Safeway exec defends chains amid profits debate
Washington reports say major food chains use figures to mask high profits with committee claims of misleading profit ratios. Safeway and others defend pricing as competitive, noting identical prices reflect market forces not collusion, while hearings explore profit growth across 1974 and 1975 with executives testifying.
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Rall
Joi Econemnic Committee
Comeittes
Sadoway Mores Inc
Last Pear
Safeway
Ford presses U S Steel price hike under scrutiny
President Ford orders justification of an 8 to 11 percent price increase by U S Steel and notes spreading impact. Lorain Works would raise 1 percent under the Council Prices plan as CF and other firms also lift prices. Ford and officials seek explanations while urging restraint and future actions from steel giants.
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Ford
Council
U.S. Steel
Lorain Works
Howard Cleveland
Sage
Eee
Kote
Cf&i iSted Corp
Kennedy
Johnson
Nelsen
General Motors
Kennnedy
Avon councilman recalls burglary at his home
Avon councilman William Hyde Ill recounted how three juveniles robbed his home on Center Road, one pointing a loaded gun at him and his wife as the pair fled. Police described the scene, noting jewelry, a camera, television, antique mantle clock, two shotguns, two rifles, and a pistol were stolen. Authorities pursue arrests and review the youths’ car description.
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AVON
William Hyde
Hyde
Center Rd
Goutite
Perth
HEW miniskirt scandal shocks Santa helper row
In HEW offices in SASSINGTON a race and sex bias issue erupts as two Santa’s helpers appear in scanty costumes. A long meeting led to no guilty verdict for participant Samaee while Russell W. Roberts, the department’s freedom of information officer, funded outfits costing hundreds for miniskirt costumes with matching red leotards decked with wire. A minority urged Roberts wear a man’s suit to avoid extra costs, while others called the costumes inappropriate within federal circles.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Surche
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Cos
Samas
Roberts
Russell M. Roberts
Freedom of Informance
Washington
Julie Fracwer
Linda Hadeck
Oberlin faces fuel cut crisis for municipal power plant
PUCO told Oberlin to source fuel locally as natural gas allocations for its 1900 customers drop 56 percent for three months. Even with fuel oil, supply could meet only two thirds of 1974 needs. City seeks 20 percent cuts, but examiner urges reductions to protect essential services. College coal heating urged to free gas, boosting potential to 80 percent operation.
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Columbus
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Oberlin
John Rohr
PUCO
Columbia Gas
FPUCO
Tom Taylor
Oberlin's Inn
Ohio Edison
Oberlin College
Rohr
Republic Steel to cut output by 75 percent Monday
Republic Steel plans a 75 percent production cut starting Monday affecting about 288 workers at its plant in Elyria. The move reduces operations to one third of current shifts while Ohio’s gas shortage prompts a broader push to stabilize power and keep facilities running until a new $2.5 million electric welding system is completed next spring.
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Republic Steel
Elyria
Republic Steel Et Parr
Sn Lestatee Divinet Plectia Secia the
Charles Nekvasil
Tenis
Hilah
Rae Ties Commission of
Ohio
Kipria
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