Trade mags suffer as recession tightens distribution
NEW YORK AP The recession squeezes trade magazines a free distribution model serving business readers. Publishers rely on advertisers and audits by the Business Publications Audit of Circulation to prove reach. Ford and Chrysler pause internal distribution, shifting copies to mail rooms or homes, prompting access problems for recipients.
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Assembly Line
Ford
Rouge
Dearborn
Chrysler
Braille Panels Added To Speed Queen Washers For Blind
Houston Natural Gas offers braille control panels for two Speed Queen washer models to assist partially sighted users. Supplied free of charge, the panels bear Braille Foundation approval and feature braille words plus large black print with no tools required for mounting.
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Houston Natural Gas
HNG
Tommy Crisp
Quaker Presidents’ Disasters Referenced by Educator
Dr. Paul Lacey, acting president of Earlham College, told more than 1,200 delegates at a Friends general conference in Berea Kentucky that two Quaker presidents have been disasters, naming Herbert Hoover and Richard M. Nixon.
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Berea, Ky
Society of Friends
Paul Lacey
Earlham College
Richmond
Ind
Herbert Hoover
Richard M. Nixon
Morning Markets Quiet Preholiday Stock Gains
New York shares recovered from an early dip to a slight gain in quiet preholiday trading. The Dow rose 1.02 to 871.40 at midday as advancers edged decliners. A First National City Bank rate hike to 7 percent drew mixed reaction. The NYSE composite index gained .11 to 50.40 while the market awaits Independence Day closures.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
First National City Bank
Dow
American Stock Exchange
NYSE
Offshore terminal seminar planned in Houston
A seminar on offshore terminal planning design construction and operation in the Gulf of Mexico will be held September 12 at the Marriott Motor Hotel in Houston. Co sponsored by Texas A M University Industrial Economics Research Division and the Marine Services Association of Texas with Sea Grant support. Registration is 20 dollars. For information contact Dewayne Hollin at 1200 S. Post Oak Rd Suite 422 Houston TX 77027 phone 713 626 0824.
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Gulf of Mexico
Marriot Motor Hotel
Houston
Texas A&m University
Marine Services Association of Texas
MSAT
A&m
Sea Grant College
Hollin
S. Post Oak Road
Suite 422
Texas
Independent truckers weigh July nationwide strike in Chicago
Independent trucking leaders debate a possible July end strike to pressure federal loans for rig payments while drivers at an Ohio truck stop show tepid support. Some militants push a July 27 stoppage, recalling 1993 violence. others fear losses and heed memories of that failed action.
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Chicago
Interstate 70
Hebron
Ohio
McAllen
Tex
Independent Produce Haulers of America
Washington
Holden
William J. Hill
National Independent Truckers Unity Committee
Cotton futures rise on short covering ahead of weekend
New York AP report shows No. 2 cotton futures climbing in early trading as short covering supports prices. Strict low middling 11-16 inch spot cotton averages 44.39 cents per pound across 10 leading markets, with midmorning quotes 30 cents to 1.25 dollars per bale higher than the prior close for July 46.50, Oct 48.29, and Dec 48.59.
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NEW York
New York Cotton Exchange
Jobless rate down but up
The May unemployment rate stood at 9.2 percent with June student entrants likely distorting the official figure. Officials warned the real rate could be higher, while wholesale prices and oil prices rose modestly and retail chains reported June sales gains aided by tax rebate money and consumer confidence.
U S attorney office in Beaumont to shrink after resignations
The Beaumont U.S. attorney’s office will be reduced to a secretary after three more resignations take effect in August. Charles Ed Myers and Brack Jones Jr. will join Dennis R. Lewis in leaving for private practice or other positions, leaving only secretary Sherry Spinson. U.S. Attorney Roby Hadden said replacements will be named soon.
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Myers, Jones
Dorothy McKnight
Sherry Spinson
U.S
Roby Hadden
Tyler
Myers
Jones
NAACP Convention Tackles Black Unemployment
Treasury Secretary William A. Simon says unemployment among black teenagers runs about 40 percent, 25 percent higher than overall minority joblessness, and government alone cannot solve the problem. Carla Hills and other officials address delegates as debate over seniority rules and labor relations continues.
