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Ohioan Verity nominated as Secretary of Commerce
President Reagan named C William Verity Jr a Middletown Ohio steel executive to succeed the late Malcolm Baldrige as commerce secretary. Verity 70 retired 1982 as Armco Inc chairman and leads pro U S Soviet trade efforts, with a record opposing broad embargoes. He faces conservative scrutiny over trade policy while stresses private sector support for social programs.
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Owen Ullman
Knight-Ridder
Washington
Reagan
C. William Verity Jr
Steel
Malcolm Baldrige
Verity
Armco Inc
Middletown
Ohio
US Chamber of Commerce
ARMCO
Soviet Union
U.S
Afghanistan
Baldrige