Sullair's egalitarian culture boosts sales and loyalty
Don Hoodes runs Sullair Corp in Michigan City with a worker friendly ethos. No factory foremen, four day weeks at ten hours, on site recreation and fitness facilities, and profit sharing plus an employee stock plan. The firm, maker of rotary screw air compressors, posted a 40 percent sales and profit rise in 1974 with 30 percent market share.
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Don Hoodes
Sultair Corp
Michigan City
Ind
Sullair
C. J. Joseph
Hoodes
Sullah
Joseph
Invacare workers strike Oberlin Road plant
About 100 Invacare employees walked out at the Oberlin Road facility over what they call rate cutting on piece work. With no unions, they demand management make the first move before returning to work as the Taylor Street plant remains in operation.
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Invacare Corporation
Oberlin Road
Oberlin Rd
Taylor Street
John S. Jones
Invacare
Oberlin
Snowfall Bets Treacherous Roads Across Cleveland Area
About two inches of snow fell shortly before dawn causing roads to become treacherous as residents prepared for work and school. A forecaster at Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland said another one to two inches could accumulate tonight.
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Hopkins International
Cleveland
Snow flurries and drifting snow hit northeastern Ohio
A weather update reports 60 percent chance of more snow tonight and tomorrow with lows around 10 to 15 degrees and highs near 77. Total snowfall near 5 inches added to existing accumulation as of today. Roads in Lorain County were snow covered and slippery, though major roads were salted and still slick. Police noted few minor accidents and traffic mainly affected by slippery roads.
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E-J
National Weather Service
Ohio
Lorain County
Inflation a 7 percent for 1975 ends three-year rise
Washington AP reports consumer prices rose five tenths of a percent in December, yielding a 7 percent annual inflation rate for 1975 the best since three years earlier The Labor Department notes the purchasing power of the average worker’s paycheck was unchanged in December but up 38 percent for the year Inflation was driven largely by reduced federal income taxes enacted last May Food prices rose 6.5 percent in 1975 nonfood commodities 6.2 percent and services 8.1 percent The December CPI stood at 166.3 base 1967 with five tenths monthly increase driven by higher foods and a broad range of services
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Washington
Labor Department
Ford budget hailed as turning point to curb spending
President Ford unveiled a $394.2 billion 1977 federal budget calling it a turning point to curb government spending and bolster national security while denying hollow election year promises. He signed the plan with eight pens in the Executive Office Building, outlining defense at $101.1 billion and tax cuts to spur jobs amid calls to aid the poor and elderly.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
America
Executive Office
James Lynn
Paul O'Neill
Budget Bureau
Hollow
Area firms face 50 percent summer gas curtailment
Columbia Gas of Ohio, serving Lorain and western Cuyahoga County, warned large industries no summer relief from gas cuts. Industrial process gas will be cut 50 percent from April 1 to Oct 31, with boiler fuel at 100 percent curtailment through the summer. Commercial users face a 15 percent summer reduction, the Ohio Public Utilities Commission limit.
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Columbia Gas
Ohio
Lorain
Cuyahoga County
Columbia
Ualues Commission of
Bill Chaddock
McIntire
Marvin E. White
Bette
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Chicago Tribune
Suilvair
Cafe la Bastille
Sallah
EHS
Elydra High School
Mary Ries
Warren Ries
University Ave
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Gene Krebs
John Fuller
Jones
Ford Administration
Mhee
EA Finance
Chaddock
United Press International
Providence
R.I
Rhode Island
Cooke
Newport
Lloyd McIntire
Elyria
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