Word: pittsburgh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last week Pittsburgh's PPG Industries said it would cut production at several glass plants and lay off nearly 1,200 employees. General Electric, Allied Chemical and General Tire also have announced slump-related layoffs...
...class life. Bob Wingrove, 49, a miner for 27 years and the popular president of the U.M.W. local at the Ireland mine near Moundsville, speeds to work in a sports car, returns each evening to his modest frame house, which he is renovating. On days off, he drives to Pittsburgh, 90 minutes away on Interstate 79, for concerts or sporting events...
...performance was led adroitly by the veteran conductor Leonard de Paur, who first gained fame in the 1940s as leader of the De Paur Infantry Chorus. The women-Dramatic Soprano Juanita Waller (Aurore) of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Mezzo Barbara Conrad (Clothilde) of Pittsburg, Texas-provided most of the vocal excitement. Waller has a pearl-luscious voice, and her time along the European operatic trail (Bremen, Düsseldorf, Naples) has obviously been well spent. Conrad, that rare operatic find, a truly sexy mezzo, scored her biggest success to date last spring singing Carmen at the Houston Spring Opera Festival...
Brady's book and the international tournament may well stimulate interest in Monopoly marathons, which have often erupted on college campuses. In an endurance test in Denver last summer, 34 students set a record by playing continuously for 41 nights and 42 days. When University of Pittsburgh players ran out of play money during a 161-hour marathon, Parker obligingly delivered $1 million worth of new scrip by plane and Brink's armored car. To allow a group of Massachusetts scuba buffs to play under water, the company devised a waterproof set; the game lasted 11 hours...
...A.F.C., only the Oakland Raiders face an easy path to postseason play. After an opening-game loss to the Buffalo Bills, the Raiders mowed down their next eight opponents with an awesome passing attack led by Quarterback Ken Stabler, and a tough, unyielding defense. Pittsburgh, the Central Division favorites, have been just as stubborn on defense, but the Steelers' offense has sagged, and they now find themselves in a tight battle with the Cincinnati Bengals. Though all but out of the running, the nettlesome Houston Oilers and Cleveland Browns both promise to torment the leaders in future weeks...