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Older TI workers feel 'targeted'
DALLAS (AP) — A semiconductor giant
that faces criticism from some employees
about a literacy testing program is now un
der fire from older workers who say the com
pany's new layoff policy targets them.
Texas Instruments Inc/s older employees
say the revised policy focuses on them be
cause it places less emphasis on seniority.
Under the new policy, worker reductions
will be based on an individual's years of ser
vice, current performance, flexibility and
whether his or her job is crucial to the success
of that employee's division.
The new policy, which applies to both
salaried and hourly workers, went into effect
last Sunday at the Dallas-based semiconduc
tor manufacturer, which earlier this year an
nounced plans to trim its work force by thou
sands.
One unidentified worker told the Dallas
Times Herald that the company is trying to
force out those who make the highest salaries
and benefits — older employees.
"This policy is not right and without a
doubt earmarks the more senior older em
ployees for termination," the worker said.
But that's not true, according to Leslie
Price, a TI spokeswoman.
No specific age groups are being targeted
by the program, Ms. Price said. She said the
program was not designed to force workers
into early retirement programs.
"I would think people would be more
confident knowing that performance is a cri
teria," Ms. Price said. "You want to look at
people who are your best performers. By
having a set criteria, you're ensuring that you
keep the most qualified people."
TI announced a $15 million retraining
program for about 5,000 workers earlier this
month in wafer fabrication plants in Dallas,
Houston and Sherman.
Some workers have complained the re
training project is discriminatory because it
includes reading and math competency tests.
Those employees who fail the tests four times
could be terminated.
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Nurse delivers baby,
persuades gunman
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A
nurse who helped deliver a baby
during a hostage standoff in a hos
pital's maternity wing said Sun
day the first-time mother "did
.great" even with the agitated gun
man nearby, carrying enough dy
namite to wipe out half a block.
Margie Wyler, 37, a nurse with
17 years experience and 12 chil
dren of her own, talked the ner
vous mother through the delivery
atop a desk in a hospital office
while the other hostages provided
assurance and encouragement.
The newborn then became the
ninth hostage held Saturday by
Richard L. Worthington, who ear
lier killed one nurse and threat
ened to detonate an 18-pound dy
namite bomb that authorities de
scribed as "fairly sophisticated."
Worthington also carried a .357-
caliber handgun and a shotgun.
Wyler was credited by many
as the calming force that persuad
ed Worthington to surrender and
release his hostages after an 18-
hour standoff at the Women's
Health Center at Alta View Hospi
tal in Sandy, 15 miles south of Salt
Lake City.
She said the man was despon
dent at the end of the ordeal after
talking to one of his young chil
dren.
"He got off the phone and
said, 'Margie, do you want to walk
out of here?'," Wyler said by tele
phone interview from her home in
Salt Lake City. "And I says, 'Yeah,
I do/"
Minutes later, after calling po
lice, he gave Wyler the gun.
Earlier, Wyler and nurse Susan
Woolley helped the young woman
give birth in what Worthington
said was a booby-trapped office.
Outside, Worthington pace:
the hall, occasionally peekingin.
side the office. He'd told the
hostages that if they openedtiif
door, they would be blown up.
The hostages included tli(
pregnant woman and her hus
band, two family friends, the two
nurses and two other infants.
Police and officials at Inter
mountain Health Care, whicl,
owns Alta View, didn't released
name of the mother. She andhei
healthy daughter were being treat
ed Sunday at another IHC hospi
tal.
Worthington was booked inlo
the Salt Lake County Jail pending
charges of aggravated murder
possession of an infernal machint
— the explosives — and eight
counts of aggravated kidnapping
Worthington had stormed the
health center apparently looking
to kill a doctor who he said hah
operated on his wife two years
ago without his permission.
Before taking the hostages
Worthington led 37-year-old nurse
Karla Roth and Woolley outside.
"There was a struggle ore
fight or ... one tried to getawai
and he ended up shooting'' Roth
said police Sgt. Don Bell, oneofa
team of hostage negotiators.
Wyler said Woolley witnessec
the shooting. She said Roth appai
ently tried to wrest the gun from
Worthington.
Worthington herded theresto:
the hostages into the third-flooi
offices of Dr. Glade Curtis.
Canada
perior to Alberta."
The Conservative government
also will propose a constitutional
change that would provide for the
Senate to be elected rather than
appointed by the prime minister
and his government. This is meant
to address concerns by Canada's
western provinces, which believe
elected officials would give them
stronger representation in Ottawa.
Mulroney also will propose
self-government for Indians and
the Inuit, more powers for the
provinces and central control over
the economy .
A 3f)-member parliamentary
committee is to travel the country
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the plan and submit a report on
Feb. 28.
"We think it is a sensible docu
ment and a sensible approach, but
we are inviting constructive criti
cism," Mulroney told the House of
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Commons on Thursday.
Both of the main opposition
parties, the Liberals and the New
Democrats, have agreed to cooper
ate with the process butsaytha:
does not mean they will ultimatelt
supiport the government's plan.
The Meech Lake accords fo
zled in June 1990 after failing It
gain the approval of all 10 ol
Canada's provinces. Quebec Pre
mier Robert Bourassa said lif
would no longer participate in irv
terprovincial meetings, and hii
government passed a law cailinj-
for a referendum on sovereignty
no later than October 1992.
Nationalist fervor seems tobi
cooling somewhat, but recent polls
indicate about half of Quebec;
people favor independence froiii
Canada. Others would like sow
sort of "sovereignty-association
with Ottawa.
Regents
nancial Aid, said the program's
low interest rates had made it the
lender of choice for A&M stu
dents.
"Texas A&M has one of the
lowest default rates in the coun
try," Engelage said. "We loaned
over $8 million to about 3,300 stu
dents last year."
Regent Bill Clayton said
murky wording kept the issue
from passing the last time it came
up in a local election.
Continued from Page!
The Board also confirmed Iht
appointment of Dr. K.L. Peddi-
cord as interim dean of engineer
ing at A&M and director of the
Texas Engineering Experimen:
Station.
Dr. Edward Hiler's appoint
ment as executive deputy chance!
lor of the A&M University Systeir
was also confirmed, as was Penny
Beaumont's appointment as vice
chancellor for communications for
the Universitv system.
Investigation Continued from Page!
Gen. Thomas Darling, comman
dant of the Corps, was out of town
at the time.
Mobley said in the statement,
"I am disturbed deeply by the ini
tial reports that a female member
of the Corps of Cadets was intimi
dated and assaulted by a small
group of other members of the
Corps.
"The young lady involved and
women in general have a right to
participate in the Corps and all
other aspects of University lift
without fear of intimidation,ha
rassment or personal safety. The
overwhelming majority of tht
members of the Corps of Cadet
and our University community
condemn any infringement on
these basic rights."
Mobley promised that tht
Corps leadership and the Univer
sity would take "appropriateana
strong" disciplinary action onct
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