10 May 1980
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1980
Page
1
A new costumed mascot dubbed Baseball Bug is featured at Cleveland Indians home games. The unclad clowning figure performs between innings and entertains fans, dancing on the dugout with a female ball retriever down the baselines.
About 90 percent of Chronicle-Telegram readers oppose admitting Cuban refugees, citing economic strain and unemployment. A minority support letting them in as a duty, while many comments mix concern for taxpayers with prejudice, and a call to limit admissions. Page B-2.
Ruth Warrick, famed for playing Phoebe Tyler, says she was escorted from Keystone High by police after an unannounced Friday visit. Principal William Craig cited a September 1979 Soap Opera Digest article as grounds, while Warrick denounces the action as a civil liberties violation and alleges political motives behind criticising the district music program.
LT PETERSBURG, Fla. (UPI) The pilot of the freighter that rammed the Skyway Bridge and caused at least 32 deaths had earlier struck the same span with another vessel, injuring the concrete but not prompting immediate repairs. The pilot, John Lyre, was aboard the Jenna Dan when it hit an abutment previously. the case remains under Coast Guard investigation.
Pittsburgh based news wires report hundreds of steel workers already laid off as analysts warn that furloughs could reach 50 000 to 60 000 by late summer due to a projected 10 to 12 million ton decline in steel shipments. Industry analyst Eugene J. Frank of M Waddell & Towne Co Inc notes the shrinking shipments and rising unemployment amid industry downturn.
The report notes mass job cuts across major steel firms including Jones & Laughlin Bethlehem Wheeling-Pittsburgh U S Steel and National Steel amid a weak order book. Executives link last year’s 100 million ton drop to layoffs, weak auto demand and rising imports, with U S Steel furloughing about 12 000 workers after closing 15 loss making plants.
Elyria youngsters submitted essays nominating their moms for the 1980 Mother of the Year contest. The winning mom and her daughter who wrote the winning essay will be announced Sunday.
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