Auto Plants Idle 60,000 as Big Three Halt Production
DETROIT. Ford Chrysler and General Motors idled about 60,000 workers this week across 24 plants to trim gas stocks amid weak demand. GM Chevrolet plants closed at Bay City Flint and other sites. additional shutdowns planned for Janesville Van Nuys Oakland Kansas City St Louis Tarrytown Atlanta Baltimore Flint. Ford assembly lines shut at Chicago Dearborn Kansas City Long Beach Memphis Norfolk.
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Ford Plant in L B to Reopen Monday
Ford’s Long Beach assembly plant will resume on Monday with a full 40 hour week for about 1,240 employees. Production will run at 28 autos per hour versus a prior 46 with a larger staff, as 250 workers were laid off last month. Other plants nationwide, including Mahwah and Mercury facilities, face shutdowns or partial operation for the week.
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Fallout and radioactivity in daily life explained for readers
In this explainer by Alton L. Blakeslee, the rise of fallout from A and H bombs is framed as a distant yet pervasive danger. It details natural background radiation, cosmic rays, and radioactive atoms that constantly enter the body, while weighing concerns about long term health effects and the ethics of ongoing nuclear testing.
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Pioneer dies at 90 reshapes early auto era
John C Caps, 90, a pioneer automobile builder who aided Kansas City efforts at the century turn, died Monday. He helped develop early cars before mass production reshaped the industry. In unrelated maritime notes, West German ports report 102 ships laid up amid rising freight rates.
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Radioactivity and the Bomb Tests Impact
A concise reflection on radioactivity from nuclear tests. It questions how much radioactivity is produced and its effects on people, prompting further inquiry into our own exposure from bomb tests.
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