Complex sentence: Events came to a head on December 16,1974, as station employees conducted a walkout after going a month without pay; general manager Angstadt locked himself in the building, canceled the newscasts for the day, and performed all other operations solo.
Split into simpler sentences: Events came to a head on December 16,1974, as station employees conducted a walkout after going a month without pay. General manager Angstadt locked himself in the building, canceled the newscasts for the day, and performed all other operations solo.