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Washington
Treasury
William A. Simon
The
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
New York City Workers Tie Up City Services in Bid to Pressure Budget Plan
Sanitation workers ignore a court order to end the strike as about 100 garbage trucks were expected on the streets. Firefighters joined a slowdown and sickout amid mass layoffs ordered by Mayor Beame, with 1,650 fire personnel dismissed and 359 reported in sick within a day.
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Associated Press
New York City
Tey
Abraham D. Beame
Beame
Senate
Albany
Sanitation Department
Sanitationmen’s Association
John DeLury
Robert T. Groh
Groh
Cit
Uniformed Firefighters Association
Manhattan
Weather Vandalized Dials Hinder Bloomfield Weather
Cablevision workers in Bloomfield Iowa say vandals broke into studios overnight and covered weather dials with explicit pictures. Automated pans enable subscribers to tune a special channel for weather despite the disruption.
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Bloomfield
Iowa
Centerville
Cablevision
Dick Tracy Returns to Big City Police Force
Richard J. Tracy, after leaving the Chicago Police Department to become Pittstown chief and later taking an administrative post in Pittsburgh suburbs, returns to the metropolitan police arena to resume a patrol or detective role.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
Dick Tracy
Richard J. Tracy
Chicago
Pittstown
Pittsburgh
Two LAPD Officers Split Over Improper Advances
Candace Fisher, a 22 year old female officer who joined the Los Angeles Police Department a year ago, has filed departmental charges against her male partner for allegedly making improper advances. The case highlights tensions when two single officers, one man and one woman, partner in the force.
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Los Angeles
Gas price hikes set for Fourth of July weekend
Nine major oil companies announce gasoline increases ahead of the July fourth holiday, with rises up to three cents a gallon effective today. Dealers expect higher prices as consumer driving has increased. Federal officials say hikes comply with regulations and may continue into summer, possibly rising up to five cents from prior 56 cent average. companies named include Shell, Standard Oil Indiana Amoco, Phillips, Clark, Ashland, Mobil, ARCO, Sun, Texaco.
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Associated Press
Washington
John Hill
Federal Energy Administration
Shell Oil Co
Standard Oil of Indiana
Amoco
Phillips Petroleum Co
Clark Oil & Refining Corp
Ashland Petroleum Co
Mobil Oil Corp
Atlantic Richfield Co
Arco
Sun Oil Co
Texaco, Inc
Nukes nixed as power in salt domes
Baton Rouge based Rep. Henson Moore says ERDA has dropped the Pacer Energy Project from its Congress funding request. The plan studied using nuclear devices in salt domes in Louisiana Mississippi and Texas to generate electricity. Graves, ERDA military applications chief, indicated a possible later funding request for a paper study.
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Baton Rouge
Henson Moore
R-La
Moore
Energy Research and Develoment Administration
Congress
ERDA
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Ernest Graves
Pacer Energy Project
Graves
Pacer
Girls barred from Key Club membership vote
NEW ORLEANS AP Delegates at the Key Club International convention rejected allowing girls to join the Kiwanis International sponsored service group. The 848 to 264 vote upheld a rule keeping the club male only, arguing admission would shift focus from service to social activities. This marks the second consecutive defeat of the constitutional amendment. Circle K, Kiwanis college division, has been co ed for about three years.
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New Orleans
Key Club International
Kiwanis International
Corporations under scrutiny raise litigation risk says IBM VP
IBM vice president and former attorney general Nicholas Katzenbach warned at the Texas convention that large corporations face growing suspicion in politics and society. He cited increased vulnerability to lawsuits and erosion of attorney client privilege as major problems for IBM and similar firms.
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Dallas
Nicholas de B. Katzenbach
International Business Machines Corp
IBM
U.S
Lyndon Johnson
Katzenbach
State Bar of Texas
Sober convention gathers 18000 to 20000 for AA in Denver
Denver hosts the 40th International AA Convention with about 18,000 to 20,000 attendees. The event features no formal business, leadership roles, or policies, but a social, coffee fueled gathering where members emphasize mutual help over structure.
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Bob G
Tom S
Richard B
Betty C
Connecticut
Milwaukee
Board of Trustees
General Service Office
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