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Strike officially over;
'U' nurses ratify
new 3-year contract

By JOHN ADAM
University nurses yesterday over-
whelmingly ratified a three-year con-
tract between the University Hospital
administration and the Professional
Nurse Council - signaling an official
end to their three-week strike.
About two-thirds of the 1100 mem-
bers of the nurses' union participated in
the voting, with over 95 percent ap-
proving the contract.
"It was a good contract and the nur-
ses are glad to get back to work," said
Nurse Council spokeswoman Sandy
Wilson.
The contract reaffirms the ad-
ministration's responsibility for overall
patient care, but adds that nurses are
allowed to utilize their expertise with
regard to individual patients, said
Hospital spokesman Joseph Owsley. A
key issue in the negotiations was the
role of nurses in day-to-day hospital
decision-making.

In addition, the contract calls for
across-the-board wage increases. Ac-
cording to contract guidelines, three
years from now a newly-hired staff
nurse will earn $9.93 an hour, while a
staff nurse with nine years of experien-
ce will make $11.62 an hour.
However, Owsley said "the total
economic package was essentially un-
changed by the strike."
The other key issues in the
negotiations - mandatory overtime,
weekend duty, and shift changes -
were resolved by extra wage allowan-
ces and the addition of another step to
the grievance procedure, whereby nur-
ses can seek arbitration outside the
administration to resolve -tontract
disputes.
Meanwhile, Owsley says the hospital
is virtually back to normal operating
conditions. "Everything is functioning
as it was before the strike," he said.

SPRING/SUMMER
We are offering a number of work-study positions in
the OFFICE of CAREER PLANNING AND PLACEMENT. We are
fun, interesting, and challenging people to work with at the
University. You also will see many of your friends coming in
each day to explore career opportunities. Come to the Office of
Career Planning and Plancement, 3200 Student Activities Build-
ing OR call Kathy Zeh at 764-7460 and choose one of the fol-
lowing positions available for work-study students.
CAREER RESOURCES LIBRARY-10/15 hour position
Assist with processing and cataloging of new acquisitions; variety of
filing, shelving and maintaining resources; serve as information person
for people with questions about library resources and Career Planning
& Placement services.
CREDENTIALS-10 hour position
Assist in typing, filing, record keeping, xeroxing, telephone inquiries;
running mimeo, collator, addressograph machines; other office projects.
EDUCATION-45 hours (2 positions)
Handling large number of mail; assist with counting of vacancies for
Annual Report; assist with correspondence to employers; input edu-
cation candidate data into computer; and various other projects.
HIGHER EDUCATION-12 hour position
Assist with daily opening, sorting, copying, routing of mail; filing
vacancies in notebooks and files; handling registrant address changes,
mail returns; typing labels and small amount of correspondence.
PRE-PROFESSIONAL-10 hour position
Maintaining and expanding resource area; conducting library research;
compiling current statistics for medical, dental and law; updating the in-
formation notebooks, as well as assorted clerical duties.
RECRUITMENT-15 hour position
Recruiter scheduling, correspondence; handling recruiter literature; type
bulletin; record salary statistics; maintain recruiting information; and
various other clerical duties.

In Brief
Compiled from Associated Press and
United Presss International reports
Investigators doubtful
that Hinkley 'stalked' Reagan
WASHINGTON-Investigators have "no hard evidence" that accused
presidential assailant John Hinckley Jr. had been stalking Ronald Reagan
or any other political figures, federal law enforcement sources said yester-
day.
The investigators said Hinckley had been in Nashville, Chicago, and
Dayton at times that Carter was there during the presidential campaign last
fall, and that he had visited Washington in late September, mid-October and
early February.
But "there is no hard evidence that he planned a deliberate strategy of
stalking any public figure," said one source. "The evidence at this time fits a
theory that those instances were coincidental."
Nevertheless, investigators said the possibility of stalking has not been
ruled out entirely. They said investigators had found nothing relating to Hin-
ckley's visits to Washington "to indicate any plan at that time to carry out an
assassination."
Bess Truman hospitalized
KANSAS CITY, MO-Bess Truman, 96, tumbled from her bed yesterday
and broke her right hip. The former first lady was taken by ambulance to
Research Medical Center in Kansas City.
Ambulance company officials said Mrs. Truman fell to the floor while
trying to get out of bed unassisted between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. She was accom-
panied to the hospital by Valerie LaMere, her housekeeper and companion,
and two Secret Service agents. After X-rays confirmed the injury, Mrs.
Truman was admitted at 9 a.m. and listed in satisfactory condition under the
care of Dr. Wallace Graham, her physician for more than 36 years.
Graham recently said Mrs. Truman was "as healthy as a person would
normally be at 96 years of age" and very alert. Graham said Mrs. Truman
could no longer walk but could stand with assistance.
Gov. Milliken confident
of Proposal A passage
LANSING-Gov. William Milliken and House Speaker Bobby Crim ex-
pressed confidence yesterday about the passage of Proposal A on May 19,
saying their main problem is a "game plan of confusion" being pursued by
opponents.
Millikensand Crim fingered tax cutter Robert Tisch as a major source of
misinformation about the proposal. "Tisch is distorting the truth in his cam-
paign of confustion,"Crim said.
However, Crim said an informal telephone poll he conducted indicates the
tax reform Proposal A plan enjoys 2-1 support among those who have made
up their minds, with a large number still undecided.
The proposal would halve local property and income levies in return for a
1.5 percent increase in the state sales tax. The extra sales tax revenues
would be used to help reimburse local governments for their losses.
Japanese pressed by U.S.
for higher defense spending
WASHINGTON-Japanese Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki opened talks
yesterday with high Reagan administration officials determined to press the
U.S. position that Japan should play a larger role in its own defense.
One administration official, who said Japan probably could not mount a
'credible' defense of its own territory, indicated the United States expects
Japan to do more in the way of keeping a tab over the sea lanes in the North
Pacific, building up its self-defense forces and helping support the
economies of non-communist nations.
Japan now spends less than one percent of its gross national product on
defense. The United States spends about 6 percent of its gross national
product on defense.
Suzuki met yesterday afternoon with Secretary of State Alexander Haig
Jr. and confers today with President Reagan and members of the House and
Senate foreign affairs committees.
Hundreds are left homeless
in Mobile, Ala. flood
MOBILE, Ala.-Flooding worse than the 1979 onslaught of Hurricane
Frederic swept Mobile yesterday, driving more than 300 people from their
homes, inundating highways and forcing school shutdowns along the Gulf
Coast.
No fatalities or injuries were reported. Police said several people escaped
with their lives only by climbing into trees to get beyond reach of the flood-
waters, which rose as high as 7 feet in some areas.
The rampaging waters resulted from nearly 8 inches of rain that fell on the
coastal area over a 7-hour period, ending at 1 a.m. CST. Forecasters said the
deluge was triggered by a low pressure system over Texas.
National guardsmen were sent into the costal area to assist police and
Civil Defense workers in evacuation efforts. Shelters were set up to care for
the homeless.

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