Highway workers strike looms over stalled talks
Laborers Union Local 758 and the Ohio Contractors Association reached a tentative two year pact for building workers but highway and heavy construction laborers plan a Monday strike. Picket lines expected to halt major county projects including the Rt. 2 connector with the Ohio Turnpike the Third Street bridge and Oberlin Avenue widening in Lorain. Local 758 has about 605 members with around 150 in highway and heavy construction. Negotiations broke off earlier this week with no new sessions scheduled.
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Laborers Union Local 758
Ohio Contractors Association
Third Street
Oberlin Avenue
Lorain
Ohio
Local 758
Rt. 57
Holiday Inn
Pan Am Air
New York
Penn Central
Penney
Perth
Alcoa
Am Airlines
Ind
RCA Corp
Parker Penn
Am Motors
Rep Steel
Time Industries
Sears
Armco
Sp Rand
Bs Wa
Boise Cascade
Chessie
Narragansett
Colgate
Ts Chronicle-Telegram
Amerada Hess Cp
Apexco
Camilo Miner Ae
Carlisle Corp Curtiss
Batt Carpenter Tech
Champion
Pierre R. Smith Co
Chemical NY Corp
East Kodak
American Machine & Foundry
Conti Telephone
Batn Co
American Ship Building
CPC International, Inc
Alg Fst
Maryland Banc
Q Gen Motors
Bette Emerson Ae Ai
the Chronicle-Telegram
Goodrich
Wan Froehauf
East Avenue
Goodyear
A&p Wy
Koehring Oy
Lear Siegler
Elyria
Harvester
T&t
National Gypsum
Jov Mig
Officials reveal plans for tax rebate spending
President Ford will buy savings bonds while Arthur Burns plans a purchase for his wife and several lawmakers outline varied uses. Some will put rebates into banks or yard work, others will gift or repay debts. Rebates total up to $200 per filer, with 13.7 million checks mailed in the first week and all 78 million by June 15.
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Washington
Ford
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Treasury
William E. Simon
Lloyd m. Bentsen
D-Tex
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Russell B. Long
D-La
Robert Dole
Brian
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Refugees Arrive With Family Under Sponsorship in Area
Ist refugees from Pagel arrive with his wife and five children Rosie Jerry Jr Jimmy Jacky Linda and a nephew Albert 19. They reach the Kindig residence and sponsors plan to place them in Lodi. Sponsors found through Project Orphans Abroad ALAN MYERS of Norwalk and Le Thi Chanh plan to bring Myers' mother and four sisters and a brother to Norwalk. Myers family married in Vietnam while Myers served with Marines. Mrs Myers' family evacuated from Saigon in late April.
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Pagel
Rosie
Jerry Jr
Jimmy
Jacky
Linda
Albert
Kindig
Lodi
Project Orphans Abroad
Alan Myers
Stoutenburg Dr. Norwalk
le Thi Chanh
Mrs. Myers
Norwalk
Myerses
Vietnam
Myers
U.S
Auschwitz survivors in Lorain share camps horror
A Lorain couple recalls eleven months in Nazi camps, malnutrition, and a death march, detailing Allied liberation, internment experiences, and how survivors rebuilt life in the United States. They praise Americans, recall Polish neighbors, and reflect on future refugees and the danger of anti Semitism.
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Prayzer
Prayter
Downtown merchants back Thursday evening hours shift
Merchants report satisfactory turnout for the first Thursday night hours, with many saying traffic was better than a comparable Friday last year. While some will keep Fridays open, most expect Thursday business to grow as weeks pass, though enthusiasm remains cautious.
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Gary Taylor
C. H. Merthe and Co
Taylor
Gilbert Renuart
Elyria Merchants Association
Renuart
Rennart
Burger King
West Broad Street
Jerry Houston
Loomis Camera Co
Grain price report from Ohio and New York market gains
Regional cash grain prices in Ohio show mixed changes with corn and soybeans higher in several districts while wheat and oats hold steady. New York equity markets rise broadly led by low priced stocks as the government reports March inventories fell 1.92 billion dollars.
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Columbus
UPL
Ohio
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Busines
Dividends County grain prices and Ohio farm reports
Grain prices at Lorain County and farm market notes show wheat at 2.72 per bushel, shelled corn 2.47, oats 1.50, soybeans 4.83. Ohio poultry and egg price reports from Chicago indicate limited sales data and steady butter, eggs unsettled with varied consignments.
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Lorain County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, Inc
Columbus
OHIG
Ohio
Hensight
Chicago
Usda
Midwest
Diet Riot Inc to open in Avon for weight loss program
Former heavyweight Bob Hardie and Janet York promote Diet Riot with seminars and portion control. Hardie, once 255 pounds, now 152, launches next Tuesday at Avon United Methodist Church. About 1,000 in Western Cuyahoga and Medina counties have slimmed since the program began. Registration is 3 dollars. weekly meetings 2 dollars, with free sessions after reaching a target weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hardie
Janet York
Hardie
Avon
Cuyahogas
Medina
Miss York
United Methodist Church
Detroit Rd
Diet Riot, Inc
Claremont Dr
Brunswick
AmShip directors aid report on Nixon campaign gifts
An AmShip report on illegal campaign contributions involved two company directors and a company attorney. The SEC relied on company personnel for information due to staff limits. Chairman George M. Steinbrenner III may be required to reimburse about 42.30 dollars used for Nixon re election contributions. Allan K. Shaw chaired the independent panel.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Washington
George M. Steinbrenner III
Richard M. Nixon
James N. Nederlander
Arnold I. Sobel
AmShip
Company
Cleveland
Allan K. Shaw
Burton H. Finklestein
Finklestein
Shaw
GM SUB fund cuts cut off unemployment benefits
General Motors announced the exhaustion of its Supplemental Unemployment Benefits fund will halt SUB payments for about 56,000 laid off workers this week. Many open-ended furloughs will still receive state unemployment. the fund’s depletion raises uncertainty for future model-change and temporary layoffs.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
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Sam Rosen
Henry Libicki
Mark Ellen
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