Steel firms feel recession pinch in U S steel plants
Pittsburgh reports U S Steel Corp and peers show reduced demand and layoffs as the steel industry contracts. About 4 000 U S Steel workers locally, Jones & Laughlin over 2 000 idle, and Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel around 15 percent of its 18 000 workforce laid off. Leading executives expect improvements by late 1975 or early 1976 if the economy recovers.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel
Gilligan apologizes after recount chief pleads guilty
Ohio ex governor John Gilligan says he is deeply sorry after the head of his Vote Recount Committee admitted payroll padding in court. Five state employees and the committee pled guilty to grand theft and related charges in Franklin County Common Pleas Court as indictments from a lengthy probe were pursued. The committee's chairman William Banno of Columbus faced fines and restitution terms, while Gilligan stressed betrayal and harm to campaign and administration.
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UPI
John J. Gilligan
Ohio
Franklin County
William Banno
Paul Martin
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Boys State House to debate insurance and aid bills
In Columbus the Buckeye Boys State House of Representatives will review no fault auto insurance and a disaster aid program as the mock state government workshop nears its end. The Boys State Senate already approved a 55 mph speed limit bill and a measure governing city and county office hours. The program ends tomorrow.
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Columbus
Buckeye Boys State House of Representatives
Boys State Senate
East Ohio Methodists urge defense cuts and social goals
More than 1,600 delegates at the East Ohio Annual Conference urged a 15 billion defense cut and rejection of the B 1 bomber with savings funding social needs. They backed electing a woman bishop in 1976, promoting seminary attendance for women, and appointing a woman district superintendent by 1978. The group urged gun control study, no handgun ownership, support for world peace funding, and approved a 6 million budget with 3 million for missions.
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UPI
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United Methodist Church
Board of Ministry
Council On Finance and Administration
Copeland Oaks
Sebring
Cleveland
Amin defies Queen and orders execution of author Hills
In Nairobi, Uganda's leader Idi Amin rejected Queen Elizabeth's clemency appeal for 61 year old British author Denis Hills, sentenced to death for treason. Amin demanded that mercy be requested by Britain’s foreign and defense secretaries, while Blair’s envoy arrived in Kampala.
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UPI
Idi Amin
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Amin
Chandos Blair
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Denis Hills
James Callaghan
Roy Mason
Callaghan
London
Foreign Office
Blair
Commonwealth
Hills
Uganda
King’s African Rifles
Britain
Stanley Smolen
Ohio lawyers not affected by Supreme Court fee ruling
The Ohio State Bar Association says a recent Supreme Court decision striking down minimum fee schedules will not impact Ohio. Spokesman William Moore notes Ohio never had a state minimum, and while some local bars had schedules, most dropped them two years ago. He adds young lawyers seek guidance on what to charge and cites ongoing variability in fees across cities.
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Ohio State Bar Association
U. S. Supreme Court
Ohio
William Moore
American Bar Association
Code of Ethics
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