UPS strike hits small firms with layoffs and capacity limits
The UPS walkout slashes demand and forces layoffs, with Electro Mechanical Technologies in Cleveland cutting half its staff. UPS plans 15,000 further layoffs as output runs at 10 percent. Competitors strain to absorb overflow while officials urge intervention to ease economic toll on small businesses.
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Cleveland
Electro Mechanical Technologies
Michael Estlick
UPS
Estlick
FedEx
James Kelly
U.S
Kelly
CNBC
Teamsters
Steve
Trossman
Clinton
White House
Angela Jones
National Federation of Independent Business
Aida Alvarez
U.S. Small Business Administration
John Barbour
Payne Publishers
Sprinkler heads fail tests trigger safety alarm
Fairfax County leaders warn Omega sprinkler heads pose life safety risk as tests show rubber O-rings can swell and prevent timely spray release. Central Sprinkler Corp, Marriott, VA and NIH investigate replacements while state orders curb further rubber Omega installs.
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Omegas
Frank Teevan
Fairfax County
Teevan
Carl Maurice
Lawrence
Kan
Rich Barr
National Fire Sprinkler Assn
Lawrence Douglas
Kansas Wheat Set Records With Record Yet Not Enough
Kansas farmers planted fewer wheat acres last fall and faced a late freeze but harvested what would be the third largest crop on record at 449 million bushels. A cool spring boosted yields to an average of 46 bushels per acre, led by central Kansas, while some northwest farms yielded 35. Prices fell below 3.75 a bushel as Frey and the Wheat Commission seek buyers in Nigeria and Japan amid a bumper crop.
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Associated Press
Michigan
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Canandaigua
N.Y
Ken McKinnon
Washington
Department of Veterans Affairs
Omega
McKinnon
Fort Wayne
Ind
Tim Davie
Maryland
Rocco Gabriele
U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission
National Institutes of Health
NIH
Central
Meyer
Central Sprinkler
U.S
National Fire Sprinkler Assn
Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics
David Frey
The
Kansas Wheat Commission
Joe Berry
Lenora
Berry
Frey
Wheat Commission
Japan Food Agency
Collectors urge Clinton to veto semipostal stamp bill
Washington AP The American Philatelic Society urges President Clinton to veto a bill requiring the Postal Service to issue semipostal stamps to fund breast cancer research. The stamps could be priced up to eight cents above the 32 cent First Class rate, with overcharges going to charity. Rich with opinions from Randy L. Neil, the group argues the plan imposes a tax on stamp collecting and could prompt other charities to seek similar stamps.
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Clinton
Postal Service
Randy L. Neil
American Philatelic Society
Neil
Kansas City
Kan
Senate
Switzerland
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Robert Weygand
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Gaines
Fairfax
Marriott International
Romulus
Mich
Sonny Scarff
Marriott
AP Grapatc
Bill
Elisabeth Lee
Town School of San Francisco
City University of New York
Kimberly A. Kemtes
University of Kansas
Knox College
Ford
Phi Beta Kappa
Ronald E. McNair
Herman R. Meulder
American Classics League
Cary Hack Danielson
Visual and Performing Arts
Music Theatre
Baker
Robin Reed
Science
Kansas State University
M.D
State of
National Board of Medical Examiners
Arnold A. Knudson
Mathematics
Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School
Joplin
Missouri
Duke University
Emily Ash
New School For Social Research
Yale University
Columbus Academy
New York
Yale
Mark Hopkins
Bishop Seabury Academy
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