Robots Transform Swedish and Japanese Auto Plants
Robots in a Swedish plant outnumber workers by over six to one as they move heavy engines along magnetic tracks to testing stands. In a Japanese plant robot welders cut arc time by 90 percent and mannequins replace human hostesses in stores and inns. The piece notes robots as augmentors performing dangerous, tedious tasks and cites historic roots from Archytas to modern simulations.
Lorain County enjoys record warmth with 76 degree high
The Lorain County area and much of Ohio posted unseasonably warm weather, with a 76 degree high reported yesterday. The National Weather Service noted a November all time warm day record of 83 degrees set in 1950, and other records tied at 75 degrees in Cleveland. Showers and thundershowers were forecast to spread west to east over the weekend as a cold front approached.
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Diederich
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Columbia Gas
Ohio
Weather Forecast Marks Cloudy, Showers Possible Tonight
Cloudy with a chance of showers tonight and tomorrow. Lows tonight in the mid to upper 40s and highs tomorrow in the upper 40s. Thirty percent rain chance tonight east, five percent west. Winds south 10 to 15 mph tonight. Sunrise 7 06 a m. Sunset 5 16 p m. High 76 yesterday at 1 p m. Low 68 this morning.
Amtrak Lake Shore Limited Impresses Elyria In First Week
Amtrak officials report strong early ridership for the Lake Shore Limited at Elyria Buckeye Street station with about 150 riders boarding since last Friday and roughly 100 disembarking. Eastbound 10 40 p m and westbound 8 10 a m departures account for most boardings, while The Cleveland Stop trails Elyria in rider count. The line from Chicago to New York and Boston shows promising punctuality despite one breakdown on Saturday morning.
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Lake Shore
Chicago
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Boston
Elyria
Penn Central
Albany
REA Express to liquidate bankrupt carrier
REA Express Inc the nations largest surface carrier serving Lorain County is judged bankrupt and will shut down in 7 to 10 days with about 8000 workers losing jobs. The Cleveland terminal houses 45 employees and the judge ordered liquidation under Chapter 11 approved February 18.
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REA Express, Inc
Lorain County
REA
Cleveland
Lou Nowakowski
Jobless rate up to 8.6 percent in October
The Labor Department reports unemployment rose to 8.6 percent in October with 230000 more jobless, while employment held at 85.4 million. Labor force grew to 93.4 million as more people rejoined seeking work amid factory production gains. Inflation surged 1.8 percent in October, prompting concerns about the recovery. Franco rushed to hospital in Madrid after intestinal hemorrhaging with emergency transfusion at La Paz clinic.
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Ford Administration
Labor Department
White House
Ron Nessen
Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
la Paz
Pardo
Franco
Pearl Bailey Quits Show Business On Opening Night
Pearl Bailey declares she is quitting show business after 40 years to do "God's work" and sing in hospitals. She spoke on opening night of her return as Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly at Minskoff Theatre amid tears and a standing ovation.
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Pearl Bailey
Broadway
Dolly Levi
Hello
Dolly
Minskoff
Mae Bailey
Newport News
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Carmen Jones
Landon
Testimony on Brain Death Bill At Senate Hearing
Randy Carmen’s parents from Wellington and eight others testified in Washington before Senator Kennedy’s Health Subcommittee urging a legal definition of brain death. They cited cases at Elyria Memorial and Lorain Community Hospitals and emphasized physicians must determine death. Hospital administrator Brown supported a definition to ease decisions and aid families.
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Wellington
Washington, D. C
Senate Subcommittee On Health
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Carmen
George Dakters
Mary Jo Barnett
Vermalion
James Brown
Elyria Memorial Hospital
David Plate
Lorain Community Hospital
Carmens
Randal
EMH
Barnett
Gary
Lorain
Brown
Iife
Washington
Seriboet Fauver
Eturia
Nader
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