Fanny Farmer plans Norwalk plant closure this week
Fanny Farmer Candy Shops, Inc will notify Teamster Local 20 of possible plant closure at Norwalk site on U.S. 20 east of the city where roughly 400 workers are employed. Negotiations over a $1.40 an hour raise failed as a May 31 strike continues with the union and company exploring options including moving operations and potential reduced capacity.
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Kathy Szeibach
Reflector
Fanny Farmer Candy Shops, Inc
Teamster Local 20
Norwalk
Robert Davin
Fanny Farmer
the Reflector
Ohio
U.S. 20
Davin
Teamster
Chuck Roginski
Duvin
Peter Kurzena
Davis
Roginski
Norwalk Junior High School
Gas Rationing Looms Across Northeast and Texas
United Press International reports lines at gas pumps lengthening as supplies shrink. Governors and dealers threaten strikes or lawsuits as odd even rationing is set to begin in New York and New Jersey, with plans and skepticism spreading to Texas and beyond. The DC-10 crash probe cites a 10-inch crack from an overhaul and forklift use contrary to manufacturer guidelines.
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Texas
Hugh Carey
New York City
Nassau
Suffolk
Westchester
Rockland
New Jersey
Garden State Parkway
Bill Clements
Houston
Dallas-Fort Worth
Washington
UPI
Chicago
James King
National Transportation Safety Board
House
American Airlines
King
Safety Board
McDonnell-Douglas
Skylab to reenter orbit sparking debris fears nationwide
NASA plans the first step in an effort to keep Skylab from dropping over populated areas as it reenters between July 7 and 25. The 78.5 ton station could scatter debris along a 100 mile by 4,000 mile corridor with a low injury risk but high precaution.
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Washington
UPI
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Yamani signals possible Saudi oil output rise to 9.5 m bpd
Saudi oil minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani told the Shippers Council Conference in London that Saudi Arabia could raise production next month by up to 1 million barrels per day to 9.5 million, but only if consuming nations cut demand. he warned there can be no progress while a multi tiered pricing system and energy demand remain unbalanced. He attributed the global energy crisis to overuse of oil and underuse of coal, urging balanced production with reserves and cautioned oil is forecast to last 38 years versus coal 238 years.
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London
UPI
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Yamani
Shippers Council Conference
Rotterdam
Singapore
Hilton Hotel
Shippers’ Council
Exxon Chester ferries vast asphalt clash near Boston
The tanker Exxon Chester with 7.14 million gallons of asphalt arrived in Boston Harbor as Coast Guard probes a collision with a freighter that sank within 40 minutes. The 575-foot Regal Sword went down 30 miles southeast of Cape Cod after a collision Monday night. All 38 crew abandoned in life rafts and were rescued with no injuries reported aboard either vessel.
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Everett
Mass
UPI
Exxon Chester
Boston Harbor
Coast Guard
Cape Cod
Weather and marriages and birth notice card
Mostly sunny with highs 75 to 80 and a 10 to 20 percent chance of rain. Clear tonight with a low near 60 and east to southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Wednesday partly cloudy with highs 85 to 90. Marriage license applicants include Michael W. Schifer and Wendy Sherick, David Bleile and Robin Moore, Edward Martin and Carol Tyler, Lawrence Turley and Paulette Good. Birth notice records a son for James and Drema White of Milan (Fisher-Titus).
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Michael W. Schifer
Berlin Heights
Wendy Sue Sherick
Norwalk
David Bleile
Robin A. Moore
Edward R. Martin
Bellevue
Carol A. Tyler
Lawrence E. Turley
North Fairfield
Paulette J. Good
Cashier
James and
Drema White
Milan
Fisher-Titus
West Covina City Dump On Aroma Drive
Inside Today. A short notice item places the West Covina California city dump on Aroma Drive with upcoming details and local alerts.
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West Covina, Calif
Aroma Drive
Trucker blockade hits Ohio Turnpike and stops
About 30 independent drivers halted traffic on the Ohio Turnpike and shut down truck stops in western and eastern Ohio in a nationwide strike. Police arrested 13 near Toledo for driving too slow and resisting officers as fuel pumps were blocked then reopened. Conflicting reports say food shipments remain mostly normal with optimism from Fisher-Fazio and Kroger spokespeople.
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Ohio
Marietta
Ohio Highway Patrol
Toledo
Ohio-Indiana
West Virginia
Sam Giamio
Cleveland
Audrey McCafferty
Kroger
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