Page 2 -- The Michigan Daily - Sunday, September 23, 1984 Associated Press. Home wrecker Violet Deroscar and an unidentified man survey the wreckage of her Miami home after former Dade Coutny, Florida school superintendent Johnny Jones crashed into her house and killed her six-year-old son Allan. Ford faces costly UAWcontract Regan cals for sunmut to discuss Third World debt WASHINGTON (AP) - Amid a growing chorus of calls for a high-level conference on the Third World debt crisis, Treasury Secretary Donald Regan yesterdayr urged that such global discussions be held next spring. But at the same time, Regan stated his opposition to requests from poorer countries for more aid from the Inter- national Monetary Fund to help them through their earnings crunch. "THE GLOBAL economic outlook has improved and financial strains are easing," he said in remarks to finance ministers from around the world atten- ding a meeting of the policymaking board of the 147-member fund. Just a day earlier, finance ministers from 24 developing countries offered a different view of their plight., "Notwithstanding some im- provement in prospects for growth in output and trade in 1984, the economic and financial conditions' in many developing countries remained severely constrained," they said in a statement Friday. THE FINANCE ministers are meeting this weekend to adopt policy positions in advance of Monday's start of the annual meetings of the IMF and its sister agency, the World Bank. Some of the officials from developing countries greeted Regan's proposal cooly Friday after he first disclosed it to reporters, apparently because they don't want the agenda set up through the IMF and the World Bank, where the industrialized countries have greater pull. In offering his plan, Regan told the finance ministers, "There can be no doubt that the debt situation has im- proved considerably in the past two years. The debt strategy has, in our view, been working." As a result, he said, it was time to expand the dialogue among the rich and poor nations. "We stand ready for further discussions," he said. "Nations whose financial and economic futures are inextricably linked must be prepared to exchange view," Reagan said. "We may not always agree, but let us at least know what one another thinks." :4 Compiled from Associated Press and United Press international reports DETROIT (AP) - The United Auto. Workers face a major confrontation with Ford Motor Co., where the union bargains next, because its tentative contract with General Motors Corp. may be too expensive for the No. 2 automaker, experts said yesterday. "For Ford, the GM contract is a real problem," said David Bloom, an automotive industry analyst for First Boston Corp. in New York. THE THREE-year contract with GM would pay billions of dollars in wage and pensin boosts. While Ford is currently mtaking record profits, it isn't nearly as big or rich as GM and may not be able to afford such a pact in a few years, Bloom said. In addition, GM dominates the market for large and luxury cars, which carry profits big enough to ab- sorb the economic costs of the contract. Ford depends more on sales of smaller cars, which carry a smaller per-car profit and are more vulnerable to Japanese competition. Peter Pestillo, Ford's chief' bargainer, has put the UAW on notice that it wants a contract of its own. He has said Ford won't "walk in lockstep" 'This contract looks very expensive, even for GM and in the long run, Ford is going to have to accept it!' - University Prof. David Lewis with any other company. BUT AFTER the tentative GM pact was reached early Friday, sending more than 80,000 striking GM em- ployees back to work, UAW President Owen Bieber set his sights on matching it across town. "We'll take this to Ford," Bieber declared. Bieber's statements are a part of what is known as pattern bargaining - targeting one company for a strike end, and after getting a contract, matching its most important provisions at the other companies. "This contract looks very expensive, even for GM, and in the long run, Ford is going to have to accept it," said David Lewis, a professor of business adminsitration at the University of IN BRIEF Michigan and president of the Society of Automotive Historians. '"OBVIOUSLY, Ford is going to be unhappy," Lewis said. Ford had actually wanted to be the union's strike target in this summer's bargaining so it could set a contract more to its liking. Experts agree that Ford would have preferred a contract with more job security - tougher restrictions on sub- contracting and foreign imports - in. return for a smaller wage increase. But the union chose to bargain with GM first. Contract details won't be made public until after'the UAW's 300-member GM Council reviews it Wednesday in St. Louis. Iraqi forces attack vital Iranian petrochemical complex BEIRUT, Lebanon-Iraq said its forces