Strike Threat Looms Over Joliet Steel Plants
A strike by Big Steel and the United Steelworkers could halt operations at the Viene Wire Co plant with a 24 hour shutdown. July 1 reprieve possible and the vacation shutdown set July 3 through 19. The strike would impact multiple Chicago area plants and rail traffic, affecting the broader economy.
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Chicago
Waukegan
North Chicago
Gary
Dalton
East Chicago
Ind
DeKalb
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway
Rape charges dropped against park rangers in Joliet
The state attorney office said rape charges against two Joliet Park district rangers, Manning Hutson and Robert Gruenwald, would be dropped. The rangers will not be employed by the park district and will lose deputy sheriff commissions. The investigation found no force or resistance. the men were accused after the rangers removed a 17 year old girl from a car.
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Joliet Park District
Attys
John J. McGarry
Joseph V. Kirincich
Manning Hutson
Woods
Robert Gruenwald
Maple
Park District
McGarry
Kirincich
John Reid and Associates
Chicago
Gilbert A. Knater
Hutson
Gruenwald
A. A. Wills
Park Board
Sam Basan
Park
Basan
Atty
Frank Masters Jr
Knater
Rangers
Woodruff Golf Course
Atty. Masters
Europe
Potential Steel Strike Looms At Joliet Works
Joliet steel facility processes billets into rods for shipment to other plants and produces nails fencing wire and light welded fabric for concrete reinforcement. Management downplays strike threats claiming no urgency until 24 hours before the June 30 deadline while union reps dispute inflation-linked wage claims.
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Joliet Works
U. S. Steel
Senate
Ralph Young
Federal Reserve Board
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Joliet
Queens
Joliet Beach Club
Patricia Johnson
Joanne Popek
Barbara Johnson
Karen Mancini
Diane Diemer
Joliet Township
Pat
Joanne
Barbara
Karen
Diane
Park Rangers
Will County Bar Association
Kankakee River
Dan O’connell
James P. Hennessy
Robert E. Higgins
J. Hinton Massey
Stuart C
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