Thursday, October 7, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAIPY Page Seven Thursday, October 7, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven UAW considers tentative agreement, 2nd District race boils Thailand hit by coup (Continued from Page 1) and an end = to a nationwide strike now in its 23rd day. Sources said a key element in the pact is a provision for" 13 more paid days off spread over the three years Ford eral wage increases averaging about 3 per cent a year, an additional first-year increase of about 20 cents an hour, con- tinuation of a cost-of-living pro- tection formula, special cash sunnplements for retirees and (Continued from Page 11 Pierce, meanwhile, has coun- tered Pursell's emphasis on leg- islative experience by pointingt out his non-politician status - a virtue in this post-Watergate election year. "I do not have a long leg- islative record," says the 46- workers now have 33 holiday improvements in fringe bene- year-old doctor in response to and vacation days each year. fits. Pursell," I am a family physic- The sources said the additional Auto workers now make about ian." Commenting on the pub- time-off provisions are tied to $7 an hour plus about $4 an lis lack of trust inpoliticians attendance requirements - a hori=rn eeis and "democratic institutions," worker must be on the job th re Pierce said in a recent cam- day before and after a sched-; FORD'S TOP BARGAINER, pus appearance that, "in my uled extra day off to get paid Vice President Sidney McKen- own daily life, it's been very for it. na, said after the union an- unusual for a patient to look' THE UNION had demanded nounced the settlement that he ' at me and say he doesn't trust more paid days off as a first was "hopeful we will be back me." step in its long-range goal to at work at most plants by the In turn, Pierce has attacked shorten the work week to pre- I early part of next week, but at Pursell as being a "sloganeer- serve current jobs and create this point it is only a hope." , type" politician that will not1 new ones. The idea is to force Union officials have said the provide leadership. On a broad- the industry to hire more work- general ratification could take er level, he has attempted to ers to replace those taking time at least a week. But contract characterise the Republican par- a off. snags at the local level could ty as "insensitive" to the needs The sources said the tentative block renewed production at the of the average citizen, saying, 1 agreement also includes gen- 102 Ford facilities in 22 states. "the only reason the recession hasn't gotten deeper is because Democrats have passed stimu-] Sh rtn egilio."ca d at R es bAshfor campaign strategy,', ;bothcandilates seem to have can id a es inlegistion." se t iragy, k* bastions of support which they 0 wyill try to protect while raid- 10 el O~ e ' 1S 11ePig the other's territory. Pierce has been concentrating his door-to-door efforts in populous (Continued from Page 1I small local departments would Livonia in an attempt to erode JACKSON, an Eastern Michi- add to the problem of increas- I support Pursell has built up gan University student and a ing crime since they can not! there overthe last six years. member of the Ypsilanti city be as effective. He has also conducted an in-I council, was convicted of tense voter registration drive, 1 malicious destruction (a misde- Both Postill and Minick a , especially aimed at notoriously l meanor) for his role in destroy- ente r y ren adh1 apathetic students, a natural, ing a Marine recruiters uni- entering, and larceny as the constituency for the liberal form. major problems facing the coun- ;pierce. Meanwhile Libertarian Party ty, but Mnick sees local drug Pursell, meanwhile, has con- candidate, Craig Smith, stated traffic as the driving force be- dcted forays into Washtenaw "I am running for sheriff to hind increasing crime. He ad- Cointy, particularly the Ann get our party on the ballot." vocates rejoining the controver- Arbor-Ypsilanti area, home of'j Smith, a University graduate sial Washtenaw Area Narcotics most of Pierce's major cam-3 student, is not running an ac- Team (WANT), a cooperative naign contributors. In addition, tive campaign. of many local police forces in- buoved by the state AFL-CIO's Postill has based much of his cluding the State Police and the decision to remain neutral in re-election drive on his past Ann Arbor Police Departments. the Second District race, (in record. He views the sheriff's POSTILL WITHDREW from the other 18 Michigan districts, job as one which incompasses WANT when he took office the union endorsed Democrats),{ many areas, particularly "ef- claiming that it "made many Pursell has made a spirited bid fective management" of the de- useless raids and accomplished to gain labor support. partment. Minick has accused nothing." Postill of taking "an attituden'I On the issues, considerable of total control" in his job. Postill supports the legaliza- disagreement in several areas' i'. lnn 1.1 LildfIJ Udli