European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. November 18,1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 Emylu jew of the heavy engineering firm Asea a Start work in he company s custom built Railroad car before having the Stockholm station for the trip to Vij Yleras. Commuters can train their attention on jobs Stockholm Sweden a millions of commuters Lake a train to the office Bill a swedish company has added 3 new Wist and brought inc office to the train. Asea a a heavy engineering firm based in Valleras last week inaugurated a custom built passenger coach equipped with telephones typewriters and computers for employees milking the Iso mile round trip Between Headquarters and Slot Holm. The coach which is hooked 10 a regular train covers the distance three times a Day. Built at a Cost of about $600,000, it has about 20 work stations. The coach which is also equipped with a conference room and a social room is owned by the company and is the first private passenger Couch to run on the National railway network. The idea for the office on rails was dreamed up last year by a civil Engineer who used to cover inc Dis Tance every Day by car. It came to my mind last fall when pondering Over the madness of three hours in a car Ever spending Day Ann Larsson said. She submitted her proposal on a shuttle to he company Headquarters which almost immediately cleared it. A year Lacr after cooperation with the coach builder Kalmar Verk stad. And the National railways the first coach hit the track wednesday. A one Way trip takes �0 minutes and the employees Are allowed to count half that As working time. About 100 employees at the head office commute Between their Homes in the Stockholm area and vast eras. But half of them have two residences and shuttle Between them Only for weekends Larsson said. But now Many of them want to Start commuting every Day As Well. The 40 scats we have Are soon occupied and we expect to launch another shuttle coach within six months time she coach has been introduced to facilitate the daily commuting of those members of our staff who live in Stockholm but work in Vas Lecras said Asea president and chief executive officer Percy bar Cvik inaugurating the new coach. It will also help us recruit new employees from the Stockholm re Gion. That will be much easier if you can offer fast and efficient communications he said. He said Only Asea personnel would be permitted to use the coach. 99 nuke workers reportedly fired for drug use Aiken . Up in he past months. 99 workers at the Savannah River Plant where nuclear weapons Are produced have been fired after testing positive for drug use according to published reports. Authorities at the nuclear weapons facility said 93 of the employees were construction workers for Dupont which operates the Plant under inc direction of he department of Energy. The other Floyces were either involved in open Security the Charlotte to reported saturday the Stannah River plan Lear lie Georgia soil Carolina a rear manufactures plutonium and other materials for inc nation s on launched its drug screening Amona construction workers in tune 1985. Officials said. Urine tests have been Given to most employees except for the 300 who work for the Energy department. A planned Federal drug testing program aimed at workers in sensitive positions has yet to begin. Drug use at Srp is probably no More common than it is at other Large facilities said Dupont spokesman Jim folder. All people applying for construction work at Srp must undergo a urine test for drugs. Of 6,500 applicants tested through october 525 showed signs of drug use. Legally Blind Ron Lemds plane after Pilot Dies Upland Calif. Up a legally Blind former Pilot safely landed a Sini engine plane at Cable Airport Pilot suffered an apparent he and died authorities said. Charles Law 69, of Anco Cuca Monga who was a a rinsed Pilot before losing his eyesight Bok Over the controls on the two Seate Fand somehow managed his Way to a Safe Landing Day afternoon at the Small Wintrip sgt. John Cannon said saturday. He s legally Blind and can barely see in front of his face but did what seems impossible and landed that thing without crashing Cannon said. And after Landing he intentionally steered the plane off the runway and onto the Law and the Pilot Harry Buck Slit Ler. To of san Juan Capistrano had taken o t from Cable Airport earlier in Day Cannon said. They landed at a municipal Airport then moved Rialto Airport had lunch and began their return flight. The plane was on final approach at Cable when Slitter suddenly fell unconscious the apparent victim of a heart attack. Cannon said Law May have been helped by the fact that be once owned and flew a plane identical to the one in which he made Friday s Landing. Stiller was taken to san Antonio Community Hospital where be was pronounced dead
