When the National Hockey League officials decided to strike earlier this week, the league was ready. "We've had a contingency plan since the start of this season in case this happened," said a representative of the league office. "In order to assure that the games go off without a hitch, we had a list of replacement officials already selected. When the strike was called, we overnight-mailed them their game assignments and tickets to their game sites on American Airlines." (Original. For the benefit of international readers, American Airlines flight attendants went on strike during the week also.)
(From the "Rest" of RHF)