Philadelphia to Pittsburgh route gets rail facelift
Gov. Robert Casey said upgrading Pennsylvania rails to handle double stack container trains is vital to the economy, speaking at Harrisburg Transportation Center during a Conrail promotion stop as the Philadelphia to Pittsburgh route modernizes.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Robert Casey
Casey
Harrisburg Transportation Center
Conrail
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
$80 Million Tunnel Upgrade Expands Rail Capacity in Pa
State funds exceed 35 million for a major facelift to enlarge tunnels and lower tracks in 140 places to carry container trains. Officials project 22 000 jobs, 50 percent rise in Port of Philadelphia container traffic by 2000, broader Pittsburgh cargo, new distribution centers, and 53 million dollars yearly in reduced transport costs. Blasting already enlarged two central Pennsylvania tunnels and Flat Rock Tunnel on the Schuylkill Expressway. Black Rock Tunnel in Phoenixville slated for blasting.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Central Pennsylvania
Flat Rock
Schuylkill Expressway
Sullivan
Black Rock
Phoenixville
IDS planners qualify for national conference in Minneapolis
Robert Rainey Ed Krisuk and Larry Cole of IDS Financial Services Inc qualified for the 1994 IDS National Conference in Minneapolis July based on sales performance client service and embodying IDS values. All three are in the Youngstown Division Office at 950 Windham Court Boardman Ohio. Kenneth L Morrow of Edinburg elected to Pennsylvania Credit Union League executive committee and Pacal Services Inc board during 1994 Members Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. He has served the League since 1974 and chaired the League board 1990 92. Charles R Carstens Berkshire School Sheffield Massachusetts certified as a food service management professional level credential from The Educational Foundation of the National Restaurant Association. Rachael LaPatka of Wampum placed second in the 1994 Pennsylvania AFL CIO Essay Contest representing USWA Local 9305 winning 500. Her parents are Mr and Mrs Joseph LaPatka.
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Robert Rainey
Ed Krisuk
Larry Cole
IDS Financial Services Inc
IDS
Minneapolis
Rainey
Krisuk
Cole
Youngstown
Windham Court
Boardman
Iio
Edinburg
Kenneth L. Morrow
Pennsylvania Credit Union League
Pacal Services Inc
Morrow
Pittsburgh
Shenango China Employees Federal Credit Union
League
Credit Union National Association
Charles R. Carstens
Berkshire School
Sheffield
Mass
Educational Foundation
National Restaurant Association
Carstens
The
FMP
Lynn
Berkely’s
New Castle
Warren and
Benet Schreiner
Rachael LaPatka
Halltown Road
Wampum
Pennsylvania
Afl-Cio
LaPatka
USWA
Voicemail tips drive Communispond new service addition
Communispond Inc expands into voicemail coaching citing client complaints about convoluted messages. Tips include stating purpose clearly, concise speech, and slower delivery of numbers, plus including name. Gerald Michaelson urges productive travel tips in Success magazine, recommending trains and one way car rentals to save time.
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Gerald Michaelson
Tennessee International Associates
Success Magazine
Michaelson
Amtrak
Metroliner
Northeast Corridor
Zipper History Traces Techno Evolution and Fame
Robert Friedel of the University of Maryland outlines the zipper’s journey from invention to practical use. The fastener took twenty years to a dependable model and two more decades to win clothier acceptance by 1937. By the 1940s it appeared in Hollywood seduction scenes and Gypsy Rose Lee’s act.
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Robert Friedel
History of
Technology and Science
University of Maryland
Clothiers
Fridel
Hollywood
Gypsy Rose Lee
Post Office recalls wrong Bill Pickett stamps
The Postal Service abandoned destruction after collectors protested misprinted Legends of the West stamps showing Bill Pickett’s brother Ben. About 183 sheets with the error were sold, some fetching high prices at auction. The reversal aims to protect collectors while preserving revenue and the Pickett family's interest.
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Washington
Post Office
Bill Pickett
Pickett
Ben
Postal Service
Bill Welch
American Philatelist Magazine
Wayne L. Youngblood
Scott Same Monthly
Aith
Youngblood
Sam Winters
William W. Cummings
Scott Stamp Monthly
Welch
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Hospitals cut back on nurses study warns of patient risk
AP reports ANA warns that laying off registered nurses to save money endangers patients by creating understaffed floors and fragmented care. OAOs say shorter stays reduce need for nurses. poll finds 67 percent view nurse reductions negatively while 84 percent prefer lower nurse to patient ratios.
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San Antonio
American Nurses Association
Ellen Sanders
Association
JoEllen Koerner
American Organization of Nurse Executives
American Hospital Association
Korerner
U.S. Labor Department
ANA
Gallup
Mike Nilsson
What to Keep or Toss: Estate Document Retention Guidance
Estate attorney outlines retention rules for documents including tax records kept six years, indefinite storage for IRA and retirement plan data, depreciation records until asset sale plus three years, and permanently storing essential items like wills, trusts, birth and marriage records, and naturalization proofs.
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IRS
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Winters
Azeezaly S. Jaffer
Stamp Services
Jaffer
Ameriec
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U.S. Department of Labor
Alan Novick
Naples, Fla
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