4 Page 2 -The Michigan Daily-Thursday, October 8, 1987 British airline pilots fall asleep at controls LONDON (AP) - British airline pilots on long-haul flights say their entire crews have fallen asleep at the controls because of strenuous work schedules, researchers report. Under a 5-year-old confidential reporting program, one-third of, almost 800 British pilots who disclosed problems affecting their performance mentioned a demanding work schedule ant the fatigue it caused, said Roger Green and Roy Skinner of the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine. The researchers quoted a range of pilots - either flying alone or with a large crew, in helicopters, freight or passenger aircraft - who said they had nodded off while the automatic pilot did the flying. Green, an aviation psychologist, and Skinner, a retired military pilot, said pilots on long-distance night flights complained most often about difficulty in staying awake. Some specified being unable to sleep in noisy hotels between night complacent in cockpits that are highly automated and where key chores become "unavoidably soporific." Writing in the October issue of the Log, the British Airline Pilots Association monthly journal, the researchers quoted one pilot on a long-haul aircraft who said he and his crew were delayed unexpectedly for 12 hours at an airport. A family tradition for over 37years Rent-a-Car CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH CHRYSLER "ANN ARBOR'S LOCAL CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH DEALER" LEASE FOR LESS THAN ...IT COSTS TO BUY ALL SIZES & MODELS CUSTOMIZED LEASES INDIVIDUAL & FLEET MAJOR CREDIT CARDS DAILY - WEEKLY -MONTHLY RENTALS QUALITY USED CARS LOW RATES... CALL & COMPARE 2060 W. STADIUM BLVD. 662-3175 ANN ARBOR SEE YOU TODAY! Mum's the word Dale Laughner, a University Grounds Department worker, plants Poten- tial bushes and mums outside the Helen Newberry residence hall. The Michigan State University Horticulture alumnus says fall is the second- best time to plant-spring is best. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press reports Senate approves 65 mph bill LANSING - Michigan motorists moved a step closer to legal mile-a- minute speeds yesterday as the state Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill to raise the speed limit on rural interstates to 65 mph. The bill passed on a vote of 30-4 as the sponsor of a competing measure to boost speeds on all Michigan Highways - and risk more than $360 a year in federal highway funds - withdrew his version. The bill, which also slightly eases the penalty for speeding, now goes i to the House, where leaders said it is expected to be overhauled but not changed drastically. "It would be great if we could get everybody to slow down to 65," said Sen. William Sederburg (R-East Lansing). "Everybody's going 70-75 now." UAW negotiations continue DETROIT - Talks between General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers union continued yesterday toward an informal weekend deadline as bargainers worked to adapt a Ford Motor Co. contract to GM without hindering its changes for ratification. Barring snags over GM's reported efforts to negotiate separate job- protection provisions for its assembly and components operations or other unforeseen obstacles, the chances of a strike appeared slim. UAW President Owen Bieber had yet to set a strike deadline for the talks, and indicated he would be glad to settle without setting one. UAW leaders have called a meeting of the 300-worker GM bargaining council for Monday in Chicago. The council must approve any tentative settlement before it is offered for ratification by GM's 335,000 active UAW Workers. Local union leaders have indicated they would accept a contract mirroring the job-protecting Ford pact, but suggested there could be difficulty if changes to make the contract fit GM were too dramatic. Former U.S. trade negotiator to resign federal position WASHINGTON - A Commerce Department official who had been criticized for offering to lobby for Japanese automakers while serving as a U.S. trade negotiator is resigning from the federal government, a department spokesperson said yesterday. Robert Watkins, who was the subject of a congressional investigation, told acting Commerce Secretary Bruce Smart late yesterday that he planned to resign from the department and "Mr. Smart agreed that it would be best," according to department spokesperson Claire Buchan. Watkins resigned Tuesday as deputy assistant secretary for automotive affairs and consumer goods following a report by The Associated Press that he had asked Japanese car makers to consider hiring him to form a trade association to represent their interests. Air force grounds fleet WASHINGTON - The Air Force yesterday grounded its fleet of 68 new B-lB bombers for a brief inspection of the planes' crew ejection system following a recent crash in which only three of six crewmen on the aircraft were able to escape. In a statement, the service's Strategic Air Command said "this precautionary inspection is an outgrowth of the Sept. 28 accident" at a training range in eastern Colorado. The inspections will require-only about two hours per plane and are beginning immediately, meaning the planes will return to service quickly, SAC said. EXTRAS Friars and Hirshorn serenade East Lansing councilmember Being a city councilmember means hearing a lot of complaints. Lately, however, East Lansing City Councilmember Sid Worthington has heard not only about zoning decisions or garbage pickup, but a disturbing marching song. At the urging of WNIC disk jockey Jim Harper, callers have been singing "The Victors" to Worthington who proposed an ordinance passed by the East Lansing City Council which bans playing the Michigan fight song within city limits. The Friars, a student singing group affiliated with the Glee Club, will be on Harper's show tomorrow morning with Worthington between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. to play "The Victors" on Kazoo. "We thought it would be a nice thing to do for the school," said Friars Business Manager Hamilton Chang. Ann Arbor City Councilmember Seth Hirshorn (D-Second Ward), said at last Monday's council meeting that he would sing "The Victors" at the top of his lungs at Lansing's City Hall this weekend. -By Peter Mooney If you see news happen, call 76-DAILY. } 01 e i tchtgant al Vol. XCVIII - No. 21 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967 X) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms. Subscription rates: September through April-$25 in Ann Arbor; $35 outside the city. One term: $13 in Ann Arbor; $20 outside the city. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and sub - scribes to the Los Angeles Times Syndicate and the National Student News Service. BUYA YUGO Vacation in Florida On Us. 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