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Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Thursday, August M, 1971

Plumber talks stop as strike threatens local jobs

By GLEN GIBBONS Jr. Of me Union-Bullwn

Another breakdown in negotiations Wednesday punctuated the 13th week of strikes by two locals of the Plumbers and Steamf liters Union.

The persistent strike threatens to cause even more serious problems for a pair of local school projects affected by the walkout.

Wednesday's impasse occurred in Pasco where negotiators from the Mechanical Contractors Association (MCA) were meeting with representatives of the 1,600-member Local 598.

The two sides had entered their third day of meetings after a three-week break in negotiations, when union negotiators walked out of the bargaining session, according to Jerry Griffin, MCA executive director.

A Local 598 employe today confirmed the breakdown in the talks and added

that no new negotiations could be expected before next week.

Business Manager Ray McKnight of Local 598 was not available for comment.

Griffin said the MCA felt that slow progress was being made toward agreement on a new contract when the talks ended abruptly.

"The climate was favorable on Monday and Tuesday," Griffin told the Union-Bulletin. "There was no animosity or anything. But yesterday the atmosphere was totally different."

He said the MCA had presented a counterproposal for employer responsibilities shortly before the talks ended.

The union has insisted on negotiating all nonwage items in the new contract before discussing wages and benefits.

Griffin said mat new construction may decline in the future in areas of the state affected by the strike because of a

"poor labor climate" created by the lengthy work stoppage.

"This strike could create havoc in the Tri-Cities," Griffin said.

Work on extensive new facilities at Hanford Atomic Reservation has been curtailed by the strike.

In Walla Walla about 50 workers, but not plumbers, continue at the construction site of a new Whitman College classroom building.

But B. Loyal Smith, building supervisor for the school, said today, "We'll be delighted to have the plumbers come back whenever they want to.

"There's no point in saying that they aren't hurting us. We have things that could have been finished by now if they'd been here."

He said good progress is being made with the other craftsmen avoiding areas where plumbing will have to be installed.

But deadends are beginning to be reached in the construction where plumbing work is needed before the other workers can proceed.

The college still hopes to complete the facility by next spring vacation, Smith said.

Science and mathematics classes and laboratories, faculty offices and a computer center will be located in the yet unnamed building.

Smith said enough brickwork had been finished on the project for observers to be able to distinguish the final exterior appearance of the building.

The structure is located on Boyer Avenue, just east of the Memorial (administration) Building.

A somewhat more troubling situation exists at Walla Walla Community College where several vocational buildings lack toilet facilities.

"We're kind of stymied," said Eldon Dietrich, WWCC president. "If the strike isn't going to be resolved soon, we'll just have to get the health people out here and find out what we can do."

Dietrich said state health codes require lavatory facilities within 200 feet of classrooms.

Portable toilets may have to be set up temporarily to meet the health regulations, he said.

Wash-up areas could be arranged in the agriculture and auto mechanics areas of one of the new buildings where water is available.

"It's not the best situation, but we have a lot of things to get in there by Sept. 13 (when school opens)," Dietrich said.

He estimated that three days of work by plumbers would complete the facilities. Electrical and mechanical workers are finishing up at the school

Touchet 4-Hers take three

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style awards

Friday's events Baha'i Faith fireside, 7:30 p.m., 532 S. Sixth Ave. Trails West, 8:45 p.m., Fort Walla Walla Amphitheater.

Triple Link Club, 6:30 p.m. picnic, Pioneer Park Garden Center; Ruth Wertemberger, chairman; bring table service, hot dish, salad or dessert; husbands invited.

Tonight's events

Prescott School Board, 7 p.m., Prescott School conference room.

Prospect Point Grange, 8 p.m., Prospect Point Grange Hall, S. Howard Street at Prospect Road; potluck refreshments.

TOPS No. 418, 7 p.m., Room 2, Level 1, St. Mary Com- Saturday's events munity Hospital.

