Word: laughlin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...boycott over Coors' union policy continues. According to John Laughlin of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, the boycott will end, "When either Coors allows a free undeterred [union] election or when they settle a collective bargaining agreement with Brewery Workers Local...
...They had stronger and bigger hitters," Columbia Coach Cindy Laughlin said. "Harvard is definitely a powerhouse team...
Alarmed by reports of widespread drug and alcohol use at its Laughlin, Nev., generating station, the Southern California Edison Co. organized its own raid. Corporate managers and security officers cut the personal padlocks off 400 employee lockers to rummage through the contents. They searched cars in the parking lot and even frisked a few workers. Seven employees were fired for possessing drugs or alcohol at work in violation of company rules...
Sixty percent of the monikers stem from mergers, acquisitions or divestitures. Republic Steel and Jones & Laughlin Steel merged into LTV Steel. Other conversions occur because executives are looking for a new style. Zenith Radio sought to be up-to-date by becoming Zenith Electronics. International Harvester, a truck manufacturer that was near bankruptcy two years ago, plans to change its name this year. It may become Navistar, evoking an image of starry skies instead of cornfields. A heavy truck by any other name, however, is unlikely to be sweeter...
Some dioceses have already taken action. After a 1983 scandal involving Father Thomas Laughlin, the Portland archdiocese reminded its personnel of state laws requiring that signs of suspected child abuse be reported. The archdiocese also set up a special panel to evaluate complaints. According to guidelines issued last month for all New Jersey dioceses, reports of abuse are to be referred immediately to state authorities and diocesan officials, an accused priest is to be removed from contact with children until the case is cleared up, and families and children are to be offered church counseling...