Norwood Plant Closure Tests GM Manager's Resolve
Norwood Ohio faces a June closing as 4,200 workers at GM's Norwood plant confront personal upheaval and a grim job outlook. Herb Stone, plant manager, mediates layoffs while urging retraining and counseling. Union leaders credit him with a cooperative turn despite a troubled labor history and a broader shift away from Detroit’s autos. Sales declines for Camaro and Firebird precipitated the 12 month push in closing, with GM promising United Way funding and a study of future plant use.
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Norwood
Ohio
Herb Stone
U.S
Stone
Roger
Smith
Detroit
Union
Cincinnati
United Way
Contract countdown starts for GM and Ford workers
A countdown to Sept 14 contract expirations begins for about 590000 U.S. auto workers at GM and Ford. UAW bargainers meet GM first in Detroit followed by Ford in Dearborn as both sides seek job protection, cost cuts, and new profit sharing amid rising automation and foreign competition.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Ford
UAW
Donald Ephlin
Alfred Warren
Dearborn
Stephen Yokich
Stanley Surma
Chrysler Corp
United States
Japan
U.S
Peace Walk couple recalls Soviet greeting and gifts
Jani Warner and Doug McWilliams describe their International Peace Walk in the USSR as eye opening. The 430 marchers, half American, walked from Leningrad to Moscow amid enthusiastic crowds, gifting a Russian style perambulator to their eight month old son Arden nicknamed Malinky. Warner, a Berea native, and McWilliams, from Shaker Heights, are part of Collective Vision, Cleveland based peace band. The journey followed a selection from over 1,000 applicants and included support from the Soviet Peace Committee and International Peace Walk Inc. The couple view peace work as their most gratifying effort, with Warner's past work in mental health and maternal counseling.
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Jani Warner
Doug McWilliams
Warner
Arden
Soviet Union
Little One
Leningrad
Moscow
Berea
McWilliams
Shaker Heights
Vision
Cleveland
Elyria
Oberlin
Lorain County
Courtney J. Jagoe
Baldrige Dies After Horse Fall at Rodeo Event
Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige died after a horse fell on him while roping steers at a friend's ranch near Walnut Creek California. He was 64, a Reagan appointee and Cowboy Hall of Fame member who survived massive internal injuries including tears to the pancreas and heart and later died during surgery.
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Walnut Creek
Calif
Malcolm Baldrige
Baldrige
John Muir Hospital
Commerce
Cowboy Hall of Fame
Commerce Secretary
Larry Aulich
San Francisco
Ronald LaPorta
Scovill Inc
Waterbury
Conn
Contra Costa County
Sears Store of the Future at Midway Mall in Lorain County
Sears at Midway Mall in Lorain County unveils a million-dollar remodel branding the store as a Store of the Future. CT's Business section covers the transformation along with home services and banking trends. Discovery recalls a Snow White reminiscence with dwarfs as drawings from the Famous Main Character.
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Lorain County
Sears
Midway Mall
David G. Horst
Snow White
Weather outlook and muggy details for today and Monday
Variable cloudiness with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms and a high near 88. Tonight and Monday remain partly cloudy with lower humidity and a mid-60s low, Monday high 80 to 85. Details on Page A-3.
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By Stephen Franklin
Chicago Tribune
Cleon Montgomery
Montgomery
Flint
Pontiac
Mich
Soviet Peace Committee
International Peace Walk Inc
Horse Fall
Bert D. Johnson
Stanford University
CT Today
David G. Hurst
Mark Patinkin
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