attacked an Iranian petrochemical complex in the Persian Gulf port of Bandar Khomeini yester- day in the second retaliatory strike against a vital Iranian facility in three days. Iran had no immediate comment on the claim but Iranian parliament speaker Rashemi Rafsanjani vowed retaliation and warned Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz if its main oil terminal at Kharg Island is attacked. A military communique released by Beghdad said Iraqi forces struck an Iranian petrochemical complex in Bandar Khomeini in retaliation for Iranian attacks Sept. 16 against installations at two Iraqi forts. The com- munique did not say how the petrochemical complex is attacked or if any damage was inflicted in the raid. "Iraq is able to continue its attacks against Iranian oil and economic in- stallations until the Iranians stop their aggression," the communique1 carried by the state-run Iraqi news agency said. Britain, China to sign agreement HONG KONG-Britain and China will initial a draft agreement in Peking next Wednesday to end British rule over Hong Kong in 1997, the government- announced yesterday. A brief government statement said the accord will be initialed by the chief' negotiators, Sir Richard Evans, British ambassador to China, and Zhou' Nan, Chinese assistant foreign minister, at 10 a.m. in the Chinese capital. Attending the ceremony will be Hong Kong Gov. Sir Edward Youde, who will return to Hong Kong the same day to announce the historic agreement to the colony's Legislative Council. It took two years of hard bargaining to reach the accord after British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's visit to Peking in the fall of 1982. Under the pact, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong when the British lease on most of the territory expires in 1997. China has pledged to retain Hong Kong's capitalistic system and lifestyle for 50 years after its takeover. Hong Kong is the world's third-largest financial center, behind New York and London Troops break up Marcos protest MANILA, Philippines-Police freed a nephew of slain opposition leader Benigno Aquino yesterday, hours after his arrest as 2,000 riot troops broke up an all-night protest against President Ferdinand Marcos with a sunrise tear gas attack. Hospitals reported treating seven people for injuries, but protest organizers said many more were hurt as police and soldiers chased demon- strators from the foot of a bridge near Marcos' palace through downtown Manila into Divisoria, the city's largest market. Early commuters scurried away and storeowners opening for the day slammed shop doors shut again as troopers hurled tear gas and smoke bom- bs. Some fleeing protesters stopped to throw rocks and bottles before they ran again. The demonstrators numbered about 2,000. They were remnants of a crowd of 50,000 which marched to the palace on Friday. Led by Aquino's younger brother Agapito, the protesters were confronted by police and soldiers- behind barbed-wire barricades, steel shields and water-firing tanks. Aquino's nephew, Servillano Aquino, and his driver, Rodolfo Espanto were arrested. Manila's police chief, Brig. Gen. Narciso Cabrera, said the: two were seized by the military along with Agapito Aquino's car and were taken to a suburban army camp for political prisoners. Isaehiropwithdrawal expectedM11 TEL AVIV, Israel-After long months of stalemate, there is significant" movement toward a negotiated agreement on the withdrawal of Israeli troops from south Lebanon, diplomatic sources reported yesterday. The assessment follows a Middle East tour by Brian Urquhart, the United Nations undersecretary-general, who sounded out leaders in Syria, Lebanon and Israel on the possibility of negotiations. "Since everybody agrees on the main objective apparently, for once, there's no logical reason why we shouldn't be able to get rid of the main ob-' stacles," Urquhart told The Associated Press during a stop in the Netherlands on his way back to New York yesterday. Diplomatic sources in Israel, speaking on condition they not be identified, " said the United Nations and possibly the Reagan administration will play key roles as intermediaries in negotiating a phased Israeli pullback. The sources indicated that both Syrian President Hafez Assad's regime. and the new Israeli government of Prime Minister Shimon Peres had sof- tened demands. More detailed talks are expected next week when world leaders gather in New York for the U.N. General Assembly. Honda Civic topsmileage charts WASHINGTON-The 1985 Honda Civic coupe has the highest mileage rating at 49 miles per gallon in city driving and 58% mpg on the highway, the Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday. It was the second year in a row that the Japanese-made car, defined as a two-seater and equipped with a five-speed manual transmission, has cap- tured the top spot on the government's annual fuel economy list. The gasoline-fueled Chevrolet Sprint, rated at 47 mpg in the city and 53 mpg on the highway, came in second while the diesel-powered Nissan Ventra was third with 45 and 50 mpg. Ford Escort and Lincoln-Mercury Lynx came in next, both scoring 43 mpg in city driving and 52 on the highway. They were the top-rated American- made automobiles on the EPA list. Both cars had diesel engines. The Rolls Royce Camargue and the Rolls Royce Corniche-Continental had the lowest overall figures with 8.mpg for city and 11 mpg for highway driving. 