News for January 19, 2002
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Crash report months away
Temple Chamber honors members
New boss for Temple Nextel employees
States sue Enron, eye Andersen
No major delays reported as new baggage rules take effect
Requirementscause no problemsat Killeen airport
Crash report months away
Temple Chamber honors members
New boss for Temple Nextel employees
States sue Enron, eye Andersen
No major delays reported as new baggage rules take effect
Eighteen months away from a complete report on the plane crash that killed three people in Temple on Thursday, one thing is already clear to Doug Wigington: the people who survived the crash were lucky.Wigington, an air safety investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board in Arlington, said at a Friday press conference that witnesses said they saw the plane coming in almost perpendicular to Hickory Road, that it hit a tree, a wire and two more trees before crashing into a house.
The Temple Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 2001 Awards Banquet Friday at the Frank W. Mayborn Civic and Convention Center, with a crowd estimated at more than 450 on hand.Steve Wright, 2001 Small Business Person of the Year, and Richard Phillips, 2001 Red Carpet Ambassador of the Year, received the top awards.The annual event serves to honor the accomplishments of the past year and to focus on the goals and programs for the year to come.Ken Higdon, chamber president, welcomed the crowd and acknowledged the fact that Temple
Nextel Communications and IBM have announced an agreement where management of the Nextel customer service call centers will be contracted to TeleTech of Denver, according to a news release from Nextel corporate communications on Friday.The agreement will only affect the customer service call centers and not other Nextel operations, said Margaret Brown, Nextel director of corporate communications.IBM Global Services will partner with TeleTech to manage Nextel
With the Enron collapse wiping out at least $1 billion from the retirement funds of teachers, firefighters and other public employees, states are joining a class-action suit to win back some money from the once-giant energy trading company. Several other states are examining their ties to accounting firm Arthur Andersen, or weighing legal action against it. Florida has already filed subpoenas for a potential civil suit.
New federal rules for checking baggage took effect at the nation
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Eighteen months away from a complete report on the plane crash that killed three people in Temple on Thursday, one thing is already clear to Doug Wigington: the people who survived the crash were lucky.Wigington, an air safety investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board in Arlington, said at a Friday press conference that witnesses said they saw the plane coming in almost perpendicular to Hickory Road, that it hit a tree, a wire and two more trees before crashing into a house.
The Temple Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 2001 Awards Banquet Friday at the Frank W. Mayborn Civic and Convention Center, with a crowd estimated at more than 450 on hand.Steve Wright, 2001 Small Business Person of the Year, and Richard Phillips, 2001 Red Carpet Ambassador of the Year, received the top awards.The annual event serves to honor the accomplishments of the past year and to focus on the goals and programs for the year to come.Ken Higdon, chamber president, welcomed the crowd and acknowledged the fact that Temple
Nextel Communications and IBM have announced an agreement where management of the Nextel customer service call centers will be contracted to TeleTech of Denver, according to a news release from Nextel corporate communications on Friday.The agreement will only affect the customer service call centers and not other Nextel operations, said Margaret Brown, Nextel director of corporate communications.IBM Global Services will partner with TeleTech to manage Nextel
With the Enron collapse wiping out at least $1 billion from the retirement funds of teachers, firefighters and other public employees, states are joining a class-action suit to win back some money from the once-giant energy trading company. Several other states are examining their ties to accounting firm Arthur Andersen, or weighing legal action against it. Florida has already filed subpoenas for a potential civil suit.
New federal rules for checking baggage took effect at the nation