Union Upset With UM M Over Bargaining Standoff
In Clearwater, back-up printers at United Merchants & Manufacturers plant file unfair labor practice charges with the NLRB alleging refusal to bargain after joining the Machine Printers and Engravers Union in March 1979. An administrative law judge ruled for the union in 1980, with appeals pending as workers report missed raises.
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Clearwater
United Merchants & Manufacturers Inc
National Labor Relations Board
Frank A. Sullivan
Am&m
Machine Printers and Engravers Union
Sullivan
Carter
George Goldman
Inflation and unemployment details from 1980 report
Wholesale prices rose 11.7 percent in 1980 with a small improvement from 1979. Unemployment eased to 7.4 percent in December while 7.8 million were jobless. Energy and food costs show volatile trends as economists anticipate higher prices.
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Washington
Labor Department
Carter Administration
John McMahan and the lasagna theory debate
A Graniteville Exchange Club talk featured a psychologist recounting a colleague's advice to a couple who had not spoken in five years. The wife finally admitted uncertainty saying she thought her husband was mad at her about something.
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Graniteville Exchange Club
Alexander pleads guilty in fatal gunshot case
Alexander Jr. changed his plea to guilty in the death of David Housgard, who was found with three gunshot wounds in the Chukker Creek subdivision. He faces life imprisonment with parole eligibility after 20 years. Witnesses testified Alexander drove Housgard's yellow Trans Am on Oct. 17.
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Woody Dean Alexander Jr
Richmond County
Aiken County
Robert Lee Bing
Augusta
Alexander
David Housgard
James E. Moore
James E. Whittle
Housgard
Oakbrook Drive
Chukker Creek
Jury to Decide If Magazine Is Obscene
An Aiken County jury hears a trial on whether a magazine titled Limited Edition is obscene. David M. Malpass of Bath, an employee at Foxes Adult Book Store on Schultz Hill, faces charges for distributing the material under community standards.
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Aiken County
David M. Malpass
Bath
Malpass
Foxes Adult Book Store
Schultz Hill
Huey L. Cockerell
Pinecrest to Add Wing for Special Education Program
A planned eight to ten room addition at Pinecrest Elementary in Aiken County would cost 200 000 to 250 000 dollars and aim to house extra special education classes by fall. The move depends on completion of South Aiken High School and board decisions on the wing size and funding.
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Pinecrest Elementary
Aiken County
Pinecrest
Eustis Park
Kalmia Hill
Board of Education
Aiken
South Aiken High School
Eustis Park School
Ted B. Willis
Willis
Schofield Middle School
Schofield
South Aiken High
Pine Log Road
Cording
South Aiken
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Um&m
Paula Blackmon
Plains
Jimmy Carter
John McMahan
Abby
Louis Rukeyser
Woody Dean Alexander, Jr
Jeanie Seamster
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