Verizon Wireless opens after Bell Atlantic Vodafone AirTouch merger
Verizon Wireless began operations after the Bell Atlantic and Vodafone AirTouch merger, with GTE pending integration. The new nationwide company serves over 24 million wireless and nearly 4 million paging customers, covering 90 percent of the U.S. population and 96 percent of the wireless market. CEO Ivan Seidenberg calls the merger a telecommunications powerhouse shaping the future. On day one, SingleRate offers 150 minutes monthly for 35 dollars with options up to 1500 minutes and two Web capable phones with browsers.
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Family tradition spans generations at local telco
David measured volume levels and served 43 years at AT&T retiring July 31 1972. His son Fred started as a summer helper and built a 42 year career from splicer helper to desk man before retiring in October 1995. Grandson Scott followed after stints at Westinghouse and returned in 1988. The men recall ice storms, long trips, and learning on the job from family.
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Slippery Rock Township
Westinghouse Electric
Baltimore
Harlan family keeps a constant line in telephone business
Sharon Ross notes cellular service began in its infancy with Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems in 1984 in Pittsburgh. Scott, a former customer service rep turned system performance engineer, tests and optimizes cellular signals from a van equipped with test gear. Sharon Ross and April Ross work at the AT&T Relay Center, continuing the family’s long industry involvement.
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Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems
Pittsburgh
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Sharon Ross
April Ross
At&t Relay Center
Cascade Galleria
Justice staff urge blocking WorldCom Sprint deal
Federal antitrust staff recommend blocking WorldCom Inc. 115 billion buyout of Sprint Corp. due to antitrust concerns. The recommendation, six months into an inquiry, could lead to divestitures. Klein may approve if competition is protected. The plan would create a 50 billion revenue telecom giant with 65 countries operations.
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European Commission
Senate panel outlines plan to regulate interscholastic athletics
PIAA reform measures would create a state Education Board oversight council and seven regional appeal boards to set uniform eligibility rules. The bill would license a nonprofit to run day to day activities, require 30 day residency or enrollment, and end the PIAA restitution rule while ensuring open meetings and media access.
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Former New Castle resident named 1999 Airman of the Year
Robert Little of Streetsboro Ohio, a marketing associate at SG Financial Services in Cleveland, was promoted to staff sergeant in the Air Force Reserve and named 1999 Airman of the Year for the 911th Airlift Wing. He received the Humanitarian Service Medal from Brig Gen John Batboy Jr. for Hurricane Mitch relief efforts. Little is the son of Ken and Lynn Lytle of New Castle and attended Mohawk High School.
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Robert Little
Air Force Reserve
911Th Airlift Wing
Little
John Batboy Jr
22Nd Air Force
SG Financial Services
Cleveland
Streetsboro
Ohio
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Ken
Lynn Lytle
Mohawk High School
World’s Largest Birds Moas and Elephant Birds
The largest birds ever to live on Earth were the moas of New Zealand and the elephant birds of Madagascar. Moas reached about 10 feet in height while elephant birds weighed roughly 1,000 pounds.
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