Steel wage talks signal higher costs across industries
The article notes rising steel wages and prices amid wartime demand, with 1949 price boosts and industry forecasts of further increases. It cites United States Steel, the United Mine Workers, and the United Steelworkers amid debates on wage raises and possible strikes, stressing steel's pivotal role in 40 percent of U.S. industrial output.
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Korea
Stee
Sercement
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Little Steel
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
America
Maine
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers of America
CSO
United States Steel
United Mine Workers of America
Taving
Olds
U.S. Steel
U. S
Department of Commerce
Geller House Judiciary Subcommittee On
C. A. Ewing
Carter Hill
American Builder
Ewing
Jones and Laugh- In Steel Corp
Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association
Erie County
Frisky Creek mishap trips two hunters into cold water
F. Lowe Edwards nicknamed Gus reportedly slipped while ferrying Lynn Rice on a piggy back and both plunged into frigid waters during a return from hunting. They were not far from home when the accident occurred, according to witnesses and local reports.
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F. Lowe
Gus) Edwards
Lynn Rice
John Flanigan
Plant Guard
Ajax Tron
Truman
City Tightens Budget to Meet 1981 Tax Limit
Twenty years ago report notes Corry’s 1991 assessed valuation at 8.9 million as city council trims the budget to fit a 1.244 mill rate. An acetylene tank explosion in a lighting plant basement killed Dr Vin Legters, a Corry merchant, who died at Corry Hospital within hours. J Fred Johnson, a Spring Creek RR agent, dies after leg amputation operation at Corry Hospital.
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Kelsey
Wright Street
Carlyle
Coons
Corry
U.S. Navy
Naval
Brooklyn
St. Albans Navel Hospital
Long Island
N.Y
North Corry
Harold Powell, Jr
University of Pennsylvania
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
Paul Toplovich
Columbus
Carnation
Jamés Curtis
Corry High School
Jamestown Business College
Carlton Curtis
John Sullivan
Brigham Hardware
East Main
West Smith
Board of Tax Revision and Appeal
Drvin Legters
Clymer
Copry Hospital
J. Fred Johnson
P. RR
Spring Creek
Corry Hospital
Probing Death of Unknown Man Near Nickel Plate Tracks
State Police investigate the unidentified middle aged Black man found along the Nickel Plate Railroad tracks Thursday morning in Erie. A homicide autopsy was performed to determine death cause, with officials noting a possible fall from a moving freight car. FBI fingerprints await identification.
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Erie Erie
John Mehullick
Staly Police
FBI Crime Labor
Washington
Warren Wool
E. L. Armstrong
Humot Hospital
How's Your I Q Questions Challenge
A reader quiz promises scoring 10 questions for Genius level and offers monthly averages, memory notes, and a Classified Page answer key. It includes items on a snow hut term, ocular contusion, cattle boat versus pig boat, grammar correction, Basque references, and parallel trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sn Bekimo
Ln Spail
Pyrenées
Thanksgiving recess scheduled for Corry public schools
The Corry public schools will start the annual Thanksgiving recess next Wednesday afternoon with Thursday and Friday closed. The public library follows a similar schedule, open Monday to Wednesday and closed for the rest of the week, then resumes normal hours next Monday. Benjamin J. Bowen, 67, of Duquesne, died after being struck by a car while alighting on the Lincoln Highway near Irwin, Pa.
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Vern Miller
East Main Street
West Coast
Qory
Pioneer
Leidy Prospecting Co
Electrical Workers’ Union
Warren
Penelec
Corry
Associated Gas and Electric Company
General Public Utilities Corporation
Associated
Howard C. Hopton
GPUC
Jamestown
jPersons
Lakeland
Mark Anderson
Leslie Fobes
Policz
Patty Farington
Clarence Farrington
Second Avenue
Cleveland Clinic
Ye Corry
Greensburg
Lincoln Highway
Irwin
Benjamin J. Bowen
Duquesne
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Lonefellow
Hiawatha
Journal Bikes
C.H. Heth
Park Street
North Center Street
Franklin Street
Hoe Iphital
Heath
UK State Armory
Paulson
Bestroaw
Popp Ss
Corry's Smart Women's Shop
Loblaws
Cape Cod
Red Emperor
Tbs
Orchard Park
Marrell’s Pride Sausage
Gah Tb
Widmann
Meerdink
West Main and
Spring
Acons
Barney
Lookie Mom
Hollywood
Kiddie Revue
REX Theatre
ST. Thomas Brownies
Corry, Pa
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