*The Michigan Daily-Sunday, April 11, 1982-Page 3
Rumors of store closings denied
By SUSAN RACEY
Rumors that local Kroger and Farmer Jack super-
markets will be closing are unfounded, according to
representatives of both supermarket chains.
"That'rumor's been going around for two years,"
said Ciris Beslaer, advertising manager at Kroger
Company headquarters in Livonia, Mich.
HE SAID THE rumors probably began when some
of Kroger's officials made public statements about
financial strain. which they said were hitting the
company as a result of the economic slowdown.
Kroger officials had suggested that Kroger em-
ployees would have to make wage concessions for the
company to avoid financial difficulties.
"There were never any ultimatums issued to my
knowledge." said Beslaer. 'We are not in the position
HIAPPENI
of just turning the key and walking out on the issue."
"We've approached all of our unions to ask for
wage concessions or freezes - I can't be specific at
this point," Beslaer said. "The forecast is becoming
brighter though. Our teamsters union has voted for a
wage freeze."
All Kroger retail union employees will vote
tomorrow according to Gail Clazie, co-manager of
the Packard Road store in Ann Arbor.
Beslaer said he is optimistic that the concessions
wil help Kroger solve its financial problems.
Kroger has stores in 26 states, primarily in the
Midwest and Southwest, with 85 stores in Michigan.
Beslaer said that Michigan is not a good state for
the grocery industry. He noted Chatham super-
markets are curently operating under the protection
of Michigan's bankruptcy law.
FARMER JACK supermarkets lost money last
year, according to Robert Marquart, vice president
for public relaitons for Farmer Jack stores, but the
company will not be closing any outlets.
In answer to inquiry about whether Farmer Jack
stores would close soon, Marquart laughed and said,
"Where in the world did you hear that?" We're one of
the most thriving stores. We're No. 1 in Michigan. In
fact, we've just opened a new store on Rosa Park
boulevard in Detroit."
Farmer Jack has 85 stores, with the majority in the
Metropolitan Detroit area, three in Ann Arbor and
Ypsilanti, one in Toledo and one in Kentucky.
"I can't understand how that rumor started,"
Marquart said.
INGS- Michigan's gloomy economy
SUNDAY
seen as worst in the nation
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HIGHLIGHT
An "Easter Festival" with a potluck soup and sandwich lunch will be held
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rudolph Steiner Institute, 1923 Geddes Ave.
FILMS
Alice Lloyd Pilot Program- The CIA's Secret Army, 9 p.m., Red Lounge
in Alice Lloyd.
Cinema II - Jules and Jim, 7, 9 p.m., Lorch Hall.
Classic Film Theatre - The Deer Hunter, 4,7:30 p.m., Michigan Theatre.
Ann Arbor Film Co-op-Daisies, 7 p.m., MLB 4.
MEETINGS
a Graduate Women's Network - Potluck Brunch and Discussion on
"Politics and Professional Life", 12-2 p.m.,Guild House, 802 Monroe.
PERFORMANCES
Creative Ensemble - "The Wine and the Wilderness," 8 p.m., Canterbury
' Loft,332S. State.
School of Music - Campus and Repertory Bands, 4 p.m., Hill:
Piano/Violin recital; Wendy Stofer/piano and George Watkins/violin, 4
p.m., Recital Hall; Horn students recital, 8 p.m., Stearns.
MISCELLANEOUS
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WCBN-FM-African Rhythms: Traditional and contemporary music
_ from the African continent and disapora, 1-3 p.m. Dick Siegal, 8-10 p.m.
Recreational Sports Dept. - Family Funday Sunday, 2-4 p.m., NCRB.
MONDAY
HIGHLIGHT
Tha annual Ham Shoot sponsored by the U-M Straight Shooters at the top
floor of the North University Building begins today from 10 a.m. -8 p.m.
FILMS
Alice Lloyd Pilot Program- El Salvador - Another Viet Nam, 9:30 p.m.,
Alice Lloyd Red Lournge. ,..
Polish American Student Association - Without Anesthesia, 7:30 p.m.,4
.Angell Aud. A.
Cinema Guild - My Michael, 7 p.m., Lorch Hall.
Classic Film Theatre-The Deer Hunter, 4,7:30 p.m., Michigan Theatre.