Fort Walla Walla Museum Trails West, 8:45 p.m., Fort Complex, 1 to 5 p.m., Fort Walla Walla Amphitheater.

Walla Walla Park.

Walla Walla County Park Neighborhood Carnival to and Recreation Board, 7:30 benefit Muscular Distrophy, 10 p.m., Walla Walla County a.m. to 4 p.m., Arctic Circle Courthouse. location, Isaacs and Roosevelt Walla Walla Valley streets; fun for kiddies to Lioness's Club, 7 p.m.,elementary school children; Cascade Gas recreation room, aluminum cans also to be 324 W.Rose St. collected for recycling.

hospitals Patients

Mrs. Martin Baker. Waitsburg; Fern L. Dack, Thomas 0. Tucholke, MiltonFreewater; Michelle R. Smith, Dayton; Al Robanske, Kennewick; Crystal 0. Chapman, Pendleton.; Mrs. Donald Griffin, Republic, Wash.

Dayton General Hospital Admitted: Mrs. Ronald Wyatt, Ellis Heady, Clifford Schonber, all of Dayton; Lorna Jarvis, Lacrosse, Wash.

Discharged: Bessie Winnett, Able DeRewe, Betty Kenyon, all of Dayton; Tim Pettichord, Prescott; Patrick Slaybaugh, Walla Walla.

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(Wednesday) Walla Walla General Hospital Admitted: Leonora Prestoi, Maria Rios, both of Walla Walla; Beverly Seibold, Lydia S. Lee, both of MiltonFreewater; John Dinkmeier, - Couege Place; Phyllis Olttnan, Payette, Idaho.

Discharged: Laura Barrett, Walla Walla; Elva S. Bustos, Clifford Gerber, both of Milt on-Free water; Donald Births Bedard, Stanfield, Ore.

Walla Walla General Hospital To Mr. and Mrs. Kelven StMary Seibold, Route 2, Box 167, Community Hospital Milton-Freewater, a girl, Admitted: Mrs. Larry Lam- Jolene Anette, 6 pounds. Is^-t bert, Mrs. Robert Shinn, Mrs. ounces, Aug. 25,1976.

Baker Ferguson, Mrs. Rodolfo StMary Moreno, Mrs. Floyd Young, Community Hospital Lewis M. Berlin, all of Walla To Mr. and Mrs. Larry LamWalla; Mrs. John Wilson,bert, Route 1, a boy, Gregory College Place; Mrs. Richard Bruce, 6 pounds, 8 ounces, Thurman, Mrs. Edward Aug. 25,1976.

Narum, Stella L. Richardson, To Mr. and Mrs. Terry all of Milton-Free water; Mrs. Thompson, 1158 Elm St., a boy, William Clarys, Dayton; Ryan Shane, 6 pounds, 14 ounAlfred E. Brown, Hermiston; ces, Aug. 24,1976.

Aniceto G. Valdez, Connell, To Mr. and Mrs. John Wash.; John P. Rock, Wilson, 304 SE Sixth St., Umatilla; Mrs. Gary Goble, College Place, a boy, John Twin Falls; Ronnie K. Parker, Joseph HI, 7 pounds, 8*2 ounAberdeen, Wash. ces, Aug. 25,1976.

Discharged: Carl H. Singer, To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mrs. Charles Dillon, Ronald Thurman. Route 4, MiltonBlocklinger, Jamie D. Freewater, a girl. Jennifer Sullivan, Jason R. Newsom, Liane. 8 pounds, 4*2 ounces, Mrs. Gorman Barnett, An- Aug. 25,1976. thony G. Taylor, Lucille Har- To Mr. and Mrs. William per, Mrs. Stanley Ball, Carol J. Clarys, Route 3. Dayton, a boy, Woodruff, Mrs. Doshia Harold William, 9 pounds, 11 Brownell, all of Walla Walla; ounces, Aug. 25,1976.

