft will bring Greenville County SC $4 million from out-of-town visitors when the hot-air balloon extravaganza takes off July 4 promoters estimate For some upstate businesses the festival is a chance to entertain clients under company-sponsored circus tents filled with hors and cold drinks And for economic development recruiters an opportunity to take more bright-colored pictures for brochures to promote Greenville County in the business of marketing our community like everybody else said Greenville Mayor Bill Workman "Anytime you can get something about your community that is good wholesome and fun going to get national and world class publicity out of In its fourth year of operation the hot-air balloon festival Is expected to bring as many as 150000 people to Donaldson Center Industrial Air Park during its four-day run July 4-7 That would be a 50 attendance increase over last year's festival which was plagued by intermittent rain and an ineffective sound system for concerts but still managed to make sponsors their first-ever profit Footnotes najgyirjol-j We know hard to believe Kaypro is the only computer company to offer a complete business system at thousands of dollars less than the competition Come in today and see for yourself! Kaypro Junior Business Pak: Kaypro New 2 microcomputer software and Kaypro Letter-Quality Printer $1495 Kaypro Business Pak: Kaypro 2X microcomputer software and Kaypro Letter-Quality Printer $1895 Kaypro Senior Business Pak: Kaypro 10 microcomputer software and Kaypro Letter-Quality Printer $2995 Parks Helms Former NC Rep Parks Helms D-Charlotte is looking beyond a possible 1986 rematch with Sen Larry Cobb to a possible run for lieutenant governor in 1988 political sources say Cobb aided by Republican landslide beat Helms in a costly head-to-head race for the Senate District 35 (southeast Charlotte and Mecklenburg County) General Assembly seat Between them Helms and Cobb raised about $78000 Helms had served 10 years in the NC House Word is circulating among the inner circle of local Democrats Mother By FOON RHEE Catawba Valley Bureau LENOIR The mother of two Caldwell County boys killed while jogging in December has filed two wrongful death suits totaling $245 million against the woman convicted in the hit-and-run deaths The suits name as defendants Susan Patterson McKee now serving a six-year sentence at the Corrections Center for Women in Raleigh and Larry Kay Bolick Rauch Calls On Ethics In Continued From Preceding Page ment bn behalf of several funeral directors in Rocky Mount Before introducing it he sought approval from the only licensed funeral director Sen Ollie Harris D-Cleveland who owns a Kings Mountain funeral home Harris initially voted for the amendment but he later changed his vote saying realize I was for the bill that would have meant money in Ollie he said voted without thinking and I apologized There was a conflict of interest and I should have asked to be In another case ethics committee said June 4 that it found that Sen John Jordan D-Alamance had violated state bribery and extortion laws The finding involved a bill that would have financially hurt a man involved in a business deal with Jordan The ethics committee referred case to the Alamance County district attorney who presented it to a grand jury Monday But few questions involving legislative ethics go that far In April Rep Frank Ballance MB3DB ODMMm INVENTORY REDUCTION that Helms would like to replace Democrat Bob Jordan as lieutenant governor if Jordan seeks the highest elected office in 1988 Helms 49 a Charlotte lawyer confirm the report but Sues Driver In whose car McKee drove in the incident The parents of Phillip Avery Minton 15 and Randy Jeffrey Minton 14 both of Hudson and District Attorney Robert Thomas immediately protested the May 30 sentence as inadequate part of the reason the suits arose the mother Nellie Minton said Monday Nellie Minton who filed the suits as administrator of the estates said she also sued because of For Study Legislature D-Warren introduced a bill to restrict the placement of fences in Warrenton Arguing that a grocery store erected a fence to keep adjacent black property owners including Ballance from crossing its parking lot The fence did not extend to property owned by whites in the same block nothing unethical about trying to prohibit he said adding that he doesn't think his bill will pass in the Senate Another House member Rep Harry Payne D-New Hanover introduced a bill that would benefit his brother and 90 other merchants who did not want to comply with a Wilmington shopping center desire to open on Sundays When he introduced the bill Payne disclosed his interest in a speech on the House floor set of rules personally says that only mold grows in the he said later Of a complaint lodged against him for the bill argument is I should have gotten someone else to introduce it and hidden it That is immoral in my he said mittee members budget director CC Cameron of Charlotte said Monday that using even the legislative figures the state could afford the entire House or Senate tax cut plans Moreover he said legislative analysts might be underestimating how much state revenues will grow Although the analysts offered slightly revised figures Monday one House member said they still show the state afford extensive tax cuts Criticizing what he called the Rep Billy Watkins D-Granville said the state only can afford to cut taxes by $100 million a year According to revised figures presented by legislative analyst Dave Crotts such limited cuts would leave the state with the balanced budget required by the constitution Shortly before Martin departs for his all-day six-city swing the House-Senate conference committee will meet to continue the tax cut debate process is not necessarily Pittman said "(Martin) thinks that a possibility that some public pressure could be brought to bear I think more concerned about this than he is about anything else this session I think bearing down (As shown above: Kaypro Business Pak) Th Computer Sloro We Deliver and Set Up At No CharpeSO Miles of Store Lauflnbura 1023 Main St Jose D'Arrude Ph (at intersection 15-501 BUS) Owner (919) 276-4424 Stock! 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Subdivision Sues: Residents of a Charleston Heights subdivision have filed 22 lawsuits against a paper company and a trucking company claiming their neighborhood has been by dust germs smell and from a nearby landfill The lawsuits against Westvaco Corp and Sheppard Trucking Co Inc each seek $100000 in damages said James Chandler Jr lawyer for the residents Westvaco spokesman James Deaton said the company believes the residents have no basis for their suit Nuclear Unit On Line: Duke Power Co says Unit 1 of its Catawba Nuclear Station near Rock Hill entered commercial operation Saturday for the first time since it began producing electricity in January The 1145-megawatt unit has generated more than 820 million kilowatt hours of electricity since it began producing power the utility said Unit 2 is scheduled for commercial operation in 1987 Officer Suspended: An Albemarle police officer has been suspended after being charged with a misdemeanor Albemarle Police Chief Don Frey said Hilton Jeffrey Hill was charged last week and suspended Frey said Hill could not be reached for comment Edited by John McBride Continued From Preceding Page that he (Martin) deep down thought anything would- change This is a case where the public voted for the tax cuts He thinks still emotion for the tax cuts and he can stir them latest push for public support comes as he and legislators continue to debate just how much of a tax cut the state can afford The debate shifts attention from expected disputes over different House and Senate tax proposals to disagreements between the legislature and the governor A 10-member House-Senate panel has been reviewing 1985-86 budget projections to resolve differences between the separate tax cut packages The House plan would cut taxes by $219 million when fully in effect in 1988-89 the Senate plan would reduce them by $223 million Martin originally proposed cuts amounting to $483 million But last week legislative fiscal analysts told conference committee members that despite an expected $390 million surplus there could be a $76 million deficit in two years if the General Assembly adopts the Senate-passed tax plan Administration officials draw different conclusions In a memo to conference com All roads lead to Spruill Chevrolet the House of Courtesy and home of the tall man in the Trenchcoat uncolton 0 sroiu tumour CHARLOTTE RDtEDOE I HWYT27WriJ MTlHOLLYNC5TCALLr827-6705 lUlfalH fluwftcek aft At jib a wm.