GM Plans Closing of Elsmere Plant 3,500 Jobs to Be Lost When Car Company Halts Production in 1996 at Local Facility
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
In Sports In Section 2 An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper November's From Sex to X: Review Athlete The year in of the Month entertainment page 85 page 81 FREE TU~SDAY GM plans closing of Elsmere plant 3,500 jobs to be lost when car company halts production in 1996 at local facility By Ken Nager state's economy or even the skilled City News Editor craftsmen." General Motors Corp. announced Gov. Michael N. Castle along with Thursday it will be closing its Governor-elect Thomas R. Carper met Boxwood Road plant in Elsmere by with General Motor executives last 1996, leaving 3,400 workers ·without Tuesday, just three days before GM jobs. announced it will close the Delaware "GM was overcapacitated," said plant. David Bull, public relations officer for GM Senior Vice President Thomas the GM plant. "The plant made too 1. Davis said the auto company is many cars and they had to cut costs, so being forced to make tough economic the plant will be shut down." decisions in order to make the The closing is part of GM 's total company' s North American cutback of 23 plants nationwide, automobile plant operations profitable including four assembly plants, that in the very near future. will discontinue production over the GM's fundamental challenge is to next few years. reduce the company's overproduction Bull said about 81 percent of the of automobiles by significantly plant's employees are Delaware reducing manufacturing output, Davis residents. said. John E. Stapleford, director of the He said although the Boxwood· THE REVIEW I Maximillian Gretsch Bureau of Economic Research, said Road facility has excellent. (Above) The Blue Hens huddle together before the second half. The team advances to the NCM semi-finals where they will play the plant is the sixth largest employer management-labor relations, GM's: Marshall College (Below) Quaterback Bill Vergantino celebrates after Delaware's romp over top ranked Northeast louisiana Saturday in Delaware and its closing may have corporate decisions are being made; a slight impact on the state's economy. according to factors beyond the; "The short term effect of the control of local GM managers •. closing is not that significant," workers or government officials. Stapleford said. "But, the long-term The Corsica and the Beretta· Two more to go effect will cause a moderation in the automobiles were the Elsmere plant's: economy. product. Even though, the Boxwood: Football team eyes national championship "It's not a complete disaster," he Road plant ranked first among GM: said. ·~But, most of the problems will plants in productivity per worker, in: after 41-18 win over Northeast louisana fall on the older and less educated the end, GM's decision came down to: production employees, not on the hard numbers. By Jeff Pearlman Northeast turned over the ball Sports Ediror five times, twice on Quigg . MONROE, La. - The interceptions, and a once Delaware football team boisterous home crowd of Red Dog sentenced advanced to the Division 1-AA 10,172 filed out of the stadium semifinals for the first time since by early in the fourth quarter. 1982 with a 41 - 18 rout of With the win, the Hens travel Northeast Louisiana University to West Virginia to battle to die on March 3 Saturday. Marshall University Saturday. Senior strong safety Brian "The thing that put us over By Ken Nager Quigg's 37-yard interception the hump was our defense Ciry News Ediror return for a touchdown early in played the best it played all On M a rch 3, the state of the se.cond quarter gave the Hens year," said Delaware Coach Delaware will kill its second a 21-7 lead, and the error-prone Tubby Raymond. "And we never convicted murderer within a Indians would never recover. panicked." year. James Allen Red Dog was sentenced Thursday by a Superior Court Judge to be executed by lethal injection. Red Dog, 37, who requested to die for the murder of a Group forms for hate crime victims Brandywine Hundred man will be the second person to be executed at the Delaware Crisis Intervention Team to support students after acts of intolerance Correctional Center since 1946. He was first sentenced to die on July 17, 1992, but because of By Janene Nolan and receive counseling and advice "When a perspn is victimized, they in becoming a volunteer for the new a mandatory state appeal on Staff Reporter from the volunteers. are not thinking logically, they are in program. April 20. the court postponed the The university will implement a "We want to give the person who pain," she said. "My hope was to "I thi nk there is