Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

Oil price drop
helps economy
By Alex Un
"We «MU hav* S11-S12 o-t for
ISS6 end 1587 - *rtupi into
1988." f neo rcooomiu Johc
Licbibbr. ...-J of the Petroleum Industry
Rc-orth Foundation in New
York.
The price of oil, **hic*i u atuxn 60
pwcern louer ihw the NcvcmNv
high of $31.70 a berrrl. b a mixed
W cuing.
Oi one band, convuncn *ic rejoicing
stiVmb-Jl pKulfau yticc*, thr
spparav breaUcwn of the Orpoua-
Uon of Petroleum Exporting Countrie*
(OPEC) ind other nuufcv -
tkna of Ac loddea 4np la oil prices.
Robcn H*J1, a senior ccononunt u
the Hoover Inuttuie at Stiflford
UciATjity. cUInxd that the price
CDoh ibm'Jd reverse tfic damifce done
by the "oil critii" of the 1970*-,.
He Uticvti sly high cnerjty emu
created a rtc^iion by raising tnfUtkxi
an*! intc/cst ntte*. ano lower oi!
price* would rct-eru; that trend.
The trampooaio.t industry, with
towc fuel prices alw» loots tp**nef*t
IromihMwuidUIt. Aitlincfci?' nave
been (tiling nearly .i* iwkly si oil
prues.
Cn the ott*r hand. American oil
companies Mxh as Chevron nnta
tighten their belts and hope fur t
qvick wlution to the impending oi-
cm-s jf the I93O*I.
Cbevmn i:.'-it »^endicj furcv
piorannn?K: ••• It nnrpx+i hy SI.*
billion ?30 ;*r.*Mi> -.: S ix- oil five
to ten percent of f.
Hall iJouba iret >ne b_c/ft ui.*]
eau*c a rive in . .vployrncr.t.
bcvau*c UK V;I« mijof.j of»ntlu:(,
tute .*ob* invotviriK tkilU tfoi an.
e»U> iramrcijWc ic other indtruno.
He noted thai cheaper energy u
untqec in in dtiility to .stimulate 'h;
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POLITICS
C2M, AFT battle
for teacher support
hy Benjamin L*c
May, the Amcrirait FcoVratiun
of Tcatheri (AFT) and the Cta^uoom
Tcjchei* AwcutkMt (CTA) will
l in a', election la artennine
of thc^c two bargainirf ^gaiu
witt represent San Prancaco'v
tc*.her» u the barr^iniiis uHe lut ihc
duration of t^e 'weher*' nr\\
contra.;.
ranci^co icachcn nu»M elc~t
the .•»jwniuiiou to repmeni them at
contract negotiations with the ^houl
dial/in. Ftir die pa*.* ni.ie yan Vnc
AFT and ihe OTA have been v*o
organiuiio.u * yinj Itu tcacheri
vote*,
A pcu'jtm itfrncd hy ?'J percent of
the texl'Cn in the Ktkx I dtittia re-
(ficfting the election hctwecti the n*t)
bjrgiinin; agent*, muit be filed IZ0
diyi before the rantntkxi of the conir>ct
in unlcr foi the c!ectkx> to take
place, The AFT. which i> tiying U
urucJt iht CTA frorj iti pvition ^t
the tzzc\tcT*' PMjt\k*n$ ageiit *ti*cc
19*11.cL'i'n.llutdxorFcbri.ais 14.
enmpti *igrumn3. ruvc been coll*.-ncd
foi ihc election to ttkt pUcc.
"By far. the rw»i imponyit i*«uc
in thi* electron U clau *i/e." uid
Joan She't^. pmtdent of San Franciwo
Fedcratiim of Icauhcn. the
UKSI chapter of AFT. Acco.tting Hi
Shelley, the prcvitw* AKT ncgotult J
i-ontrsct \*\ a o\finite limit for U»c
jnnum of %rudcr.t> alU^-cd in a clou.
j number rjnpinj: fr.-m 25 in on
Englivh clji> In 3H in a P.E. c\j\\.
The CTA cnntMU. cxpbinod
Shclle>-, ha* the vamc divv \i/c limit
a* the AFT c»mtr*.t. but now the
xbt">l tlMtKl pay* a Uijw.d In
teachen Tor evnv nt after ihr
cond c»:ra ituknt. Thu fee u SI20
per ti^Vrnl per >car tor clemcu?ry
Khool tocher, and SI2.50 per sm-
moun: ia*n.a-l of hiring IKW
vxctert." »id Shelley, "ii is unfair
tc die teachers and to the uudcrtt..
loo. because u> educationally un-
M>»:.VI,*' me uid.
Judy Dcllamonka, prctJcat of
SFCTA, respcidcd that stipends are
tcnipemautics for teachert who rut-
. evidence
teacher, apt.d. "Tl< AIT d,J ibtiwing that tccrc* tide ajfe«?mu*ti.
nuthinp to enfor-x clai* IUC We u were made tcrwecn
lean have wafku* net utne wrt cf
cotiipcnution fur IIHT tr.vhcr;. The
AFT had no uipcrd."
Fi>r the pi*i jcat. Schul/ and CTA
hjve been pmhsng to increase Ihc
texner** stipend tft J m«p--::u*n of
$t.O**pcr Uwlcn'pcrv iiejfcr The
wh?»l di hiirJ prnfL-v.u.rul H'*"'' 4
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