U-8 photo by Ed Brotwtg

Carol Scott, 15, models a pantsuit and blouse in the 50 competitors in the junior, intermediate and senior Co""1/ 4-H Style Revue at Garrison divisions of the revue which featured home-sewn garJunior High School. Miss Scott is the daughter of ments.

Bradley and Margaret Scott, Route 4. She was one of

1976 Walla Walla

Legal Aid gets new

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rate takes small rise

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Walla Walla Legal Aid will enter another year of helping the low income, thanks to a $13,000 state grant to pay for a new director and expanded staff.

Chuck Corngan, 27, director, will be assisted by another lawyer and a para-legal assistant.

Cprrigan succeeds Kristin Houser in position, but he isn't certain if he'll continue her aggressive pursuit of class-actions suits and reform.

"I'm going to break in slowly. I'm still testing the waters, so I'm hesitant to say if I'll do this or that," Corrigan said.

Ms. Houser brought legal action against the county jail, alleging violation of civil rights of inmates. She also defended a prisoner accused of participating in a Washington State Penitentiary riot, and charges against him were dropped after appeals.

Despite resigning in June to seek employment with a private firm, Ms. Houser continues here to wrap up the jail suit She exBulletin, a story Tuesday in- pects a negotiated settlement involving a list The Walla Wailal nion Bulletin trie* in correctly said a doctor who of jail rules. *r do <-rr *P *<ini I*, lurrvd thf plans to practice in Milton- Ms. Houser had expanded the scope of the mtiake !( .mj find an TT'V plc*!1^' rail the nr»^ drpanmtni duriric Freewater was completing his office, which ordinarily handles divorce bu^inc\% tKfur internship. welfare, landlord-tenant Dr. George Kuzman has ac- dissolutions, disputes and juvenile for the low-income.

Because of incorrect in- tually completed a three-year "Our main strugglelaw here is too many clienformation provided the Union- residency.

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ts, not enough attorneys," Corrigan said.

The upstairs office, 13% E. Main St., is located across from Prison Legal Services, and both agencies often deal with prisoners and their families.

A fairly low rate of insured unemployment continued in Walla Walla for the week ending Aug.14, but it's no longer the lowest in the state.

The Washington Office of Community That honor, according to Development awarded $13,000 to Legal Aid, latest statistics of the Employment which is a $3,000 increase over the previous Washington year. The grant will pay Corrigan a $10,000 Security Department, goes to annual salary, as well as six months of $200 Longview with four per cent monthly stipends to two VISTA-type volun- Walla Walla's rate of 5.1 per teers. cent is identical to what it was Ellen Pine, 25, a University of Oregon one year ago, but up from the School of Law graduate, will be the additional 4.3 of one week before. A total lawyer on the staff. Sharon Marda, para- of 727 people qualified under legal, will interview clients, do research and regular state entitlement draft certain legal papers, under the super- programs. vision of an attorney. Both VISTA-type volun- This does not include people teers will come to Walla Walla in September. who have exhausted regular entitlement, those who are The new director is also a graduate of the drawing other entitlements or University of Oregon School of Law in_.are not covered by unemEugene. Corrigan, 247 W. Chestnut St, " ployment insurance. graduated from the University of PenA spokesman for the Walla nsylvania in economics. He worked at the Walla office said the increase Portland Legal Aid office a year-and-a-half, here of unemployment was due mainly as a para-legal in bankruptcy, family to seasonal agricultural law and tax-exempt status of low-income workers being laid off due to groups. rain.

WW man charged with M-F house burglary MILTON-FREEWATER A Walla Walla man was jailed Wednesday in the Umatilla County Jail at Pendleton in connection with the April 28 burglary of the Perry Brown residence in MiKonFreewater.

According to a spokesman at the sheriffs office in Pendleton, Harold A. Kaiser, 22. no address given, was arrested by WaOa Walla County Sheriffs deputies on an Oregon warrant charging first-degree burglary.