SPEAKERS
Women's Network-Marilyn Phillips, "Women and Images of Disability
In America," 11 a.m. -1 p.m., Michigan League.
Political Science - Pierre Allan, "Afghan Guerillas: Prospects for Suc-
cess," 12-1 p.m., .r.m. 4051, LSA.
Chemistry Department - James Anderson, "Methods Used to Predict
Structures of One Dimensional Metals," 4 p.m., rm. 1200, Chem.
Macromolecular Research Center - Joginder Lal, "New Thermoplastic
Elastomers and Ozone Resistant Rubbers," 4 p.m., rm. 3005 Chem. Bldg.
Industrial Engineering Dept. - Brian Kuttner, "Approaching the Factory
of tle Future," 3-4 p.m., rm. 243 West Engin.
Program in American Culture - Bryan Wolf, "Where were you the night
Rip Van Winkle came home?: Artistic Form and Cultural Criticism in
Washington Irving and John Quidor," 4 p.m., W. Conference Room in
Rackham.
Center for European Studies -' Schulte Nordholt, "Dutch Travelers in the
USA in the 19th Century," 8p.m., International Center.
PERFORMANCES
University Symphony Orchestra and University Choir - Haydn's
"Creation," 8p.m., Hill Aud.
MISCELLANEOUS
SYDA Foundation Meditation class led by U-M Prof. Dick Mann, 7:30
p.m., 902 Baldwin.,
U-M Exhibit Planetarium - "Starbound" presentation, 1:30 p.m., 2:45
p.m. and 4 p.m., U-M planetarium.
To submit items for the Happenings Column, send them in care of
Happenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI. 48109.
on its promise to seek revisions in the
Clean Air Act, Dingell said.
"This indicates there will be small
help for the auto industry or the Mid-
west that has been so badly afflicted by
Reaganomics."
Detroiters, in particular, are feeling
the effects of the New Federalism. The
city had 'a minor heyday during the
Carter administration when, due to
President Carter's courting of urban
blacks, Mayor Coleman Young was
able to secure an influx of federal funds
for a bevy of projects.
Now the party appears over.
In the past week both legislators and
auto workers alike have been dragged,
practically kicking and screaming, into
doing something about their respective
problems.
In the State House Friday a ten-
porary one percent income tax
measure was passed to cover $300
million of the budget deficit. Senators
declined to face the issue before an
Easter recess, saying the wee hours of
the morning were no time to begin
debate.
State officials say that unless the
money is raised, the state's bond rating
will suffer a disastrous reduction.. If this
happens, Michigan will not be able to
afford to borrow the money it
desperately needs to make ends meet.
At the same time, workers at General
Motors Corp. barely approved a con-
tract calling for $3 billion in concessions
to the automaker in exchange for a
moratorium on plant closing.
The margin of victory for the pact
was a slim four percent, despite the fact
150,000 of their fellow GM employees
are without jobs. In the auto industry
as a whole, a quarter of a million
autoworkers are jobless.
The 52 percent vote in favor of job-
saving GM concessions worried 65-
year-old UAW President Douglas
Fraser,,whose face is etched deep with
lines'reflecting the blows his union has
suffered in the past three years of the
industry's slump.
"When this labor movement fails to
be its brother's keeper, then we might
as well cease to be a labor movement,"
Fraser said.
But some workers with jobs did not
share Fraser's concern a they voted
against the contract this week.
"I think it's a waste of time," said
Pete Merlo, a relief man at Detroit's
GM Fleetwood assembly plant for 27
years. "We worked hard to get what we
got for so many years. I don't want my
kids to go to the plant and start over to
get what I got."
The loss of an assembly line job also
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has meant the loss of valuable health
care benefits for many workers. The
UAW estimates 270,000 former auto
workers are without medical care.
Detroit-area doctors say visits have
declined as much as 30 percent.
Without the benefits, "many people
are deferring all activities except the
most necessary ones," said Stephen
Blout, a medical consultant with the
Detroit Health Department
But doctors too, are feeling the pinch.
"For the first time in my experience,
doctors are definitely in economic
straits because people aren't paying,"
said Leonard Portner, a physician who
has a Detroit radio talk show.
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