Lorain firms buck recession by hiring, boosting output
Jobless rate at 7.1 percent spurs tax cut talk but several Lorain County firms add workers and raise production. U S Steel Lorain Works restarts coking ovens, adds about 60 workers as blast furnaces come online. Hars Haw Chemical adds 50 workers post strike, Luxaire to recall 25 with total 300, American Stop Building recalls 150 to reach about 400 hourly hires.
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Lorain County
U. S. Steel
Lorain Works
Howard Cleveland
Harshaw Chemical Co
David Ottinger
Luxaire Inc
Robert Schmittgen
Schmittgen
American Stop Building Co
Unemployment tops 6 million in December
The United States faced a 7.1 percent jobless rate in December, the highest in 13 years, with 6.0 million unemployed as auto layoffs pushed totals higher. President Ford prepared to meet advisers amid calls for tax cuts to spur growth and stabilize the economy.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ford
Rockies
Silent Chicago hero buried as unknown man
A nameless unidentified man, believed aged 5 to 30, died defending three teenagers from a knife attack. Richard Wilson, 35, was charged with the murder. Ken Simon funded the burial, paying $243 for the grave at Oaks Lawn Cemetery where seven people attended a funeral. The man’s body lay unidentified at the morgue for four months prior to burial.
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Chicago
Richard Wilson
Ken Simon
Cook County
Simon
Emery Percell
Oaks Lawn Cemetery
Grant shutting Berea store and 91 others
About 100 workers at the Berea Grant City Stores outlet face layoffs or transfers as the Berea store at 372 W Bagley Rd closes April 1. Nationwide 92 Grant outlets will shut this year due to poor sales. Ohio is spared further closures beyond Berea. Edgerton says relocations will be attempted but most workers will be left to seek work elsewhere. Page 4, col 4.
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BEREA
Grant City
Grant
W. T. Grant
W. Bagley Rd
Ohi
Ohio
John Edgerton
Grant's
North Ridgeville
Perkins
W.T. Grant
Lorain
Medina
Brunswick
Norwalk
Edgerton
Woman police chief fights crime in Lakeside City Tex
Carolyn M. Deen 36, Texas only certified female chief of police, leads a small force from her Lake Wichita home. She keeps a 38 caliber revolver and relies on neighbor tips to curb traffic violations and thefts. Her election, a write-in joke by her husband, shows local support and resolve to serve without a campaign.
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Lakeside City
Tex
Carolyn M. Deen
Texas
Wichita
Sebard
Lake Wichita
Texas Ranger
Deen
Women’s Liberation
Horne
Childress
Bos
Ian
Sayene
Weather outlook with snow tonight and rain chance
Fragmented weather note reports snow tonight and a chance of rain. It mentions northwest winds around 10 mph, a probability of precipitation near ten percent tomorrow, and a sunrise time of 7:34 a.m. Details on Page 19. A sign on a closed service station bears unclear text.
Kolena Considers Lorain County Judgeship in 1976
Lorain Municipal Judge John S. Kolena has filed to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Lorain County Common Pleas Judge LeRoy F. Kelly. He has not decided but plans to seek the judgeship in November 1976. The screening committee will review applicants at 7 p.m. to select three for submission to Gov. Gilligan.
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Lorain
John S. Kolena
Ray L. Miraldi
Leavitt Rd
Amherst
Miraldi
John J. Gilligan
Ninth Appellate District
Lorain County
Muraldi
Ralph Brooks
Victor F. Stewart Jr
Elyria
James Davis
Akron
Cominitim
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Sdied
Cleveland
Sax
New York Times
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Labor Federaton
Ford Motor Co
U.S
Barnegat
New Jersey
Willow Springs
Potter's Field
Oakwood Cemetery
Tony Denslow
Pete Mikla
Carolyn Deen
Clendy
Finnace
Kolena
Walter A. Godfrey
Kosma J. Giavas
Elyria City
Adrian Bedeski
Lo- Tait
John Mackin
Avon Lake
Miralia
Gilligan
James A. Rhodes
Oe Me Se Eyes Lee
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