European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday september 22, 1977 Youngstown Sheet & tube to Lay off 5,000 workers9f of 9 m a Wii i v a or i a w i i a a we a i to i v oho see town / $ losing thousands of jobs Vii Tinq town Ohio map _ put area save it has no clans for Cut Youngstown Sheet & tube latest to announce Layoff plans. Up photo Youngstown Ohio a Cut backs in employment in the steel Indus try of critical importance in this Industrial town have left thousands of workers wondering about their jobs. Upwards of 26,000 workers in this area Are employed by steel companies but three of the firms have announced plans that will Cut out thousands of jobs. Youngstown Sheet & tube co., an Industrial mainstay for 75 years was the most recent. It will Cut out 5,000 of its present 8,950 jobs within three months. I be been employed Here 13 years now and i Don t know what else to do said Guy Fusco a Sheet & tube worker. I have no place else to go said Paul Davis of East Fairfield. Who has worked at Sheet & tube 19 years. I m Lucky i Don t have  said William Mistovich of Campbell a Sheet & tube worker for 9" z years who got married two years ago. I do have the House payment though and other Bills which must be  Jones & Laughlin steel co. Said last week it would Cut 150 jobs by the end of the year when it closes a conduit Plant in suburban Niles. . Steel has a consolidation study under Way hero and acknowledges it will Cut its work Force of about 6,000 Here. But it in t saying by How much. Republic steel with 7,000 jobs in the area say plan cutbacks but a spokesman acknowledged a few Hundred layoffs currently in the Youngstown area and Gadsden ala., operations. William a. Sullivan or. Recently organized the steel communities coalition a group of City officials to lobby Congress for help with Industry prob lems. It shows our timing was t right he said of the Sheet & tube . Steel and Jones and Laughlin announce ments. We be got to seek some kind of immediate Federal action. We Are tired of hearing that this has been growing up Over the years. The fact is this administration is the Only one that can do any thing about it. If it allows steel cities to die it will have to take the Respo Sibili  Sullivan said he will testify in Washington before the House Public works committee about the water pollution control act. We Are going to ask for More flexibility and Short term moratoriums on further environmental costs in the mar Ginal Mills he said. We be got to re build the Industry and that requires More capital and i Don t see any Solu Tion to that other than some kind of loan guarantee  girl accused study says food stamp recipients of possessing would t blow Cash on booze bets deadly heroin Springfield mass. Impi an 11-year-old Springfield girl has been accused of possessing the same kind of heroin which has killed one person and hospitalized least 10 others since it began appear ing in Springfield monday. Police Captain Robert Meffen said that the girl charged with Possession with intent to distribute 17 bags of heroin had been released into the custody of her parents. She was Only holding it for someone  Meffen said. We assume the drug is All coming from one  what we have in i All of it Meffen said. There s no Way of telling How Many people May have bought it. We Only know of the ones who overdosed. Meffen said the White Mediterranean drug was As much As 10 times stronger than cheaper mexican Brown heroin sold in the area the last few years and whether they la Cut it Down before Selling it again or whether someone else will go today god  it s five to 10 times stronger than what we be had Here and some people just can t take it Meffen said. It s very potent and very dangerous. A person with a very heavy habit probably could take it and not overdose because of building up toxic immunity but those who overdosed monday probably had t built up that  Antonio Caballero. 37, of Springfield was pronounced dead on arrival at Bay state medical Center s Wesson unit monday night of an overdose of heroin police said. He allegedly had purchased heroin earlier in the Day and passed out in his apartment after using the drug. Another person who suffered an apparent heroin overdose tuesday was in guarded condition in the Hospital s intensive care unit. Two others were treated at the Wesson unit five at the Hospital s Spring Field unit and two at a Westfield Hospital. Westfield police said two Young women were found unconscious in an apartment and taken to Nobie memorial Hospital monday. Washington a government studies disprove fears that if poor people got Cash instead of food Stamps they would blow it on booze and race tracks a top agriculture department official said tuesday. Carol Tucker Foreman assistant Secre tary for food and consumer services said the studies show that poor people Are get Ting a bad rap when they Are criticized for not spending their Money  rep. Joseph Fisher d-va., said some of his constituents worry about what will happen if the millions of poor persons now getting food Stamps Are Given Cash in Stead. That would occur under president Carter s proposed welfare program. Fisher said some taxpayers fear that the poor would spend it on liquor or on race tracks and not on nutrition. They Don t want their tax dollars going for  Foreman said research by the depart ment of health. Education and welfare shows that Low income people use their Money More wisely than those in the Middle income Range with a higher percentage on food and housing and less on transportation and  she testified before the House welfare subcommittee which began hearings monday on Carter s $31.07 billion welfare plan. Foreman said More than 16 million per sons or 63 per cent of those eligible currently receive food Stamps. Another i million persons probably will sign up if Congress ends the requirement to put up some Cash to get the Stamps she added. An estimated 11 million of the food stamp recipients get no other Federal Wel fare benefits. Stamp recipients have been required in recent years to Register for work and take jobs if they Are available. But Foreman agreed with critical members of the sub committee that this has t proven very successful. Of the 3.7 million food stamp recipients considered eligible to work she said Only 1.3 million Ever were referred by local employment service agencies to jobs. Hollywood greets miss universe mates universe Janelle Commissiong enjoys a soft drink with actors Henry Winkler right and Ron Howard during a visit to the Paramount set of Happy Days in Hollywood. Commis Sions first Black to win the miss uni verse title was Given a studio tour Anda cocktail reception. Later she was to be presented with a one year movie contract with Paramount. A native of Trinidad the Beauty Queen now lives inner York. A photo