ri . v f- ■ ,, Average Dally Net Press Ron 'I’hfe-Weather For The Week Ended Mostly cloudy, warm, humid through Wednesday with chance July 81, m i of ahowers/thunderstorms; low tonight near. 70 with consider­ 14,890 able night rain. Manchester— A City of Village Charm (Classified Advertising on Page 17) PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS VOL. LXXXX, NO. 257 (TWENTY PAGES) man(:hester, conn., Monday, august 2,1971 Steel Strike Averted But Pact Settles Astronauts in Lunar Orbit Prices Hiked PITTSBURGH (AP)— Rail Strike U.S. Steel Corp., the in­ After Blastoff from Moon dustry pacesetter, hiked WASHINGTON (A P)— Negotiators announced to­ prices on virtually all prod­ day a contract settlement providing 42 per cent wage ucts today, a little more hikes over 42 months for about 200,000 trainmen, and SPACE CENTER, Hous­ than 12 hours after the said pickets would be removed froih 10-strike-bound ton (A P)—Apollo 15 as­ steel industry and the railroads, -------------------- : tronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin blast­ United Steelworkers Settlement of the 18-day old President Charles Luna of the ' strikes in the dispute involving striking-AFO-CTO United Trans- ed off safely from the agreed on a strike-avert­ all of the nation’s major rail- portatlon Union, ing contract. moon today after three roads came after a 17-hour <‘nve arp very happy that this days of historic lunar ex­ The m oveby U.S. Steel came marathon bargaining session at long dispute has ended and that as most of the nation’s steel ploration. A television the Labor Department. It a satisfactory agreement has mills remained shut down by camera gave earthlings averted a possibility of congres- been reached,” said John P. the steel companies in anticipa­ slonal intervention to halt the Hlltz, chief negotiator for the their first look at a tion of a strike over the week­ crippling strikes. nation’s railroad Industry. launching from the moon. end by the 500,CKX) union mem­ As the bug-like Falcon blazed ’The agreement also Included Asked if the 42 per cent wage bers. into the lunar sky, Scott and Ir­ changes in ancient railroad hike was considered In- U.S. Steel said the new five- win started a tape recording of work rules \idilch the industry flatlonary, Hlltz said "I guess month price schedule, calling the Air Force song: “ Off We for an 8 per cent Increase on had demanded in order to in-, all settlements are somewhat Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder.” carbon and alloy products, crease efficiency, and which inflationary.” Both are Air Force officers. would help offset the coast of wlU probably result eventually TTie workers Involved now av- They immediately began the the new three-year contract. In some loss of Jobs. erage $3.60 per hour. Intricate maneuvers required to The pact gives steelworkers an “ I am happy to announce an chase and catch astronaut Al­ average 30 per cent pay hike. agreement has Just been saUsfled with the work rule fred M. Worden, orbiting 68 Settlement was reached Sun­ reached on a new labor con- changes it won, and both sides miles high in the orbiting com­ day night, three hours before a tract that would end the raU- Pledged to work together to in­ mand ship Endeavour. TTie two scheduled midnight nationwide road strike,” Asst. Secretary of railroad producUvlty ships were to link up at 3:04 walkout. Labor W.J. Usery said. efficiency. p.m. EDT. Meanwhile, union leaders ^ , The gradually escalating Worden passed over Hadley said they would look into re­ .K J strike wWch started with two '■►sS''/-- Base 90 seconds before liftoff that if negotiators ^ 1 be h<m- raUroads and spread to ten had and told the moon explorers he ports of steelworkers being eat wim one another ^ d be stranded tons of grains, per- turned away when - they report­ had them in sight. fair with each other, collective Packed with the moon explor­ ed for work late Sunday night bargraining will work," said (See Page Ten) and early, today. ers In the lunar module Falcon After Sunday’s contract set- was a treasure chest of 230 m a -- pounds of rocks and soil that Uement, some companies began might Include primeval rock calling maintenance and pro­ and evidence of volcanoes on duction employes back to work. l'V:, the moon. But at other plants, workers Before ' leaving, the astro­ reported they were being House Recoils nauts parked their moon buggy turned away, saying they would so its color television camera be informed when to return to was pointed to transmit the pic­ work. tures of the blastoff. The hike wUl apply to virtual­ From Override, Ttie three astronauts plan to ly every product turned out by spend two extra days In lunar U.S. Steel, a spokesman said, orbit conducting scientific and including sheet and strip prod­ photographic experiments be­ ucts used In the manufacture of fore heading toward earth late autos and appliances, structur­ Backs Vetoes These photos, shot from a television screen, show the lunar module blastoff of Falcon this afternoon. Wednesday. al steel used in the construction A burst from the engine at Industry, raw pipe and conduit By BOL R. COHEN vote by 96 to 66. State Rep. Don­ the base of the cabin section of steel, railroad products, and (Herald Reporter) ald Genvesi of Manchester and the. lunar module vaulted Scott plate steel used In the construc­ Robert Mng of Tolland, both and Irwin on the first step to­ tion of water towers, ship­ The Connecticut House of ward home. Representatives adjourned at Republicans, voted with the building and other large-scale Democrats for overriding the They left the descent stage of projects. 1:50 today after it failed to the Falcon b ^ n d on the dusty override Gov. Thomas MeskilTs veto. Most of the country’s other veto of eight bills. It will recon­ Genoveri also voted with the (Bee Page Twelve) major steel producers said they vene Wednesday. Democrats to override the gov­ were “ studying” U.S. Steel’s The House set a pattern in ernor’s veto of a bill which con­ announcement and would have Its first roll call vote Vvhlch in­ cerns a Drug Education Pro­ no Immediate comment. dicated that all 173 of MesldU’s gram. Mng vxjted with the But if past history is follow­ vetos yrlll stand. Democrats to override the veto U.S. To Back ed, most of' the other com­ At 11:30 a.m., with the State of a bill which would have pro­ panies probably will follow U.S. Senate standing at redess the vided tax credits for the estab­ Steel’s lead within the next se­ House took up the laborious lishment of Child Day Care Cen­ Seat in U.N. veral days. task of debating and taking, roll ters in places of employment. call votes on 38 of the 173 bills. The 38 bills were chosen by By THE ABBOt^TED PREBB (Bee Page Eleven) Democratic leaders -as the mies The contested measures in­ For Peking most likely to receive biparti­ clude bills that would remove san support. municipal liability for mob dam­ WASHINGTON (A P )— However, when the first roll age, provide for performance au­ Secretary of State William Senate Set call was taicen it lost by an 81 to dits of state agencies, and cre­ P. Rogers announced to­ 64 vote, and it was obvious that ate state grants for neighbor­ day that the United States none of the 38 bills would get the hood drug-treatment centers. The Senate met briefly to deal will favor seating of Red For Vote On 119 votes (the two thirds re­ China at the United Na­ quired) for passage. The first with technical matters and then broke up for the rest of the bill. Public Act 209, concerned tions General Assembly morning into party caucuws to Lockheed Aid exempting municipalities from this fall and will oppose discuss veto action. any move to oust the Chi­ liability for damages done by MeskUl had told newsmen the mobs. WASHINGTON (AP) — A va- bills he vetoed represented nese Nationalists. “ We think the realities of the c a t i o n-minded Senate has One of the vetoes which the spending of $161.6 million, and world require that both be rep­ agreed to vote up or down to­ House failed to override was a he said money was “ the basic •A' resented” in the world body, bill Introduced by State Rep. reason, for many of the vetoes. day a bill to rescue the finan­ Rogers explained in issuing a William O’Neill, D, of the 62nd “This is $161 million we do cially tottering Lockheed Air­ long-awaited Nixon adminis­ District. The bill, which had not have,” he said at his morn­ craft Corp. with a $260-mllllon passed both houses unanimously, tration announcement. ing news conference. r v ,‘3 l He noted that Oommunist lo€in guarantee. concerned the establishment of The governor also said he China has some 700 million The outcome is uncertain. - Drug Dependency Unit at tile would be willing to confer with Rocky Hill Veterans Home and '1 ^ V*. ‘ people and Nationalist CSiina The Lockheed verdict topped legislative leaders from both some 14 miUlon. Hospital. He said of the Peking re­ a crowded, controversial con­ The bill failed on an override (See Page Ten) gime: “ After all they represent gressional agenda on get-away about one-fourth of the people week for a month’s recess last­ on the surface of the earth.” ing from BVlday untU Sept.