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An unofficial UPI count from 457 or Northeasterly winds 10 mph to 15 mph WASHINGTON (UPI) - Members 63.6 percent of of the UAW’s 719 Saturday, becoming easterly at night. of the United Mine Workers ap- locals, had 39.796 or 56.7 percent parently approved a new contract voting "yes” and 30,425 or 43,3 per- with the soft coal industry Friday. cent voting “no.” UMW president Arnold Miller said The voting appeared to be a rever- Summary the 160,(K)0 miners could be ready to sal of the more than 2-1 margin by go back to work Monday, ending a which the miners rejected the in- MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (UPI) - 109-day strike that began Dec. 6. dustry’s previous offer earlier this She says it’s no surprise. Come Reports from West Virginia quoted month. this time of year, people just union sources as saying Miller The UPI count reflected a 5-1 naturally take notice. figured 58 percent of the miners margin of approval in the vote of Her name is Mary Easter. voted had agreed to accept the new Alabama miners .qnd a substantial “I had to see people today. They pact. vote to accept the contract in said, ‘Isn’t that a beautiful name “The current tentative agreement Virginia, Illinois. Kentucky and West for this time of the year?’ is being approved by a substantial Virginia. New Mexico’s only local “I get many hee-haws. They margin,” said Miller earlier in a voted 220-59 for the new contract. usually say, ‘Your name should be brief appearance at the hotel where Returns midway through the count Happy.’ I actually had that the voles were tabulated. He said his showed Pennsylvania, Ohio and nickname for quite a while as a assessment was based on results Tennessee miners voting against the child,’’ she said. from more than half of the union’s contract but not enough to reverse locals. the trend. WASHINGTON (UPI) - Secretary of State Cyrus Vance said Friday the United States remains committed to Israel’s Pilgrims retrace security despite deep differences with Prime Minister Menachem Begin and would even consider an route Jesus took eventual U. S. - Israeli defense agreement. JERUSALEM (UPI) — Thousands It ended at the ancient Church of WASHINGTON (UPI) - Four of (Tiristian pilgrims, undeterred by the Holy Sepulcher, the traditional New England representatives, in- Arab terrorist threats, Friday site of Jesus’ crucifixion and cluding Toby Moffett of Connec- retraced the Biblical route Jesus resurrection. Mt. Calvary and the ticut, were among a group of con- took to his death in the old walled Tomb of Jesus, the last two Stations gressional Democrats who Friday city of Jerusalem. of the Cross, both are located inside protested to Secretary of State Many carried large wooden crosses the church. Cyrus Vance the planned sale of as the Good Friday procession wound Arab merchants reported brisk light aircraft to South Africa. slowly through the cobblestoned sales as some of the pilgrims left the streets of East Jerusalem and up Via procession to browse in souvenir BEIRUT, LEBANON (UPI) - Dolorosa (Street of Sorrow). shops and rest in cafes before The United Nations boosted its Overcast skies added to the solem- rejoining the mlle-and-a-half route. peacekeeping force in southern nity of the procession as the pilgrims The solemn Good Friday proces- Lebanon to 1,032 troops Friday, stopped to sing hymns at each of the sion, marking Christianity’s most and Israeli Prime Minister 14 Stations of the Cross. sorrowful occasion, will give way to Menachem Begin assured U. N. Security was light, despite recent the joyous Easter Sunday High mass Secretary General Kurt guerrilla threats to harm pilgrims in the church celebrated by Mon- Waldheim that the Israeli inva- taking part in Easter festivities in signor Beltritli. sion forces would be withdrawn. the Israeli-annexed section of Jerusalem. WASHINGTON (UPI) - Presi- The procession started at the Pope Paul dent C a rte r’s long aw aited Omariya grade school near St. Stephens Gate, built over the national urban policy is expected heard over to include a controversial plan to (Herald photo by Dunn) traditional site of the Roman court where Jesus was condemned to supply government funds directly Lilies will decorate the altar of Rockville’s loudspeaker to neighborhood vitizens groups to Union Congregational Church on Easter Sunday. death. help in local improvements, UPI VATICAN CITY (UPI) - Pope has learned. The policy is to be Paul VI missed a Good Friday obser- announced