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BOEING TO LAY OFF 400 CALIF. WORKERS
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PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA, Boeing Co. plans to lay off, begin in January or February, about 400 workers, or 44 percent of its Palmdale work force, beginning next month as $9 million in modification work ends on the space shuttle Columbia. Columbia is the oldest orbiter in NASA's four-shuttle fleet. It arrived at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale for modifications in September 1999.
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency