OFF THE TICKER : McDonnell Douglas Becomes Paper Tiger
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McDonnell Douglas has declared newspapers to be contraband, forbidding possession of newsprint inside its C-17 cargo jet plant in Long Beach, effective Monday.
“Security has been instructed to confiscate newspapers at the gate,” according to a memo Thursday from a Douglas business manager. “This effort is required to eliminate the clutter of newspaper trash that has affected housekeeping.”
McDonnell’s new policy may be a first in aerospace. “We usually check employees when they leave the plant, not when they come in,” said a spokesman for another defense contractor.
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