Monday. vance Friday night for the first time Reviving downtown gets good response in his 15 p a r s as pontiff but NAIROBI, KENYA (UPI) - delivered a blessing by loudspeaker Ethiopia said it had wiped out the Ry SUSA\ VAUGHN would welcome a community at- the entire downtown a community changes may be difficult at first, but from his papal apartment to which he last pockets of guerrilla Herald Reporter mosphere on Main Street that the center, Misseri said, with Center he said he believes the idea can work. is confined by the flu. resistance in the Ogaden Desert The response to a new downtown organization is hoping to achieve. Park as the central focus. He noted that impersonality actually The 80-year-old pontiff called off and now controlled the entire organization aimed at making a con- The new downtown group includes Misseri envisions people walking breeds crime, and hopes that the all his usual Holy Week appearances region for the first time since the genial community atmosphere on many professional persons who have on the streets again on Thursday changing attitudes will help deter the but still hoped to feel well enough to war with Somalia began eight Main Street has been fantastic. their offices on Main Street as well nights like they used to do and problems with crime on Main Street. officiate at an Easter Sunday mass in months ago. Michael Misseri, president of the as representatives from nearly all families gathering in the park for The organization "has not gone St. Peter’s basilica. Downtown Manchester Association, the Main Street businesses and concerts, fairs and just informally into this haphazardly,” Misseri said. The pontiff usually walks in a PORTSALL, FRANCE (U P I)-' said. property owners. The churches in the gathering together. The group studied other towns, using procession carrying a cross in the The supertanker Amoco Cadiz, The formation of the new organiza- downtown area have also indicated He cited the SAM (Summer Ac- Tlartford and its recent revitalized manner of Jesus Christ en route to ripped in half and being slowly tion was just announced 'Riursday an interest in the group, Misseri said. tivities in Manchester) concerts and downtown as one example of what his crucifixion . Taking his place in battered into scrap by heavy surf, and already Misseri said he has been The organization will also work crafts fairs as a good thing and hopes can happen. the procession was the Vicar of Friday oozed more oil into the deluged with calls from many with the Manchester Chamber of there can be more similar events. One of the first goals the group Rome, Cardinal Ugo Polelti, 64, who largest oil slick in history. citizens and community leaders who Commerce to coordinate the efforts Misseri said he hopes that hopes to achieve is a walking had no difficulty in bearing the cross are willing to help the group. of the grcfups. The Chamber has everyone will be able to enjoy the patrolman downtown, especially on on a clear but cold night past the BOSTON (UPI) - A U. S. Misteri said he thinks the time centered its goals on the revitaliza- park again, as well as the young peo- Thursday nights when all the CoIo.sseum. District Court judge Friday may be right for such an organization tion of Downtown Manchester in re- ple. businesses are open. Tradition has it that early turned down an appeal by Wam- cent months also. Christians were thrown to the lions in and their efforts to improve the Center Park has been a gathering Their other goals include cleaning panoag Indians to a federal jury whole atmosphere of the downtown Basically the purpose of the new place for a group of youth In recent up and beautifying the downtown, en- the arena. Nearby, a torch-outlined, verdict blocking their land claim area. He said the attitudes are organization will be to revitalize the couraging community involvement, cross blazed under the aroh of years, who have vandalized the park to 19,000 acres in the Cape Cod physical aspects of downtown and the Constantine, Rome’s first Christian different today than they have been and the neighboring businesses and dealing with parking problems, coor- resort town of Mashpee. in the past few yehrs when people did mental attitudes about it, Misseri harassed residents walking by. dinate police and town government emperor. not care about downtown and the said. “We thought we could ac- Misseri said he hopes the attitudes of affairs, coordinating downtown Pilgrims from 24 countries all over BOSTON (UPI) —Two-year-old whole attitude was impersonal.