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When the Foundry Closed Yarsky's Tavern Loses Half
In Morgantown West Virginia an East Carson Street tavern owner reports a 50 percent drop in business after Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp cuts back production at Pittsburgh Works. Workers recount layoffs and shared unemployment benefits amid a wider steel industry downturn with 1972 forecasts of modest recovery and rising imports.
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Dominion Post
Morgantown
W.va
Yarsky’s Tavern
Rudy Cernkovic
Pittsburgh
UPI
Yarsky
Carson Street
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Pittsburgh Works
Jack Yarsky
Jones & Laughlin
Leonard Sokolowski
Jerome Schiegg
United Steelworkers Union
USW
Schiegg
Helen Milanovich
Nilo
Milo
U.S. Steel Corp
Chicago
Cleveland
Nixon
U.S