He was transported by Umatilla County Sheriffs deputies to the jail in Pendleton where be was jailed in default of 110,005 bail, the spokesman said.

The warrant for his arrest was the result of an investigation by Oregon State Police, according to the sheriff's department

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polite Ing the Oregon State Police office in Pendleton. guns, binoculars and other items were taken in the burglary of the Brown residence.

MILTON-FREEWATER Milton-Freewater police detained two juveniles Wednesday in connection with damaging about 1,200 feet of garden hose Tuesday night.

Eighteen persons who live in the southwest part of town reported to police Wednesday that their garden hoses had been cutPolice said the two 12-yearold boys were released to the custody of their parents pending action from Umatilla County juvenile authorities.

Damage to the hoses is estimated to be $317.

now.

Griffin said the MCA has experienced difficulty in negotiating contracts with the plumbers since a Seattle local — also on strike now — broke away in 1967 from the statewide negotiations with plumbers.

Local 598 in Pasco forced separate MCA negotiations with its members in 1974.

A nine-week strike occurred that year before a two-year contract was signed with the 300-member MCA. Griffin said the Seattle local has struck during four of the last five yean.

Griffin estimated that 75 to 100 MCA contractors are affected by the two strikes.

Plumbers-union locals in Spokane, Tacoma, Bellingham, Longview, Bremerton and Mount Vernon have a year to go on their present contract with the MCA.

A Walla Walla man was in jail today on four charges after he ran a stop signal light at 1:30 a.m. at the intersection of S- Second Avenue and W. Poplar Street, according to Walla Walla police.

When he was stopped by police. Donald J. Shreves, 26, 539 S. Second Ave., was charged with driving while intoxicated, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, and unlawful possession of a controlled substance, hashish.

He was placed in jail.

James Lynch, 512 S. Park St, today told police that someone had taken a bag containing $200 in cash and medication iiom the handlebars of his wheelchair as he left the Blue Mountain Tavern.

According to the 12:32 a.m. police report, Lynch had overturned in his wheelchair as he left the tavern. A man had

helped nun get back into the chair, then left Lynch said it was then that he had missed the bag, which had been attached to the handlebars of the chair.

he told police,

Don Griffin. 1331 W. Pine St, Wednesday told police that someone bad taken a gasoline tank and a seat from one of two motorcycles on a trailer Samuel Jonsalez, no age or parked in front of DwinnelTs address listed, was charged Central Neon Co., 610 N. Ninth Wednesday by police with Ave., lodging without permission after he was found sleeping in No charges have been filed the garage of Edward D. yet in a single-car incident Ronhardt221 McAuliff Ave. Wednesday afternoon in the 300 block of S. Fourth Avenue, Edgar D. Johnson, 66. a according to police. Police said patient at the Walla Walla the driver struck a ledge, then Veterans Administration continued down the street Hospital, told police Wed- before stopping. The driver nesday that someone had told police that a dog had jumtaken his car, $1,000 social ped out in front of the vehicle security check, travelers to cause the incident checks and clothing after be was admitted to the hospital. Three male juveniles WedHe said he had been brought to nesday were charged with the hospital Sunday from possession of alcohol in conSpokane by a person who has nection with their being found not been seen since, along with in Wikfwood Park with beer his car and other belongings, nearby. They were charged

and released.

Betty Wright, 2*49 E. Melrose St, Wednesday told police that someone had taken a .22-caliber pistol from her car sometime Tuesday evenine.

Mike Todd, 1209 Ruth Ave., Wednesday told police that someone had taken his bicycle while it was parked at Olympic Drug, 2»E. Main St

Three members of one Touchet 4H club received awards in the Walla Walla County 4-H Style Revue Wednesday night.

The other top awards went to College Place and Walla Walla entrants.

Junior divison winner of the Tudee Johnson Memorial Award was Kerri Worden and runner-up was Paula Short, both 10. Thirteen-year-old Gracie Gomez was the runner-up for the J.C. Penney Award in the intermediate and senior division competitions.

