Bethlehem plans cut nearly ten thousand jobs in factory shift
Bethlehem Steel Corp. unveiled a plan to eliminate about 10,000 positions with 7,300 jobs cut at Lackawanna, N Y, and 2,000 at Johnstown Pennsylvania. The company will close Lackawanna by end of 1983 and consolidate rod and wire operations in Johnstown while recalling 500 to 900 workers next year. Some 2,300 to 2,700 workers may be permanently laid off or retired. Johnstown will gain a primary mill and two electric furnaces by 1983 end, boosting finishing mill staff by 500–900 from 2,100. Mayor Pfuhl welcomed the plan, predicting a ripple effect for Johnstown and a potential drop in its 20 percent jobless rate.
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Johnstown
Lackawanna
Bethlehem
Sparrows Point
Herb Pfuhl
Pfuhl
Pennsylvania
Steel output slumps to 20-year low in holiday week
Pittsburgh based American Iron and Steel Institute reports Christmas week steel production fell to 880 000 net tons or about half the 1.6 million net tons a year earlier as mills operated at 28.9 percent capacity. The national run rate marks a 1930s era low with 71.7 million tons produced year to date at 47.3 percent capacity versus 117.9 million and 77.7 percent in 1981.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
American Iron & Steel Institute
AISI
Steel Industry Lobbying Group
16 Die 305 Hurt On State Roads During Holiday Weekend
United Press International reports 16 fatalities and 305 injuries across Pennsylvania during a 78 hour Christmas period from Thursday evening to Sunday. The worst crash in Allentown killed five family members, and four men died in two Allegheny County crashes. Victims include Ana Ortiz, 18, Maria Ivette Locis, 9 months, and Gloria Ortiz, 24, among others. others ranged from York to McKeesport.
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United Press International
Pennsylvania
James Cox
Allentown
Lehigh County
Santos Gono
Ana Ortiz
Maria Ivette Locis
Gloria Ortiz
Brenda Santiago
Vivian Saez
Allegheny County
Traffic deaths climb as vehicles plummet nationwide
United Press International reports at least 346 people died in traffic accidents from 6 p.m. Thursday to an unspecified time, with 11 victims not wearing seat belts. The brief notes ongoing highway dangers and belt use concerns across states.
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Bethlehem Steel
Lackawanna, N.Y
Robert Weltner
Allison Park
Christ Simakas
McCandless Township
Pine Township
John Cawley
Baldwin
James Owoc
McKeesport
Cawley
Owoc
Steven Reisinger
York
York County
Unity
Joanna Zayas
Philadelphia
Gayle Bonaparte
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