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Luther Dale Magee, who rose from a Southwestern Bell repair technician to become vice president of then-CWA District 12, died May 15 of cancer at a hospice near his home in Arlington, Texas. He was 73.

Florine Koole, one of CWA’s early female staff representatives who rose to be assistant to the executive vice president, died at her Edina, Minn., home of cancer on May 8. She was 79.

CWA and, indeed, the entire labor movement lost a great friend on May 1 with the passing of Roman Catholic Monsignor George G. Higgins. He was 86.

CWA is urging Senate support for a measure introduced by Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) that will remove the disparity in the rules and regulations governing companies that provide broadband services to consumers.

Eighty-three years ago, when West Virginia formed a state police force, recruits worked hard to earn the military-style campaign hat that has become the troopers’ symbol of pride and tradition.