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...still near the peak of the summer travel season, but an eerie silence reigned last week in Concourse D at Denver's Stapleton International Airport. Nearby, the entire 42-aircraft passenger fleet of Frontier Airlines sat grounded. In the terminal building, there were occasional scenes of chaos as anxious Frontier passengers, left stranded by a sudden shutdown, scrambled to find other airlines that would accept their tickets. As the paralysis wore on, groups of Frontier's 4,700 employees huddled in airport corridors and union halls to glean the slightest rumor of their fate...
...fleet at substantially lower wage levels, at least for a time, the People Express deal would be off. Despite much negotiation, the United pilots, who made substantial wage concessions only last year, continued to balk. United, which had already claimed some of Frontier's valuable gates and hangars at Stapleton in exchange for its down payment, decided to get tough. It announced that it would not buy the balance of Frontier because the grounded airline had been damaged beyond repair. Said United on Wednesday: "The airline we attempted to purchase does not exist anymore...
Minnesota starter and loser Frank Viola (now 4-4) failed to retire a batter in the Red Sox first inning. After Marty Barrett led off the game with a single, Boggs singled and Dave Stapleton walked to load the bases for Jim Rice...
Boston's most inventive run came in the third when Boggs, on second after an RBI double, scored when strike-three on Dave Stapleton got past Twins' catcher Mark Salas. The catcher proceded to throw wildly to first base where Stapleton and Kent Hrbek collided, allowing Boggs to scoot home...
First Period--1. H. Allen Bourbeau 4 (Josh Caplan, Tim Barakett) 2:38; 2. H. Steve Armstrong 2 (Rop Ohno, Mark Benning) 3:10; 3. BC. Chris Stapleton 5 (Kevin Stevens, Neil Shea) 11:28. Penalties--Kevin Houle, BC. (interference) 3:51: Tim Smith. H.(interference) 4:33: Smith. H. (hitting from behind): Mike Barron. BC. (hooking) 15:39; John McLean, BC. (interference...