Steel Industry Still Lagging Behind in U.S. Economy
Pittsburgh AP reports the steel industry remains weak as profits plunge in Q3 1975. Major producers including US Steel Bethlehem National and Republic Steel warn of continued low shipments, high inventories, and delayed upturns into 1976. Executives cite a microcosm of overall economic activity.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas C. Graham
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Graham
Steel Cor
Bethlehem
Burns Harbor
Ind
Lewis W. Foy
National Steel Corp
Republic Steel
W.J. DeLancey
Republic
Prison Names Causing Many A Headache
WALLA WALLA AP reports Washington State Penitentiary inmates carry vivid nicknames such as Bone Barrel Fleet Slick Cannibal Short Mort Punchy and September Morn. Official names on commitment papers must be used, creating mail and record mixups when aliases are known to staff. Confusion has led to cases like Metsger Jones and multiple inmates sharing names, prompting ad hoc identifiers and affidavits to authorities in three states.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Washington State Penitentiary
Bone Barrel
Fleet
Slick
Short Mort
Robert Freeman
Joe Blow
Mildred Brown
Jones
Jones-Metsger
Washington
Oregon
California
Joe Palmers
Ford can lose two primaries in 1976 race
AP reporting that Ford strategists say the president can absorb defeats in the first two presidential primaries while still achieving the Republican nomination. They expect possible losses in New Hampshire and Florida but consider those outcomes not fatal. Reagan planned to declare candidacy the week of Nov. 17. Campaign leaders express confidence Ford will win both contests.
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Washington
Ford
Sill
Rone Feagan
New Hampshire
Florida
Reagan
Stuart Spencer
President
Ford Committee
Rizzo Confident Of Re election In Philadelphia Race
Mayor Frank L. Rizzo, 54, seeking re election as Philadelphia voters head to polls Tuesday, faces Republican Thomas Foglietta and Charles Bowser. Rizzo is hospitalized with a broken hip from an October refinery fire, while Bowser stands as the race’s lone Black candidate and a liberal Democrat.
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Philadelphia
Frank LX
Rizzo
Thomas Foglietta
Charles Bowser
Democratic Organization
City Democratic
Peter J. Camiel
Camiel
Foglietta
GOP
Bowser
Philadelphia Urban Coalition
Russians Continue Soybean Experiment Far Eastern Russia tests soybeans for oil and meal as climate and land limits bite
Washington reports that despite Russia relying on sunflowers for oil and meal, USDA notes ongoing soybean experiments to diversify supplies. George W. Kramer of the Economic Research Service cites a U.S. visit, while climate, rainfall, and land scarcity constrain production.
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Washington
Russia
Agriculture Department
George W. Kramer
USDA
Economic Research Service
U.S
Soviet Union
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Pymatuning
Harry McQuiston
Craig McQuiston
Kenny Berkhous
John McQuiston
Journal
McCray
Howard H
Bo’ Callaway
William ‘Bill’ Halfast
A.chimenti
Armand Chimenti
Erie County
Chimenti
Bil” Hill and
Leo Weir
Corry
North Hills
Hill and Weir
Joel Walsdorf
Corry Area
Marvel
New York
W. Smith Street Plaza
Pennsylvania Electric Company
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