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...Near Ashtabula, Ohio, eight Youngstown College Phi Gamma pledges were marooned overnight on a breakwater 100 yards out in Lake Erie. Coast Guardsmen rescued them, said that if the lake had gotten rough they might have drowned. College officials suspended eleven members and the fraternity's charter...
...appearance had been something of a sensation: it even outdrew the McCarthy investigation. Among Costello's hearers had been Chief of Police Edward J. Allen of Youngstown, Ohio, who had already told the committee: "If it wasn't for corrupt politicians, I might say Frankie Costello wouldn't be in the position he is today." Racketeers like Costello, he added, "all start out with a piece of lead pipe in their hands...
Exhibit A. In Youngstown, Ohio, Census Supervisor John Gillespie asked a middle-aged schoolteacher who applied for a census job if she could qualify on good handwriting, was told: "I ought to. I taught you how to write...
...speedy end of the 31-day steel strike in the rest of the industry seemed inevitable. Other big steelmakers-Jones & Laughlin, Republic, Youngstown Sheet & Tube-were ready to follow Bethlehem's lead. The little steel companies had little chance once the chink appeared in the industry's front, were almost sure to sign with the Steelworkers and get their blast furnaces and open hearths roaring again. U.S. Steel, the kingpin, could hardly afford to hold out longer with Bethlehem gone from the struggle...
...were coming in faster than at any time since "the slide" began last October. More than half the plants surveyed were either increasing production or holding steady at present rates. In some areas an upturn was apparent: orders had picked up enough to boost production this week in the Youngstown (Ohio) steel district from 72% of capacity...