Carrier layoffs spark fear as UTC transition grips Syracuse
Carrier Corp. will lay off 400 workers by March amid a management change after UTC ownership. Workers say the shift to a fear-driven style threatens quality and credibility, with both salaried and union staff affected and longtime leaders warning of broader upheaval in Onondaga County.
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Carrier Corp
Syracuse
Carrier
Onondaga County
Vice
United Technologies Corp
UTC
Integration Army style at Fort Drum fuels civil rights push
Human rights agencies brace for more discrimination complaints as thousands of minority soldiers and family members relocate to Fort Drum. Syracuse regional office considers a Watertown satellite to handle cases, while Watertown plans to double its City Human Rights Commission and educate the public on civil rights law. About 35 percent of the 20,000 people linked to Fort Drum's 10th Mountain Division by 1989 are expected to be minorities.
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New York
Fort Drum
State Division of Human Rights
Syracuse
Watertown
City of
10Th Mountain Division
Jefferson County
Fort Drum solider faces hate notes over racial group
Glenn Read, a 20 year old Watertown native and organizer of Soldiers for Racial Harmony, reports threatening calls and hate notes on his car alleging he is a "nigger lover." Read says he will not back down as Jefferson County braces for a growing minority presence and more soldiers and dependents relocating to Fort Drum.
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Glenn Read
Read
Fort Drum
John
Robert Kennedy
Watertown
Watertown-area
Jefferson County
Arms talks face tough job as Geneva talks begin
American negotiators led by Max Kampelman arrive in Geneva to urge steps toward abolishing nuclear weapons while acknowledging deep, enduring differences with the Soviet side. President Reagan links progress to MX missile funding and Congressional action, urging a tougher push to modernize the US strategic arsenal amid domestic opposition from Sen. Gary Hart.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Max M. Kampelman
U.S
Kampelman
John G. Tower
Maynard W. Glitman
Reagan
Congress
Reagar
United States
House
Senate
Camp David
Gary Hart
Colorado
Signs of spring come to Tug Hill
In Lorraine, Henry Davis notes a thaw bringing the first sounds of spring to Tug Hill. Don Moore’s “The Huddle” area near Lewis County's Tug Hill Plateau shows melting ice and signs of life as residents recall Moore’s Friendly Store and the cross country ski race event. The scene captures plateau roads carved by meltwater, deer foraging on corn stalks, and maple sap in pails as winter recedes.
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Lorraine
Don Moore
Sandy Creek
Tug Hill
Moore
Lewis County
Merianne Shelmidine
Fourathon
Heras
Rob Cran
Don ‘Moore
Moore’s Friendly Store
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Barry E. Katz
R.O. White
Frank Fowler
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Naee Ie
Bliven
Anaeenaeet
Veevesenoun
Angela Pérez
Grace
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Montgomery Street
Episcopal Diocese of
Cénsra Oor
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New York Times News Service
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Henry Davis
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