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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1977
Page
3
Amherst teachers reach a settlement after negotiations. The contract raises the base from 8.90 to 9.00 effective Sept 1 1977 and raises the second year base to 10 500, with binding arbitration on some contract elements and advisory arbitration on policy matters. Total average salary rises to 13 400, placing Amherst among Ohio’s top districts.
Division general manager W E Chase Jr said 300 administrative jobs will be cut as U S Steel closes the Electrical Cable Division plant in Worcester Massachusetts after a 350 worker strike. Companywide reviews target 5 to 10 percent admin cuts by early 1978 amid weak demand and foreign competition.
Six United Steel workers locals in Youngstown Ohio charge Sheet and Tube violated bargaining duties by shutting Campbell plant and terminating about 5000 workers by year end. They filed with the National Labor Relations Board seeking an injunction to halt the shutdown and force resumed bargaining on layoff plans.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Le Verena Cet and Hy Leet Paring with unclear details. Names like Tavita Aueain and Cleland appear, but most specifics are unreadable. The surviving text suggests a local incident or notice without complete context or clear dates.
A discussion across Lorain and Elyria real estate agents reveals landlords often avoid renting to families with children. They prefer tenants with pets or small families, citing potential property damage and higher risk of financial loss. Some landlords charge higher rents for larger families, while a local owner notes past damage from a prior tenant with kids.
UAW leadership voted to keep the union independent for now. The 25 member International Executive Board rejected a proposal for a special fall convention on re affiliation after a region by region review showed rank and file opposition. Eight regions opposed, nine favored, reflecting a divided House of Labor.
In New York's Diamond District 47th Street the Diamond Club buzzes with frantic trading while shopfronts along the street harbor cutters and brokers. A feared gang called the enemy allegedly linked to Middle East figures vanished broker Jaroslawicz with over $2 million in gems, his body later found in a box.
Prices opened lower today in active trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones average fell 4.68 points yesterday and was down 0.95 point in early today trading. A caption yesterday misspelled the Elyria Foundry president name. the correct spelling is Robert Gollmar. The Chicago Tribune regrets the error.
Wholesale prices increased by 0.5 percent in September, the largest rise since April, as the fall in food prices leveled and industrial commodities jumped. Lumber and wood surged 4.4 percent amid housing demand, with fuels, power, nonmetallic minerals and transportation equipment also rising.
The Environmental Defense Fund lauds K Mart for stopping all Tris treated children's sleepwear and urges J C Penney and Federated to follow. Fyrdal FR-2 is used as an alternative in up to 2.5 million polyester garments. EDF cites Stanford Research Institute data as mutagenic in Ames test and asks CPS C to ban the substance next week.
A federal grand jury indicted seven Lorain County concrete firms and their leaders for price fixing affecting about 50 000 cubic yards of concrete sold in 1972 73 and 74 with potential fines up to 1 million and 10 years in jail under the Sherman Act. The probe named West Side Lumber and Concrete Co Elyria White Ready Mix Concrete Co North Ridgeville and others with senior officials including George F Persons Donald Dettore and Samuel B Walls. A civil injunction to halt further unlawful activity was filed alongside the indictment.
In Greenville Kentucky a VFW post stored a car valued at one million dollars. The vehicle, bought by a Kentucky businessman in Belgium in 1947, was donated to the VFW. Researchers Ogden and Munson identify the car as built for and owned by Adolf Hitler.
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