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AIRLINE SOF COMING
American Airlines braces for a walk-out which may or may not come tomorrow midnight --depending on the out- come of.negotiations now underway in Washington. The nationwide strike would directly affect an estimated one thousand ground and flight service workers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area...and 25-hundred other local employees of the airline are expected to honor the picket lines. Company s~pkesman J.B. Marryat tells newsman James Kerr the situation would be serious. SOUND UP FOR APPROX 32 SECS UNTIL THEY SAY "....OUT OF OPERATION? JUST ABOUT." KEY: J.B. )MM MARRYAT "-W..AMERICAN AIRLINES R. D. Sprinkle of the Transport Workers Union says oaths that --after ten of negotiating --he sees little chance of a last-minute settlement. Kerr asks about the immediate effect of a walk-out.
SOUND UP FOR APPROX 37
SECS UNTIL HE SAYS "....52 CITIES ACROSS THE SYSTEM." KEY: R.D. SPRINKLE UNION OFFICIAL Wage increases, retirement programs and insurance are among the chief issues. American is the only airline