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Onion a day keeps 92 year old steelworker going
Ricardo Basques, 92, longtime Bethlehem Steel employee since 1943, credits his health to eating a whole onion daily. He works 7 a.m. shifts stacking 20-pound bars, earns about 10,000 yearly, and continues despite retirement chatter from union officials. He rises at 4:30, aided by his wife Guadalupe.
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San Francisco
Ricardo Basques
Bethlehem Steel Corp
United Steel Workers
Bethlehem
Basques
Edward Frank
Guadalupe
Ray Ridgeway
Frank
Mexico
Richard
Basco) Belasques
Bethelehem