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The Michigan Daily is a member of the Associated Press and subscribes to- United Press International, Pacific News Service, Los Angeles Times Syndi- cate and College Press Service, and United Students Press Service. .4 4 i A 4 Brown changes program to eliminate nerds PROVIDENCE (UPI) - A new eight-year medical school curriculum designed to eliminate the "pre- medical nerd" and produce doctors with a broader humanities background will begin next September at Brown University. It will enroll students in the medical program straight from high school, merge undergraduate and graduate course work and encourage studies in a variety of non-medical areas. The Ivy League school's Medical Council unanimously approved the new change Friday in a closed meeting. The programs goals are to turn out doctors who are better able to understand the ethical, economic, political and social issues that influence medical practice and to reduce traditional pressures on students trying to get into medical schools. In the past, pre-medicine requirements at the un- dergraduate level were held sacred; a thorough grounding in the sciences was considered essential "THE BROAD liberal education anticipated by the requirement of college preparation for admission to medical school has been perverted by the often vicious competition for admission, producing a new species of undergraduate called the pre-medical 'nerd,' " said Dr. David Greer, dean of medical education at Brown. The program's approval came two days after the Association of American Medical Colleges released findings of a three-year study on medical education in the United States and Canada. The study concluded medical students spend too much time memorizing scientific information that will soon be outdated and neglect studies in -the humanities and other disciplines that are intellec- tually broadening. A MEETING of the union's GM Council, composed of 300 union leaders and shop chairmen, is scheduled Wednesday in St. Louis to review to pact. If the council approves the agreement, it would go to the rank and file for ratification, a process expec- ted to take about two weeks.' It was not immediately known whether the union would wait for the results of the vote before resume contract talks at Ford. q Ann Arbor Jewish Cultural School A Secular Rosh Hashanah Celebration Erev Rosh Hashanah WEDENSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 -8 p.m. Hussey Room of the Michigan League Silent and responsive readings, meditation, singing, fellowship, traditional holiday refreshments. Small admission charge Reservations and information: Child care is available 662-3441 / 426-2047 Ferraro accuses GOP of organizing harassment mm orl (Continued from Page 1) agreements with exporting nations to end what domestic producers see as un- fair import competition would help the industry and reduce the amount of steel imported into the U.S. market. MONDALE HAS said Reagan's plan marked an "election-year conversion" from policies that allowed steel imports to double while 250,000 steel workers were idled. And he has complained that the outcome of the negotiations on voluntary restraints would not be known until after the Nov. 6 election. The subject of heckling has been given increasing attention by the can- didates in recent days, with Mondale and Bush also facing chanting protesters. One student said last week that local Reagan campaign officials incited and coached students who heckled Mondale at a speech at the University of Southern California. State and college Reagan campaign officials denied the allegations and condemned the heckling. Yesterday, Ms. Ferraro ran down the list of what she called evidence of organized attacks, including a telephone number in Massachusetts where information on her moves is. available. "You see the same signs appearing at the rallies. We also have evidence of a phone system being in place in the state of Massachusetts where people are ad- vised of my presence, all of my ac- tivities. That seems organized to me," she said. if say DISCOUNT MUFFLERS AMERICAN AND FOREIGN CAR SPECIALIST eaturKng FROM AS nstalled By LOW A s.. Trained Specialists =~-° : INSTALLED eatu n ng.@ THOMAS M. 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