Blaze Hits WYEA Studios

Blaze Hits WYEA Studios solved the Pentagon said that "the data received coupled with other cost information available to the DOD permits the department to establish fair and reasonable prices” or the most part spokesmen said overseas fuel re- Co at Lamb’s request from 1 1 pm to 4 am Sunday morning "We had to notify the airport and ort Benning that the tower which is right around 1300 feet high was not lit up We didn't want any low-flying aircraft going into it” Lamb said adding that firefighters Sunday “to be safe" While the fire did most of its damage on the first floor news director Pete Trego said the newsroom suffered extensive damage from water used to Dispute irms executed outside the United States The cost accounting standards law does not apply to these contracts The Pentagon said that “there have been temporary supply dislocations caused by the delay in negotiating satisfactory contracts for the January to June supply period” Continued rom Page A-l downstairs" Taylor said “We first thought somebody was up there using the phone and went to see who was there “I went down the corridor and hit smoke Later we learned that the fire had made the telephone lines appear to be working — the fire had gotten - fight the blaze “All our un-i processed news film is gone” Trego said "and several cameras are ruined” 1 A splicing machine and film ‘processor were also destroyed-but Trego said the news will be aired as usual “Channel 9 has been very helpful and will let us use some of their technical equipment for film processing" he said Several WYEA employes were also on hand Sunday for a cleanup of debris ’ quirements will be met by con- tracts with foreign countries through the contacts and broken the circuits” Taylor crawled to the first landing of stairs but was turned back when flames came just shooting down the stairs "The firemen said a brick wall separated us from the fire and saved us — the fire would have caved in on us if it stayed at the scene until 6 am weren t tor mat tayior said adding neither he nor George suffered injuries When Taylor saw the phones were out of commission he ran to a nearby gas station and called the fire department which sent four units and ire Chief George Lamb to the blaze "We actually got the fire under control so it wouldn’t spread by 12 o’clock" said Lamb “It was a most difficult fire to fight It was a verv hot fire — when you put water on it it turned to steam There was not only smoke but gases num iiic piodiivo anu inns t Our men had to wear gas masks” Lamb said “several firefighters” received minor injuries and one David Taibort received six stiches at the Medical Center emergency room for a cut hand Electricity was turned off at the station by Georgia Power — Uniroyal Laying — Continued rom Page A-l some workers by the end of March Employes involved in the Opelika layoff will receive state unemployment compensation plus benefits amounting to 80 per cent of their earnings ' There are 1291 wage employes at the plant and 117 are currently on layoff About 400 have been laid off at the plant During Christmas week 130 workers were "furloughed" for five days at the plant The temporary layoff affectedwdrkers in the bias-belted passenger tire department Other layoffs are scheduled for plants in Massachussetts ' Wisconsin Indianapolis and Oklahoma the spokesman said At the Ardmore plant in Oklahoma 1300 hourly workers will go on a four-hour week in the near future he added At the Uniroyal plant in Hogansville Ga employes have been laid off and production schedules have been cut back according to sources there but it is not known how many workers have been affected

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Blaze Hits WYEA Studios

Blaze Hits WYEA Studios

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