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...Weirton, W. Va., was not exactly named "in honor" of Ernest T. Weir. Rather, when Weir bought a tract of farm land in the state's panhandle in 1909 and built a sprawling steelmaking complex, he needed people and houses to go along with his factory. Thus the town was born. Today Weirton Steel Co. is a division of National Steel Corp., but a majority of the labor force in Weirton (pop. 25,536) still works in the rumbling, fuming steelworks along Main Street. "It's sink or swim together," says Mary Brula, a bank teller whose husband...
...overhaul of our federal superstructure, reducing the number of states to 20 or 30. It's something to look into, considering how many levels of government are required to deal with all the problems in the metropolitan areas of the country such as New York, Washington and Weirton-Steubenville...
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Died. Thomas E. Millsop, 68, retired president (1954-61) and chairman (1961-64) of National Steel Corp., fourth biggest U.S. producer; of a heart attack; in Weirton, W.Va. Millsop signed on as a Weirton Steel salesman in 1927, was president within nine years, moved up to head parent National in 1954, then girded for the future, installing computerized equipment and a huge new Chicago mill. Result: National was the only company among steel's Big Eight to show a sales increase (16%) during the industry's 1957-62 slump...