Quality the Right Way at GM Tarrytown Plant
A 97 acre Hudson River plant, one of 120 GM facilities, builds X cars at 287,195 units in 1980. About 5,000 workers, 4,500 hourly, average wages around 19 dollars an hour. The plant pursues GM's Quality of Work Life program with a strong focus on early defect detection, sustained acceptance of employee ideas, and a 98 percent engine start-up success rate.
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Tarrytown
N.Y
General Motors
Hudson River
U.S
Ray Calore
United Auto Workers Local 664
Don DeVoto
DeVoto
Briton Sutcliffe Pleads Manslaughter at York Ripper Trial
Peter Sutcliffe admitted to manslaughter on diminished responsibility for the Yorkshire Ripper killings that left 13 women dead between 1975 and 1980 and pleaded innocent to murder. He also pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of seven others as the Old Bailey trial opened.
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London
Peter Sutcliffe
England
Old Bailey Criminal Court
Sutcliffe
Leslie Boreham
Michael Havers
Israeli Jets Hit Lebanon After Downing Syrian Gunships
Israeli warplanes bombed Palestinian guerrilla bases in southern Lebanon near Beaufort Castle and Jarmak Mountain as retaliation for Syria’s gunship losses near Zahle. Pilots reported hits and all planes returned safely. Israel warned Syria to halt its campaign in central Lebanon.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Zahle
Sidon
Beaufort Castle
Jarmak Mountain
Aishieh
Green Valley
Tel Aviv
Tyre
Israel
Syria
Mordechai Zippori
Anti-War March Targets Pentagon Echoes of Vietnam era rally planned
Washington AP reports a major national antiwar demonstration planned for Sunday in Washington aimed at Reagan's El Salvador policy. Organizers expect tens of thousands from Texas to Minnesota, with San Francisco Seattle Denver Kansas City and Tucson also hosting smaller events.
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Washington
U.S
el Salvador
Pentagon
Texas
Minnesota
Heagan
Brian Becker
San Francisco
Seattle
Denver
Kansas City
Tucson
Ariz
Reagan
Sanity Crux of Crumm Trial
In Paola Kansas AP the defense for James Crumm admits Crumm helped kill his 13 year old stepson Christen Hobson but argues he was insane at the time The slaying occurred after Crumm and Paul Sorrentino said to be acting at the behest of Crumms mother Sueanne Hobson The state contends Crumm knew right from wrong and was sane Crumm and Sorrentino allegedly lured Christen to a field and fired shots Crumm says he was present but did not think his shots hit Hobson The trial resumes with evidence from Crumms statements and police testimony
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Paola
Kan
James Crumm
Crumm
Christen Hobson
Edward V. Byrne
Miami County
Sueanne Hobson
Byrnen
Paul Sorrentino
Hobson
Overland Park
Sorrentino
Steve Tatum
Bryne
Chris
Sticks
Boston Schools Open Despite Being Broke
Boston's public schools opened despite a lack of funds as Judge Thomas Morse Jr ordered the system to stay open to finish the academic year. City officials reported a $210 million budget shortfall and sought bailouts as 11th hour talks failed, with estimates showing $30 million needed to cover bills through June 19.
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Boston
Superior Court
Thomas Morse Jr
Kevin H. White
White
Stephen Oleskey
Oleskey
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Ruth Abrams
Anthony Sager
Morse
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Bill Roundtree
Atlanta
March
Becker
Roy Bourgeois
CBS
United States
Cuba
E ‘Teleflora
South Main
Hanes
Baldwin Jct
Logan
Lincoln
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Sander
Briggs Stratton
Tecumseh
Heathkit
Garden Cult
Zenith Sm
Umw
Edwin C. Brown
Claude Myers
Harold Myers
Clerks
Wanda Kirkland
Elaine Roberts
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