a need on campus execution imposed by the new program in Janua ry to help feels victimized someone to talk to, to provide support and encouragement for thi s." Cason said. "There has been Superior Court. Red Dog was convicted of students who are victims of hate and let them know we are concerned and to those individuals." an increase in acts that indicate real James Allen Ret;~ Dog discrimination, administrators sai.d. we care," Gibson said. The Campus Diversity Unit, the racial animosity and homophobic murder in the first degree and Judith Gibson, assistant vice Wanda Anderson, area coordinator Commission on the Status of Women acts. after reviewing the imposition of an incarcerated inmate president of Affirmative Action and of Housing and Residence Life, said and the Commiss ion to Promote "I feel that I have been closely the death sentence, Judge .practica lly his whole life and Multicultural Programs, said the she came up with the idea for CIT Racial and Cultural Diversity are al so related to people who have Norman A. Barron resentenced now he wants to be executed." Crisis Intervention Team (CIT), will two years ago. "It came out of some supporting the program .. experienced this sort of intimidation," Red Dog to die. The execution date will come consist of about I 00 students, faculty rash oppressive incidences that were Gi bson said CIT is now accepti_f)g she said. " I would bring some life The only way the execution 90 days after Thursday's and staff trained to assist victims of occurring," she said. applications for volunteers. experience and willingness to learn will be put off is if Red Dog sentencing. Delaware state law hate crimes and acts of intolerance. Anderson chaired the committee Volunteers will learn how to [during the training sessions]." himself appeals. but his lawyer requires the judge to schedule "We know there are times when that pooled together the ideas for the intervene and support victims in the Enrollment forms for volunteers said Monday s uch an appeal is th e execution between 90 and some members of th e university crisis team and submitted the proposal two-and-a-half hour training sessions are available from the Office of unlikely. 120 days from th e sentencing community have to deal with to the administration. being held Jan. 25-29. Affirmative Action and Multicultural "A ny appeal now will be date. unless the defendant waives incidences of bigotry and hatred," President David P. Roselle said, "I Anderson said. "The team Programs. the Cen ter for Black voluntary," Attorney Edwa rd C. that requirement and asks to be Gibson said. "We want to reassure the think that whenever a crisis happens members wi ll be offered the Cu lture and Housing and Residence Pankowski Jr. said. " He has been see RED DOG page A6 individual that it is not their fault." in life. it is important for there to be opportunity to provide service to th.: Life. The dead! inc for enrollment is She said the volunteers will have a support for any period of severe university, learn new skills and have Dec. I I. 24-hour "on-duty" period and wear a need." the opportunity to make the university Anderson said, "I would like to beeper provided by the university. If a Anderson said the model for CIT is a better place." know that those students in pain could crisis situation arises, the victims can based on the Survivors of Sexual Maidel Cason, assistant director of reach out to the community and the call a number at any tirre of the day Assault (SOS) pr_:ogram. Morris Library, said she is interested community would reach back." Professor explains 28,000 U.S. troops sent hoiTioerotic art By jennifer Stevenson Cocksuck i ng No. I," "Queer to keep peace in Somalia Assistant Phorography Ediror Sex: Titplay No. I" and Hilton Brown, "Queer Sex: The Masturbators U.N. approves force for delivery of aid controversial artist and art No.1," which have received history professor, spoke criticism since their By Michael Regan multinational forces to be sent to Thursday night about the exhibition in the faculty art Auisranr News Somalia. struggle of being an openly exhibit at Old College Hall. With an arrival of 1,800 U.S. Somalia, a country about the gay man trying to gain respect "I paint about parts of my Marines in Somalia anticipated for size of California on the eastern tip as a serious artist. life and what I believe in," he early this week, 1,200 tons of of Africa, has been in a state of Brown told a group of said. "These are true sexual United Nations food have reached anarchy. since January 1991 when about 50 students that both images." feeding centers in famine and war rebels overthrew the country's heterosexual and homosexual The slides of his own art tom east African nation.