Retired Air Controller Faces Union Picket Dilemma
Dorsey Shipley a 24 year Leesburg air traffic controller from Middletown plans retirement in 3 1/2 years while crossing picket lines protesting contract conditions. About half of Leesburg’s 456 controllers reported to work as the strike enters its fourth day, easing operations but prompting concerns of delays and future disruptions.
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Dorsey Shipley
Middletown
Air Traffic Control Center
Leesburg
Shipley
Washington Center
Ottinger
Reagan
Reagan administration seeks new air controllers amid strike end
The Reagan administration declares the air traffic controllers strike over and moves to replace thousands of picketing controllers. FAA reports 75 percent of flights operating as notices to strikers are issued, and plans to rebuild the system may take two to three years with reduced air traffic through September.
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Washington
Reagan
Federal Aviation Administration
Zsueient Reagan
Transportation
Drew Lewis
White House
Larry Speakes
Polish workers halt 2,000 mines in four hour strike
Nearly 1 million Polish workers disrupted 2,000 coal mines factories and businesses in a four hour strike across the Silesian belt to protest the food crisis. The government accused Solidarity leaders of arrogance and alleged actions bordered on sabotage.
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Warsaw
Poland
Silesian
Solidarity Labor Federation
PAP
Independent Union
Iranian leader warns France over extradition request
In Tehran Meskhini urged France to extradite ex President Bani Sadr and a leftist leader or face an embassy seizure mirroring Iran's earlier stand against America. He addressed President Mitterrand in a Qom mosque and invoked clenched fists and God is Great to threaten punitive action.
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Lebanon
France
Tehran
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Tehran Radio
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Meshkini
Francois Mitterrand
Qom
Iran
America
Military payloads for shuttle delayed 14 months
The Pentagon announced a fourteen month delay in deploying the first military payloads aboard the space shuttle due to two aging construction projects at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Officials cited contractor engineering manpower shortages and a later availability of an internal upper stage to place military satellites and gear into higher orbits, pushing August 1981 targets to October 1985 and mid-1982 for the stage.
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Washington
Pentagon
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Vandenberg
Air Force
Prominent Voices Highlight Weekend Events and Debates
News Post writer Nancy Lase interviews a dance caller while Welter Williams links social media to riots and Hugh Mulligan essays on clear speech. John Graff reports CLA uproar as Paul Aurandt previews a 4017 term calculation misprint. Paul Newman and Bob McKeithen headline a World on Wheels SCCA event in Summit Point with a follow up Drag-Away in Monrovia. Entertainment editor Mike Spear visits Catoctin Mountain Zoo near Thormont.
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Nancy Lase
Welter Williams
America
Hugh Mulligan
John Graff
Paul Aurandt
Ween
World ON Wheels
Paul Newman
Bob McKeithen
Trak Auto Peomer
Sports Car Club of America
Summit Point
W. Va
Monrovia
Mike Spear
Catoctin Mountain Zoological Park
Thormont
White Rock residents confront lead in drinking water
White Rock residents fear unsafe water as DHMH reports unacceptable lead levels from June tests on Lake Springs water. A July public notice sparked friction among residents Lake Springs officials and DHMH staff. Residents have shifted to wells or alternate sources amid rising costs and disputed test details.
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White Rock
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
DHMB
DHMH
Lake Springs Company Inc
Lake Springs
George Hess
Lake Spring
J. William Brosius
Brosius
Hess
DHE
Air controllers keep job action at BWI as pink slips go out
At Baltimore-Washington International Airport, striking air traffic controllers remain off duty as the FAA mails dismissal notices to nonreturning workers. About 39 union members walk out while 20 operate. Picket lines form with involvement from labor leaders and supporters, condemning government actions against PATCO.
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Linthicum, Md
Baltimore-Washington International
Michael J. Sab
BWI
Sark
Federal Aviation Administration
Frank Ewbert
Tom Bradley
Maryland
Al 10
United Federation of Maryland and
District of Columbis
Steven Schaffer
United Steelworkers
PATCO
Carl Vaughn
Greater
Pittsburgh
Joe Perez
FAA
Amber Meadows Park Development funding approved
The Board of Public Works approved a 133 325 grant to Frederick to fund Amber Meadows Park at Opossumtown Pike and Amber Drive. The Maryland Program Open Space aid covers 75 percent, enabling an athletic field courts facilities for children bike racks lights restrooms and related features. The Aug 5 decision came from Gov. Harry R. Hughes Comptroller Louis L. Goldstein and Treasurer William S. James.
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Board of Public Works
Frederick
Amber Meadows Park
Opossumtown Pike
Amber Drive
Maryland
Harry R. Hughes
Louis L. Goldstein
William S. James
Weather Update for Western Maryland and Regions
Rain totals ranged from a quarter to a half inch yesterday with more rain likely through Saturday. Highs in the low 90s in western Maryland, 70s in the mountains, 80s at beaches, with clearing and cooler conditions on Sunday and beyond. Winds for spraying under 10 mph through Saturday, then fair to improving conditions Sunday into Tuesday.
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Maryland
Deep Creek
Frederick
Hagerstown
Westminster
Gaithersburg
Leesburg
Joblessness at lowest rate in 15 months
Washington AP reports July unemployment fell to 7.0 percent, the lowest in 15 months, driven by a 570000 rise in total employment led by adult men aged 20 to 24. Unemployment dropped 282000 to 7.5 million, with job gains broad but adult women seeing a rise to 8.7 percent. Overall 99 million Americans held jobs.
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Washington
Labor Department
Inside The News in Peace Quote From Within
A reflective line attributed to Buddha-like counsel contrasts inner peace with external pursuit, suggesting wisdom arises from inner sources rather than external seeking. The aphorism emphasizes self-awareness as the true path to harmony.
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