Cutbacks in Submarine-Building Hurt Virginia Specialists.(Originated from Daily Press, Newport News, Va.) From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: July 2, 1995| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1995 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--Jul. 2--Newport News Shipbuilding can keep on going without submarine work. Timothy Slade can't. Slade has been working for nearly 11 years in a yard renowned for the aircraft carriers it builds, but none of the sheetmetal he has shaped has ever gone on one. Like thousands of others, Slade builds submarines -- only submarines -- and if the Navy has its way and Newport News is forced out of the sub-building business, he'd have only one option: "Pack up and leave."

As it battles on Capitol Hill to remain in the submarine business, Newport News's critics have ...

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