AT&T Walkout Marks Second Strike in 12 Years
AT&T operates during a nationwide strike by 675,000 operators and technicians. Picket lines form outside Bell System offices as unions CWA IBEW and TIU press wage and job security demands while no new talks are scheduled.
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Wagner
Bell System
At&t
Communications Workers of America
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Telecommunications International Union
Charles Dynes
CWA
Glenn E. Watts
ABC
David Brinkley
Phones Working So Far Despite Worker Walkout
The nationwide strike against American Telephone and Telegraph Co. shows minimal local disruption in South Carolina as direct dialing remains unaffected. Union leaders warn the crunch may arrive today as more workers are expected to stay out and pickets line offices statewide.
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American Telephone & Telegraph Co
South Carolina
Southern Bell
Thomas Poage
Smith
Plan 2000 predicts aging, safer society with smaller homes
A forecast from the Insurance Information Institute using Census data envisions a 2000s society with fewer traditional families, more singles, smaller homes and cars, and shifts toward urban migration. The study foresees lower crime, a mature population, growth in two earner households, and continued urban gentrification.
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Insurance Information Institute
Census Bureau
Institute
Trade Association of Property and Liability Insurers
Sean Mooney
U.S
Mooney
Willcox Plans To Be Revealed By Aiken City Council
The Aiken City Council will meet at 7 30 p m to hear an architect describe plans to repair and remodel the 19th century Willcox Hotel on Colleton Avenue The council will also consider annexing and zoning Gregg Avenue for Kalmia Landing a 34 39 acre retirement project near the hospital A 20 year sewer plan and subdivision plans for 1154 acres known as Aiken Mile Track are on the agenda
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Aiken City Council
Willcox
Park Ave
S.W
Joseph Ewans
Colleton Avenue
Eways
City of Aiken
Ewans
A Catering
Frederick Willcox
Winston Churchill
John Barrymore
John Jacob Astor
Vanderbilts
Gregg Avenue
Kalmia Landing
Aiken Community Hospital
Aiken
Aiken Mile Track
Aiken beautician quips on close quarters in shop
Aiken beauty shop worker replies to a customer about tiny spaces with humor saying they sometimes bump behinds but never butt heads. The remark highlights cramped working conditions and workplace camaraderie in a local salon.
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Aiken Beautician
Belvedere Tax Refund on Aiken County Council Agenda
Aiken County Council holds a 7 p.m. second reading on an ordinance to refund 1982 property taxes to Belvedere Water and Sewer District residents at a special meeting. The district was abolished after a 93 mill tax revolt culminating in a April 13 referendum.
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Aiken
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Jimmy Byrnes
Denver
Colo
Bell Telephone
Griffin
Belvedere
Belvedere Water System
North Augusta
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