Phone strike nears day 20 as talks resume at Ameritech
The 18 state phone strike enters its 20th day with tentative deals at Bell Atlantic subsidiaries. NYNEX still has no talks. Chesapeake & Potomac reaches a tentative settlement with the CWA in DC Maryland Virginia and West Virginia. The walkout continues until all Bell Atlantic sister companies settle. A CWA VP cites progress on job security and work rules but objects to demands at Bell of Pennsylvania and Diamond State in Delaware.
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Bell Atlantic Telephone Company
Ameritech
NYNEX
Baby Bell’’ Company
New York
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
Connecticut
Communications Workers of America Union
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Bell Atlantic
C&p Telephone
CWA
Peter Catucci
Bell of Pennsylvania
Diamond State Telephone
Delaware
Drifter jailed in Miami after series of attacks on homeless
George L. Williams known as Crab, 39, is jailed without bond on four counts of attempted murder and two armed robbery charges after a string of assaults on homeless people in downtown Miami. Police say he stalked, beat, stabbed and shot at drifters for 18 years, with a lengthy criminal record and history of dropped charges due to lack of witnesses.
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Miami
UPI
George L. Williams
Williams
David Rivera
Jack the Ripper
Dortch receives 8 years for PTL crimes in Charlotte
Richard Dortch, once a top PTL figure under Jim Bakker, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert Potter to two consecutive four year terms plus $200,000 in fines after testifying against Bakker. Dortch faced up to 120 years and left his Assemblies of God post in 1983 to join PTL.
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Charlotte
N.C
UPI
Richard Dortch
Jim Bakker
PTL
U.S
Robert Potter
Bob
Dortch
Mr. Dortch
Bakker
Bill Diehl
Assemblies of God Church
Illinois
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Rockford Speedway
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