Ridge Tool expands global reach with six region plan
Ridge Tool Co of Elyria says it exports to more than 100 overseas markets and plans growth through a six region framework Canada Latin America Asia Pacific Middle East North Africa Africa Europe. CEO John Ricks notes a single tier distribution and manufacturing in Belgium Brazil Ireland with sales in Japan Australia England and more.
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Ridge Tool Co
Elyria
Emerson Electric
Ridge
Belgium
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Japan
Australia
England
France
Italy
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Ricks
Canada
Latin America
Asia-Pacific
Middle East-North Africa
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Europe
Ridge Tool
Beatty quits as Midview superintendent after long board rift
Midview superintendent Beatty resigns after 10 days, citing a clash with the board over philosophy and a push for evaluator procedures. Board members say they will hire an outside firm and Lorain County Supt. Wayne Whyte to identify a successor and ensure the new leader fits the district. Beatty plans to remain in the area and leave education.
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Lorain County
Wayne Whyte
Beatty
Binnie
Wilson
Chronicle-Telegram
Brass Quintet Soothes Line of Gas Seekers in SF
A brass quintet from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music performed on a sidewalk in San Francisco on a Wednesday to ease motorists waiting for gas. The conservatory, near a gas station, had done the same during the 1974 gas shortage, in a UPI report.
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San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco
UPI
Senators weigh SALT II pact amid sharp debate
US senators from Hatfield Jackson Baker Bayh Dole McGovern and others publicly scrutinize the SALT II treaty. They warn of unverifiable limits unequal constraints and possible need for strengthening verification while weighing ratification and political costs.
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Senate
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Carter
George McGovern
D-S.d
CleveTrust to become AmeriTrust CleveTrust Corp
CleveTrust plans to rename itself AmeriTrust and rebrand its affiliate banks. Cleveland Trust Co. will become AmeriTrust, and First Lorain Trust will be AmeriTrust Lorain in Lorain County. Shareholders must approve this summer with a target effective date next fall.
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CleveTrust Corp
Ohio
AmeriTrust Corp
AmeriTrust
Cleveland Trust Co
Lorain County
First Lorain Trust
Lorain
Daniel J. Steir
CleveTrust
Amtrak benefits from gas crunch across nation
Gas-starved Americans boost rail travel as Amtrak reports calls 40 percent above normal and many trains sold out for May through August. The company hires 60 agents and diverts cars to the West, especially Los Angeles to California routes, with the Southwest Limited heavily booked and California routes prioritizing services.
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Amtrak
Florida
West
New York
Los Angeles
San Diego
California
Oakland
San Francisco
Bakersfield
Seattle
Wash
Chicago
New Orleand
Henry Ford II to resign as Ford CEO October first
Henry Ford II announced he will resign as chief executive of Ford Motor Co on October 1 after 34 years leading the firm founded by his grandfather. Philip Caldwell will assume the role while Ford remains chairman for an indeterminate time. The stockholders meeting featured friction with Benson Ford Jr who seeks a seat on the board and challenges to his late father's will and a $2 million suit against Ford Estates. Roy Cohn represents Benson Jr in the suit.
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Detroit
UPI
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Philip Caldwell
Lee A. Tacocca
Tacocca
Chrysler Corp
Benson Jr
Ford Estates
Roy Cohn
New York
Secret fund aided GOP in 1975 76 audit shows unreported money
The Federal Election Commission found a secret $293000 fund used by the National Republican Congressional Committee to aid GOP lawmakers in 1975 and 1976. The audit cites failure to report expenditures and to disclose occupation and business of hundreds of contributors, plus $262916 in additional expenditures not detailed.
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Washington
UPT
Federal Election Commission
National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Commission
Inside job suspected in Surry fuel damage at nuclear plant
Authorities consider the deliberate damage to fuel rods at the Surry nuclear power plant may be an inside job though not yet ruled sabotage. Vepco said federal investigators will inspect North Anna for possible sabotage while the FBI identified the contaminant as sodium hydroxide on the rods.
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Surry, Va
UPI
Surry
Virginia Electric Power Co
Vepco
North Anna
FBI
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