.«.r..+.. . .... , ..y+..x...w. Page 2-Thursday, September 25, 1980-The Michigan Daily DO YOU LIKE TO SWIM? Join U. of MICHIGAN Synchronized Swim Club MICIIFISI Clinics: Sun. Sept. 28, Oct 5, Oct. 12 8:00 P.M. CCRB BELL POOL No Experience Necessary For More Info: Call 665-1110 Lawmakers nix state trade with J.P. Stevens Company LANSING (UPU)-The Senate agreed yesterday to a bill barring the state from doing business with the J.P. Stevens Co. textile firm on the grounds the company has blatantly violated court orders against its unfair labor practices. The Senate voted 25-12 and forwarded to the governor the bill which would bar the Center for Russian and East European Studies PROUDLY PRESENTS FLOA LEIS, FOREIGN CORRESPONQENT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES In An Informal Presentation "The Polish Workers' Struggle: An Eyewitness Report" the state from making contracts with the company. THE MEASURE specifically states that Michigan cannot make contracts with any company which has been con- victed and fined for violating fair labor practices three times within seven years-a description which fits only J.P. Stevens. "They've found it cheaper to pay the fines for contempt than to comply," said Sen. David Plawecki (D-Dearborn Heights). Correction A mass meeting of students concer- ned with improving campus security, scheduled by the recently-organized Michigan Student Assembly Security Task Force, will be held tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the MSA office, third floor, Michigan Union. It was reported in yesterday's Daily that the meeting was scheduled for last night. Thursday. September 25, 1980 From 12 Noon Until 1:00 P.M. Room 200 Lane Hall. Brown Bag Coffee and Tea Served Public Invited There Will Be A Question And Answer Period . It's More For Your Morning! IN BRIEF Compiled from Asioclated Press and United Press International reports Carter: 'No interference' in Iran-Iraq conflict President Carter spent most of yesterday closeted with the National Security Council and his closest advisers, poring over the available infor- mation from the Middle East. He emerged in mid-afternoon to repeat his call for an end to hostilities and his warning that there should be "absolutely no interference" by other nations in the conflict. Meanwhile, Ronald Reagan blasted Carter's energy policies in Tyler; Texas-his second trip in a week to the big state-but studiously avoided comment on the Iran-Iraq conflict in the Persian Gulf. Railroad lines consolidate WASHINGTON-The government yesterday approved the largest consolidation in railroal history, allowing the Chessie System and Family Lines to merge operations that stretch from Canada to Florida. The new $6 billion firm, to be knownas CSX Inc., will operate 27,000 miles of track in 22 states, the District of Columbia, and Ontario, Canada. The merger draws the industry one step closer to consolidation of the nation's major eastern railroads into three giants. The ICC also is con- sidering a merger application from Southern Railway and Norfolk & Western. The third railroad in the picture, Conrail, was merged from six bankrupt Northeast lines. Kelley files suit against state prison inmates LANSING-Attorney General Frank Kelley said yesterday he is going after four state prison inmates to force them to dip into their bank accounts to pay for prison room and board and child support payments. Kelley said he has filed lawsuits in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb coun- ty circuit courts against four inmates who have a total of $9,796 in their in- dividual bank accounts. "As a responsible leader, I cannot ask the citizens of Michigan to volun- tarily increase their taxes to upgrade our prisons unless I take every action possible to secure payment of room and board from prisoners with substan- tial bank accounts," Kelley said. Japan concerned over oil shortage possibility TOKYO-Business and government officials said yesterday they were watching the Iran-Iraq fighting "with deep concern." With a 110-day supply and no oil of its own, Japan's economy could weather only a brief shortage of oil shipments. Japan depends on the Middle East for more than 70 percent of its oil needs, and this is more vulnerable than any other major country to a closing of the Strait of Hormuz, the-Persian Gulf's outlet for world trade. Of more immediate concern was the fate of 4,500 Japanese workers in the two warring countries. The Mitsui Trading Co. is cooperating with Iran in building a huge petrochemical complex at Bandar Khomeini, and 780 Japanese engineers and technicians are employed there-the largest concentration of foreigners in either of the two countries. Jimmy escapes Billy probe WASHINGTON-Senate investigators decided yesterday not to question President Carter directly but go through his lawyers instead for any more answers the White House can give on Billy Carter's Libya dealings. The special Senate subcommittee investigating the president's brother met secretly at the Capitol for about 75 minutes and agreed, without taking a vote, not to seek a personal appearance by the president, panel members said. Meanwhile, Billy Carter met with lawyers for the Senate Judiciary panel at a downtown law office to give a second deposition on his relationship with the Libyans, from whom he accepted a $220,000 loan. Supply uncertainty causes oil price rise NEW YORK-Spot market prices for gasoline and home heating oil jumped as much as three cents a gallon yesterday because of worries that fighting between Iran and Iraq might impede oil shipments from Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf nations. The third straight day of gains left spot market gasoline and heating oil prices about eight cents a gallon higher than they were a week ago. Traders and other sources said, however, the increases reflected buying by speculators and were not likely to affect retail prices becaue oil inventories are high and oil demand is weak. The Labor Department said Tuesday retail gasoline prices fell in August, the fourth straight month of modest declines, as consumption fell following one and one-half years of sharp price gains. '6 0 0 0 "0 ol be 4ir of M. tbe Atic gan Bati1 Volume XCI, No. 19 Thursday, September 25, 1980 The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. 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