Steel Valley Stunned by Looming Mill Job Loss
In Struthers Ohio 5000 steelworkers face layoffs by year’s end as Youngstown Sheet & Tube plans cuts. The piece explores the culture of the Steel Valley, lifelong mill work, and the impact on families and identity tied to the mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Struthers
Ohio
St. Anthony’s
Bob Eshenbaugh
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Eshenbaugh
Campbell Works
Mahoning River
Steel Valley
Youngstown
Thomas Shipka
Youngstown State University
al Shipka
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers of America
Dan Eshenbaugh
Bob
Dan
New Stanton
Volkswagen
Utilities to remotely cut power to air conditioners
Utilities nationwide test load management by remotely cutting power to air conditioners and water heaters during peak demand. The program offers bill credits to participants and aims to avoid blackouts, with Detroit Edison and Arkansas Power and Light among early adopters. The initiative, funded by federal agencies, covers several cities and uses radio controlled devices to shed load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Michigan
Arkansas
New York City
Jeff Serfass
US Energy Research and Development Agency
Pete Rice
Arkansas Power and Light
Little Rock
John Hamann
Detroit Edison Co
Research Institute
San Diego
Detroit
Omaha
Neb
Raleigh
N.C
Detroit Edison
Weather outlook with light rain chance this week
Forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies today with a high in the 70s. Tonight’s low in the upper 50s. Monday remains cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain.
Massive 30000 Protesters Confront Kalkar Nuclear Site
About 30,000 demonstrators pressed past police barriers and marched five miles to the gate of Kalkar's fortified fast breeder reactor site in West Germany. Police guarded the plant with barbed wire moats and walls while checkpoints mulled out-of-town arrivals from France Belgium and the Netherlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalkar
West Germany
Europe
Rhine Valley
Duesseldorf
France
Belgium
Holland
Laker Skytrain Starts Transatlantic Flights From London
Freddie Laker launches Skytrain from Gatwick to New York, offering 59 pound one way fares and 238.25 pound round trips. The no frills service aims to slash transatlantic costs amid industry pushback from Pan American TWA and British Airways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
Freddie Laker
Laker Airways
Laker
Gatwick Airport
Skytrain
John F. Kennedy Airport
Concorde
Washington
Knapsack and Guitar Brigade
International Airlines
U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board
British Civil Aviation
Pan American
TWA
British Airways
West End
Manhattan
Airlines
Volunteer factory goes international expanding aid network
Glance inside volunteer factory now international as Independence Factory grows from Fred Carroll's Trenton garage to Clinton Street. It receives about 300 letters weekly from people worldwide seeking self-help devices and guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence Factory
Fred Carroll
Trenton
Clinton Street
Joy Jones
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Oklahoma
Uwe von Schumann
Ohio State
Paul Bunyan
Mia
Isa
Youngstown Sheet
Campbell
W. Germany
Volunteer Factory Now International
Eloise Schneider
Middletown
Journal
Iona Asher
Erma Bombeck
Funny Lady
Rts OS
Omas Collins
usic-Art Ae
Ole
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