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...that time of union preeminence--or at least influence--appears to be gone. Now lan MacGregor, the iron-willed Scottish-American head of the NCB, will simply look elsewhere to fill Britain's coal needs. He has already imported coal from Poland, South Africa and the United States at prices cheaper than those of British coal, even with shipping costs included. Yet, with the odds and much of public opinion against them, the miners strike...
Casting about for a new challenge, Mulroney joined the Iron Ore Co. of Canada, a subsidiary of the U.S.-owned Hanna Mining Co. His main task was to bring labor peace to the strike-plagued firm and its 7,000 workers. Mulroney succeeded admirably, raising widows' pensions and distributing worker bonuses when the company broke the $100 million mark in earnings. Faced with the U.S. auto recession and declining demand for steel, Mulroney in 1982 shut down a company mine at Schefferville in northeastern Quebec. The closing put 285 miners out of work and turned Schefferville into a ghost...
Pullaway swimsuits, Ali's magic and the Iron Hammer...
...things that they would some day have in their home. Married five years ago at 18rthey outfitted their new two-bedroom house at Sears. Lisa got a Kenmore washer and dryer as birthday and Christmas presents. The couple also bought a blender, a mixer, a coffeemaker, a toaster, an iron, a shower curtain and living-room curtains from Sears. When they needed to fence in their yard, they got a Sears fence. Now the Fords are planning a family, and they are starting to visit the Winnie-the-Pooh collection of children's clothes...
Over the decades, the Sears catalog kept up with the times. The Christmas catalog published in 1933 fitted the Depression era by stressing bargains, though it betrayed a few aspirations for better times. "Merry Christmas to mother-an electrical appliance that saves labor" was a $2.39 automatic iron. Daughters could help out with a 22-piece deluxe toy laundry set with scrubboard and heavy metal washtub for $1.98. Somewhat more in the Christmas spirit were 2-Ib. fruitcakes for 49?, Tinkertoys at 69?, canaries for $2.95 and a Kodak camera...