03 Aug 1971
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1971
Page
1
A suspected Emer Roughe or Cambodian Communist crouches under guard of a South Vietnamese soldier after capture during a sweep near Svay Rieng Cambodia. His wife and children weep nearby as the son tries to pull his mother away, their pleas for release going unanswered.
Spacemen orbit the moon on a six day mission mapping rugged terrain and gathering 228.7 pounds of lunar samples. David Scott Alfred Worden and James Irwin report a record 66 hours 55 minutes of surface exploration and prepare for Earth return as Falcon is destroyed on the moon.
U S Steel Lorain Cuyahoga Works plans to restart two blast furnaces and open the basic oxygen shop and rolling mills next Tuesday. About 7,000 laid off since Saturday may return gradually as orders increase. some workers may be recalled over two weeks. A plant spokesman warned full production requires rising demand and customer inventories have delayed full activity.
A 15-year-old boy alerted police to a nighttime burglary attempt at the North Ridgeville U S Post Office. Four suspects fled through a field toward Ridge Plaza Drive after the crew tried to crack the safe and load it into a waiting pickup truck abandoned at the rear loading dock.
Police returned to work after a city council decision granting a general pay raise for all employees for the rest of the year. The strike had targeted a 15 percent raise, with funds from a 6 400 general fund and potential future relief dependent on a November operating levy.
Negotiators hammered out an agreement ending the Norfolk and Western strike that crippled Ohio service for ten days. The first N W train passed through Lorain County this morning en route to the West Coast, with cars bound for Kansas City and then Union Pacific. Freight cars for the Lorain Ford Assembly Plant and U S Steel Lorain Cuyahoga Works will return to operation as crews inspect tracks and equipment. Produce shipments from the West Coast are not expected for about a week, with prices likely to stay high due to reduced inventory and limited arrivals at the Cleveland food terminal.
Rail officials moved rapidly to resume service after the strike against 10 railroads ended. Perishables were prioritized with refrigerator cars spotted nationwide as United Transportation Union workers ended picket lines. The settlement grants about 190,000 trained workers $1.50 hourly increases over 42 months, with work rule changes to be set by each line and reviewed by a three-member board.
Pittsburgh reports a rapid steel price surge less than 15 hours after a new three year labor contract with United Steelworkers. US Steel and peers including Bethlehem, Republic, Armco and Youngstown Sheet and Tube announce price hikes averaging 8 percent to fund inflationary terms. White House condemns the move as ill advised and inflationary. Union workers gain about 30 percent over three years, costs rise, plants partially idle as start ups and weak demand bite.
Cloudy today with a 30 percent chance of rain, highs near the upper 70s to low 80s. Tonight and tomorrow expect partly to mostly cloudy skies, highs in the 70s and 60s. Light variable winds shifting to north to northwest 5 to 10 mph, sunset 8 43 pm, sunrise 6 22 am. Yesterday’s high reached 85 at 4 30 pm and the low 66 at 7 am.
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