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...California-based science writer. Sjeklocha allegedly told the agent he had netted up to $8 million in arms deals over the past two years and presented Witkowski with a "shopping list" of weapons that included Sidewinder, Sparrow, Harpoon, Phoenix and French-made Exocet missiles. In June, Witkowski signed a contract to provide 1,140 TOW surface-to-surface missiles, supposedly by stealing them. At $8,000 a piece, the missiles would cost $9.1 million...
...that the strike was over. By Thursday, two days after the lights had gone out at ball parks across the country, the cracking bats and beery roar of major-league baseball again filled the muggy August air. Boston Bartender Michael Shain approved. "People don't want to read about contract and salary disputes in the sports section," said Shain, who manages the Batter's Box near Fenway Park. "It was the one place in the paper where those things could be avoided...
...accountants fenced, the talks drifted listlessly, and the Aug. 6 strike deadline loomed. The players and owners remained far apart on two major issues. Under the old contract a player could take a salary dispute to arbitration after he had played in the majors for two years. The owners wanted to raise the eligibility requirement to three years and limit any salary increase to 100%. The players refused to budge from the status quo. The other sticking point came over pensions. Traditionally the owners have given one-third of national television and radio revenue to the players' pension fund. With...
...Reds training camp in the spring of 1963, threatening to displace well-liked Second Baseman Don Blasingame. The manager, stoic Fred Hutchinson, issued few clarifications. As Rose remembers, "I had been playing enough to think I might have made the team, but I still had a minor league contract when we came home the day before the season opened. Hutch told me to go get a hotel room that night, and I didn't understand. Then he mentioned that he didn't want a lot of my neighbors bothering me. I was starting...
Reynolds also said that the GESO wants a contract that spells out a “real grievance procedure” and an end to pay cuts...