Carrier to Cut 1,100 More Jobs Ahead of Schedule
Carrier Corp plans accelerating layoffs to exceed 1,100 in Syracuse, with 300 more cuts tied to ending room and packaged terminal air conditioner production. Additional reductions come after 66 furloughs and 800 prior layoffs this year. Production shifts to Canoas Brazil and Indianapolis.
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Brazil
Indianapolis
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Carrier
Northeast
Midwest
Sion Ban
Kathleen Keegan
Keegan
William Wilson
Thompson Road
49 Die As French Rail Wreck Mark Three in 60 Days
A speeding passenger train derailed at Argenton sur Creuse, France, sending two cars into a mail train and causing 49 deaths and 85 injuries. The engineer, Jean Yves Brisset 37, was arrested after admitting speeding on a curve near a construction site. SNCF expects full compensation. an inquiry into rail safety was ordered as France faces its third major crash in eight weeks.
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Argenton-Sur-Creusee
France
Jean-Yves Brisset
Brisset
Descoutures
SNCF
Jean Auroux
Auroux
Sunny Sunday Weather and Light Hearted Quote
A breezy report notes a clear Sunday with a low tonight around 60 and a high Sunday near 80. The item includes a lighthearted joke about people’s religious affiliations and church attendance awareness.
Astronauts Begin Bold Space Walk to Repair Syncom 3 Satellite
In a historic seven hour space walk, astronauts James van Hoften and William Fisher left the shuttle Discovery to manually service the Syncom 3 satellite marooned in high orbit. They planned to bypass faulty circuits and install gear to allow ground control to fire the satellite’s propulsion and correct its orbit.
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Capecanaveral
Fla
UPI
Discovery
James “Ox” van Hoften
William Fisher
Mission Control
Joe Engle
van Hoften
Fisher
Bill Fisher
North Syracuse
Museums at New York State Fair Draw Thousands Daily
Amid stalls and meals the New York State Fair showcases the Agricultural and Carriage Museums drawing 6 000 to 8 000 daily visitors. The fair totals 59 000 on Friday, far below last year's 85 138 on a sunny day. The Agricultural Museum highlights farm industry while Hanford Mills displays antique machinery and a model smithy races fires. Stuart Geisler demonstrates smithing from Montrose Pa praising transforming steel into tools as John Glenn assists at the forge.
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New York
Daniel Parrish Whitter
Agricultural Museum
Hanford Mills
East Meredith
Carriage Museum
Stuart Geisler
Montrose
Geisler
John Glenn
Thruway crash during homicide probe kills driver
A 56-year-old man from Alden died after a two car crash on the New York Thruway near Exit 44 in Victor while authorities investigated a homicide scene. The deceased was identified as Daniel J. Zehler. Lois Daporeyk, 27, of Chicago, Ill., was involved in the other vehicle and survived. Trooper D H Harshberger said Zehler died of internal hemorrhaging and massive trauma at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. The crash occurred as an eastbound car sped toward the investigation zone during the homicide probe led by Captain J W Herritage.
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Canandaigua
New York State
Victor
J.W. Herritage
Daniel J. Zehler
Clinton
St., Alden
Wecidi
Lois Daporeyk
Henderson Lane
Chicago
Ill
Daniel Zehler
D.H. Harshberger
Strong, Memorial Hospital
Rochester
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Pierre Descoutures
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