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Could a health disaster be hitting Oak Ridge? Reid was determined to find out. Last August he called Martin Marietta Corp., which took over management of the government's nuclear complex from Union Carbide in 1984. The doctor wanted to report his concerns and ask what chemicals he should test for in his patients. If Reid thought that Martin Marietta and his employers at Methodist Medical Center would appreciate his initiative, he was wrong. Three weeks later, the hospital began a disciplinary process aimed at forcing him off the staff. The doctor suspects that the hospital and Martin Marietta were...
Last week the Labor Department upheld Varnadore's claim that the plant managers at Oak Ridge, which is operated for the government by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, had acted in retaliation against Varnadore for his complaints. The company plans to appeal the decision. So does Varnadore, who is also looking for $1.5 million in damages...
...that serious crime seems to be leaping out of control, some guardians of the law have taken to enforcing these juridical minutiae with singular determination. Consider Cobb County, Ga., where serious crimes like robbery have increased since 1990. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Rebecca Anding of Marietta was arrested, handcuffed and forced to spend six hours in jail on Easter Sunday. Anding, who had no previous criminal record, was apprehended picking tulips from an office park to place on her grandmother's grave. Another Marietta resident, Linda Judson, spent four hours in jail in May after...
...than 1 million, which is as if the entire population of Tulsa had pulled up stakes and moved there. In the same period, the region led the nation in creating new factory jobs -- nearly 2,500 a year -- while employment in the service sector increased 137.9%. Tupperware and Martin Marietta have been in Orlando for 40 years, but they have recently been joined by other bedrock institutions like Westinghouse, the American Automobile Association...
...Vice President Dan Quayle, in his role as chairman of the National Space Council, instructed NASA administrator Richard Truly "to put together an outside task force that will consider the future long-term direction of the space program." And last week Quayle announced that Norman Augustine, chairman of Martin Marietta Corp., has been selected to head the new group. To some, creation of the task force signaled a diminished role for NASA in space...