Father Fired During Take Our Daughters to Work Day
Bill Means, a two year systems engineering manager at Structural Dynamics Research Corp in Milford, was called in for a meeting on April 27 and unexpectedly fired in front of his 8 year old daughter Marisa. The company had allowed employees to bring children that day as it undergoes layoffs and restructuring after losses disclosed last fall.
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Marisa Means
Bill Means
Structural Dynamics Research Corp
Milford
Carleen Means
Marisa
Yellowstone wolf birth signals success of reintroduction
A transplanted Canadian gray wolf in Yellowstone National Park has given birth to seven or eight pups near Red Lodge Montana. The litter marks progress in the January release of 14 Canadian wolves to replenish a previously abundant but endangered population.
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Yellowstone National Park
Red Lodge
Mont
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Yellowstone
Federal workforce more minority hires than private sector
The 1994 U.S. Office of Personnel Management report shows minorities made up 28.2 percent of federal employees versus 24.6 percent in the private sector, while women accounted for 42.7 percent in federal jobs against 46 percent in private industry.
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U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Polls show support for expanded anti-terror powers
An AP poll taken April 28 to May 2 finds 54 percent favor government efforts to stop terrorists even if rights and privacy are intruded, 21 percent oppose intrusions, and 19 percent doubt effectiveness. Support spans searches, infiltrations, deportation proposals, and bans on bomb making information.
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New York
Oklahoma
Associated Press
U.S
Oklahoma City
ICR
Media
AUS Consultants
FBI
Clinton
Congress
Ment
Poll finds women favor privacy tradeoff for security
An Associated Press poll shows 64 percent of women support government invasion of privacy to prevent terrorism while 44 percent of men back the privacy tradeoff. The survey also finds 61 percent expect increased terrorism next year.
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Associated Press
Aging Conference Wraps Up With Social Security and Medicare Pledges
More than 2,000 delegates at the White House Conference on Aging urged Congress to reaffirm Social Security and Medicare, oppose converting Medicaid and elder programs into block grants, and preserve the Older Americans Act. Delegates adopted 60 resolutions amid a crowded three day meeting, while Republican leaders did not attend.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Clinton
Anne Variano Macko
South Euclid
Ohio
Barbara Mikulski
Capitol Hill
Ocean rise may affect coastlines
Washington AP report notes a unusual ongoing rise in sea level with satellite data showing over a tenth of an inch increase in each of the last two years. If sustained, the trend may signal faster ocean depth growth and Earth warming, with El Nino contributing part of the rise.
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Washington
Earth
R. Steven Nerem
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nerem
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