Strikes Hit GM Ford Chrysler AMC Amid Auto Layoffs
Strikes at all four major U.S. automakers cripple production and trigger thousands of layoffs. GM faces a Delco-Remy parts shortage in Anderson Indiana risking shutdown of 17 plants. 14,000 UAW Local 662 workers at 14 plants entered a third day. Ford and Chrysler plan nine plant shutdowns with about 25,000 laid off due to a Franklin Indiana parts-supplier strike. AMC cuts 3,600 layoffs amid national UAW actions.
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Detroit
U.S
General Motors
American Motors Corp
Ford
Chrysler
Indiana
United Auto Workers Union
Delco-Remy
Anderson
Ind
Franklin
Wayne
Mich
Oakville
Ont
Louisville
Mahwah
N.J
Dearborn
Norfolk
San Jose
Calif
Detroit Lynch Road
Windsor
American Motors
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Wis
Brampton
UAW
AMC
Toledo, Ohio
Jeep
Engineering Profession Looks Good
Everett A. Teal of Lehigh University says the engineering job outlook is strong with a projected shortage by 1976 as college graduations drop. He notes median starting salaries near 12 thousand for engineers in 1974, while business and liberal arts grads earn less. A separate note reports two robbers fled on 10-speed bikes after a Portland supermarket hold up, vanishing down an unfollowable route.
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Bethlehem
Everett A. Teal
Lehigh University
Teal
U.S
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Lehigh Engineering
Portland
Ore
Inflation Suppers Rename at Harrisburg Salvation Army
Harrisburg Salvation Army renames its Nickel Dinners to Inflation Suppers, noting price shifts to a dime era as the event continues quarterly, sponsored by HISTORIC MANSION HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP. Haverford commissioners vote to preserve a 224-year-old mansion known as the Grange, paying 150000 dollars for the 9.9 acre property once hosting Washington and Franklin dining during the Revolutionary War.
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Harrisburg
Harrisburg Salvation Army
Haverford Township
George Washington
Grange
Benjamin Franklin
Ellwood City Wins Railcar Plant Job Hope
Transit Systems Inc of Hazleton will open a railcar plant in Ellwood City in a former U S Steel mill. A 10 year lease is near signing with U S Steel Realty Development Corp. Initial operations target 750 employees by year end and over 1,000 by next year.
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Ellwood City
Lawrence County
Transit Systems, Inc
Hazleton
U.S
Max
Tipton
Transit Systems
Aimid
U.S. Steel
Clyle
R.J. Schill
Ellwood City Industrial Council
Steel
Realty Development Corp
Schill
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