Mohawk strike harms New England small cities economy
The Mohawk Airlines pilots strike in its third month cripples travel and local business across New England and New York State. Utica based Mohawk carries 2.5 million passengers yearly with 2,300 of 2,500 employees out. smaller cities like Keene and Burlington suffer most as airports cut service, restaurants lose revenue, and freight delays increase.
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Effort to gauge mercury in fish expands nationwide
NOAA acting chief Dr. Robert White announced a systematic survey of major commercial and sport fish to assess heavy metal contamination including mercury. Initial tests show most samples under federal limits, with several species and regions cited as below the .5 parts per million guideline. ongoing monitoring aims to build a decades-long contamination picture.
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Pell proposes employers pay for health insurance
Sen Claiborne Pell outlines a plan to require employers to provide health care for workers as a condition of doing business. The proposal envisions federally chartered, government backed, prepaid health care funded by an annual employer fee, with government support for unemployed or out of work, and aims to reduce overall health spending.
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Kennedy wary of more government reorganization in Vermont
UPI reports Republican House Speaker Walter Kennedy of Chelsea doubts adding another layer of bureaucracy as Gov. Davis seeks five more superagencies. Kennedy expects some reorganization to pass while predicting the full constitutional revision package will not. He favors extending governor and other elected officers' terms from two to four years, a measure already endorsed by the Senate.
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Vermont seeks energy board chair from environment post
Vermont officials discuss naming Environmental Secretary Robert B. Williams as chairman of the Environmental Control Board to consolidate policymaking. Gov. Davis faces a choice as director Peter Martin notes no legal barrier and calls it a policy decision not yet made. In other news, education funding is debated with a House proposal of 31.9 million and a reform push by Democrats to fund 40 percent of local costs versus the governor's 32.6 percent target.
Talks Resume in Boston to End Jones and Lamson Strike
Springfield reports talks set for Wednesday in Boston to settle the seven month strike at Jones and Lamson Co. with FMCS Commissioner John O Reilly meeting both sides after Gov Davis sought federal mediation when prior efforts failed. Over 760 electrical workers walked off last June over a contract dispute and federal mediators are now involved.
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Deaths and fires from Albany to Troy in weekend incidents
A Colonie area mother and an Albany man found dead in a sand pit near Albany Shaker Road. Carbon monoxide caused Mrs Danielle Carey’s death while Bruce E Anderson died after the scene. A Schenectady chef, 70, was fatally beaten at Lum Fung Restaurant. A Phoenix Hotel fire evacuated residents early Sunday. About 27 Troy hotel sleepers fled as flames swept upper floors. Troy CWA members return to work amid statewide union action affecting NY telephone workers.
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Communications Workers of America
New York
Fish Market Owner Blames Mercury Fear For Slump
In Pittsfield Berkshire a fish market proprietor says sales drop due to the mercury scare. He notes swordfish and lobsters sell poorly despite National Marine Fisheries Service tests showing most fish within safe mercury levels. He warns other shops in Albany and Boston face similar losses.
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Death ruled natural in Phoenix Building fire case
North Adams authorities say Alfred Johnson died of natural causes two hours after the Phoenix Professional Building fire on State Street Jan. 4. The autopsy found no carbon monoxide or smoke inhalation. In Pittsfield Park City Associates of Lancaster, Pa. discussed a development with England Brothers as potential store tenants and questioned federal funding for expansion.
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