Steel mills go high tech as computers reshape labor
The steel industry blends tradition with advanced computing from heat control to faultless stainless and corrosion resistant alloys. Workers like Don Whipkey note fewer hard labors while global firms push new mini mills and galvanizing advances to stay globally competitive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Whipkey
Whipkey
Mittal Steel USA
Cleveland
United States
Europe
Ron
Ross
Mittal Steel
Mittal
U.S
Defilippi
Ohio lawmakers face ethics questions over campaign finance
Ohio Speaker Larry Householder and two top consultants are under scrutiny amid allegations of campaign finance irregularities. The piece ties a broad pattern of ethics scandals to state government, noting multiple resignations and investigations from 2002 to 2005, including Governor Taft and the BWC, with officials calling for reform and stricter disclosure.
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Larry Householder
Catherine Turcer
Ohio Citizen Action
Ohio
John Green
University of Akron
Bob Taft
Taft
Ohio Ethics Commission
Xavier University
Hazel Sidaway
State Teachers Retirement System
Dayton
David Harker
Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund
Brian Hicks
Toledo
Blade
Florida Oceanfront
Tom Noe
Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
Ethics Commission
BWC
Randy Fischer
Ohio School Facilities Commission
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Gino Zamparelli
State Fair
Richard Frenette
Ohio Consumers
Rob Ton
Gren
Joe Deters
Thomas Charles
David Freel
Freel
Inspector General
NASA Readies Discovery Flight After Hurricane Delays
Space agency officials expressed confidence as NASA prepares the shuttle Discovery for a 12 day resupply mission to the International Space Station. The crew arrived from Houston amid threat from Hurricane Dennis with weather forecasts indicating a 70 percent chance of acceptable conditions Wednesday.
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Scott Higginbotham
Florida Panhandle
Houston
Discovery
International Space Station
Columbia
Dennis Downgraded Dennis Passes Inland After Florida Landfall
Dennis weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm as it moved north through the Gulf Coast region. Florida officials reported no storm deaths while Alabama and Florida panhandle communities faced power outages, flooding near the St marks area and damaged coastal infrastructure. Tornado watches were issued as far north as Atlanta with up to eight inches of rain forecast through several states.
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Panhandle
Alabama
Gulf Power Co
Western Panhandle
St. Marks
Tallahassee
U.S
Atlanta
Dennis
Georgia
Mississippi
Tennessee
Ohio Valley
Woman shares hope through author’s Middletown talk
Patricia Herndon hopes to bring author Frazier to United Missionary Baptist Church in Middletown next Sunday to share his testimony of survival after family tragedy. Herndon says Frazier’s story mirrors her own grief after her son’s Kentucky crash death and his faith helped many in their community.
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Herndon
Frazier
Middletown
United Missionary Baptist Church
Job
Patricia Herndon
Herndons
Interstate 75
Kentucky
Kirk Franklin
R. Kelly
Stevie Wonder
la Shan Pace
Ann Nesby
Tyler Perry
Charles
Patricia
Square D
Crystal Tissue
Faith Fellowship Church
Tia Herndon
Josephine Gates
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Middletown Journal
Ashburn
Warrendale
Association For Iron and Steel Technology
Richard Fruehan
Center For Iron and Steelmaking Research
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University
Fruehan
Charlotte, N.c.-Based
Nucor Corp
Nucor
Peter Morici
University of Maryland
Bob Jones
Crawfordsville
Ind
U.S. Steel
Wilbur Ross
Tony Dejak
Associated Press
Don Wuirkey
Tom Bennett
Matthew Borges
Eric Sagan
Deters
Andrew Futey
Jack Lundberg
Ohio Board of Motor Vehicle Collision Repair Registration
Luther Heck
Man
Ohio Racing Commission
Rob Tongren
Ohio State Fair
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
Lucas County
Noe
Space
NASA Readies
Stormweaker
Charles “Bumper” Herndon II
16Th Ave
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