All are members of the Toga Guys and Gals 4-H club.

Their parents are Ben and Dons Worden, Lloyd and Nellie Short, Vincent and Tina Gomez, all of Touchet.

Sandi Larson, 16, won the J.C. Penney Award. She is the daughter of Ron and Dena Larson, 405 SE Date St., College Place.

Miss Larson and Cathi Hansen, 17, tied in the competition for the County Style Revue Championship. Miss Hansen is the daughter of Clark and Carolyn Hansen, Route 1, Highland Road.

Miss Worden and Miss Larson receive 4-H campships.

Miss Larson and Miss Hansen earned the right to compete in the 4-H State Fair next month in Puyallup.

Selection of the winners required run-offs between the two junior division competitors and between five entrants in the intermediate and senior divisions, according to Sandy Smith, cochairman of the style revue.

Hearing scheduled in camp-$ case PENDLETON — A pretrial hearing has been scheduled for Oct. 12 for the former business manager of Meadowood Springs Speech Camp.

Wayne M. Johnson. 37, of Umatilla, has been charged with four counts of first-degree theft in connection with the misuse of Meadowood Springs Speech Camp money.

Johnson was indicted on the charges by the Umatilla County Grand Jury on July 20. He pleaded innocent to all four charges a day after the indictments were returned.

According to Umatilla Count}' Dist. Atty. Jack Olsen, Judge Warner Wasley of Union County will hear the case in Umatilla County Circuit Court.

Umatilla County Circuit Court judges have disqualified themselves, Olsen said.

Olsen said he did not know for sure what the reason for the pretrial hearing is.

"It may be because we have asked that all four charges be consolidated and tried as one," he said.

Johnson was charged following a four-month-long investigation by Olsen's office and Oregon State Police.

The investigation found that about $48,000 in Meadowood's money cannot be accounted for.

The charges against Johnson each allege that he took more than (200 on four separate occasions.

Johnson was the business manager of Meadowood Springs from 1973 until September 1975.

He is free without bail until the pretrial hearing.

Enrollment increases at Catholic schools Full schedules of classes began today for students at DeSales Junior-Senior High School and Assumption ElementarySchool.

Students at the two Catholic facilities showed up Wednesday to get textbooks and attend a shortened class-day that ended at 1:30 p.m.

Some 122 high school students signed up for classes.

School officials expect as many as 130 may ultimately enroll, compared to a 103-student average during 1975-76.

In the junior-high grades. 118 students enrolled the first day, somewhat more than the number anticipated by school officials.

Last year student enrollment averaged 103 at toe junior highschool.

At Assumption 105 students bad enrolled by this morning, somewhat fewer than last year's 113 average.

Hot lunches will be served at that school, beginning Sept 7.

Vending-machine service is provided for student hnches at DeSales.

Police are invstigating the possibk theft and breach of CrMh victim off critical tot contract of a $15,000 truck. The A young man who was injured in last week's three-car seller, Ralph Miller, 1161 W. crasheast of Walla Walla has been taken off the critical list Pine St, told police that the firJohn R. Cornelius, 22, of Yakima was in fair condition st payment bad been due today in the intensive care unit at St Mary Community Friday, but the purchaser had HospiULao-ording to a hosprul spokesman. failed to make the oavment Carl and Lou Sinclair, 1044 Bonnie Brae St, and a passenger in their car, Steven R, Nelson, 21, of Spokane were The Walla Walla County killed in the. Aug. 17 accident on the business route of U-S Shjeriffs Department Wed- Highway 12. nesday said $150 in cash was Listed in fair condition at Walla Walla General Hospital is taken from the cash drawer of Charles R. Hathaway, 19, of Bdlingham, Waah.

Gary's Cut and Wrap store in The aradent is stifl under investigation oy the Warfi^?l0n Burbank.

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