[News Script: Central Strike] Page: 1 of 4

                                
CENTRAL STRIKE 1-1-1
LONG TERMINAL
At Meacham Field in Fort Worth, picket lines go up
as the strike of Central Airlines mechanics moves into

its second day.

About eighty maintenance and     M

storeroom personnel walked off their jobs at midnight
Sunday in a dispute over the suspension of six
sheet metal shop employees who refused overtime

assignments.
LONG HANGER
Meacham Field is the headquarters for Central's
maintenance. Today, the airlines shops are quiet.
Company officials say they are hiring replacements.
Meanwhile, supervisory personnel are making routine
checks of all planes arriving and leaving the airport.
Major repairs are being farmed out to government
approved shops.
CLOSE BAGGAGE
Air crews, dispatchers and office personnel have

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